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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches
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Tony Kushner
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Angels in America, Part One: Millennium Approaches Symbolism, Imagery & Allegory
Sometimes, there’s more to Lit than meets the eye.
Angels
The play is filled with references to angels, and these divine figures are used to represent many different things. One of the early mentions of angels comes from Harper, who describes the ozone la...
Religion
In a similar vein to his angel symbolism, Kushner also laces his work with religious references, drawing mostly from two unlikely bedfellows: Mormonism and Judaism. For a detailed discussion of the...
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