Angels in America," by Tony Kushner. Specifically, it will discuss who are the angels, and how do they affect the play, and what do they symbolize?

ANGELS IN AMERICA

The two-part play "Angels in America," by Tony Kushner won Pulitzer Prizes, has been banned from communities, and continues to be a controversial and enlightening look at the AIDS/HIV community, and how America looks at it. It also looked at America in general - how we live, what we are afraid of, and what we have to face in the future. Through it all, the angels serve as metaphors for any number of human and inhuman conditions.

Early in the play, Prior finds "kisses from the angel of death," which are wine-colored skin lesions that indicate he is HIV positive, and indicate he will eventually die. He shows them to his lover, Louis, and we know that this is also the...
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