Angels in America

Angels in America is a story about two couples, which are different, but, at the same time, somehow similar. The main difference between the couples is that one gay (Louis Ironson and his lover Prior Walter), and the other traditional (Joe Pitt and his wife Harper). The story is quite simple, about ordinary people, however makes people feel the mystical atmosphere, skillfully connected with realism. As a "fantasia," Angels in America is a major departure from prevailing theatrical realism, with detours into the religious and the supernatural — angels, ghosts, apparitions, and visions appear over and over. The play is a great combination of the real life situation, and the mystical figures, which help the heroes to understand the true life values.

After the death of Lois’s granny, his partner tells him that he suffers from a very serious disease: form aids. Thus, Prior is in panic and don’t know what to do. Lois is not ready to support Prior, because of the constant feeling of fear and inability to hope for the better future. At the same time, in the other family, Joe Pitt gets the job in the Justice department, with the help of his friend. The first mysterious thing in the play, in my opinion, is the meeting of the main heroes. It seems impossible for such different people to become somehow connected, however Lois meets Joe at his work, and tries to make friendship with him, suspecting him to be a gay. The second mystical element in the play is the meeting of Harper and Prior: they meet in the dream, where Prior tells the woman that her husband is a closed homosexual. Here the realism and the mystical side of life are shown as a whole.

Soon, the friend of Joe, Roy finds out that he also suffers from AIDS, but he denies it, beca...

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...n Francisco earthquake, and since than they are alone. The angels need the constant sexual activity, and people are always trying to change something, thus angels cannot live. What is significant about the information, the angel gives, it is quite revolutionary, because tells about the sexuality, while religion doesn’t usually pay attention to this aspect of life. At the end, prior helps the angels, but they say they cannot give him more life, only when the God will be back they can ask him to do it. After coming back to Earth, Prior tells Louis that he loves him. In the epilogue, we see Prior saying that the AIDS has killed a lot of people, but he is still alive. Thus, we can see that angels really helped him, and gave more time to live on the earth. Thus, we can see that people should always pay attention to real feelings and be faithful to the people, they love.