The Angel
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The Angel is a powerful, otherworldly messenger who appears in Tony Kushner’s play "Angels in America," symbolizing divine intervention, prophecy, and the tension between stasis and change.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
angel
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ supernatural being ⓘ |
| alignment | Heaven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoCalled | Angel of America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| announcesToCharacter | Prior Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsIn | Angels in America NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInPart |
Angels in America: Millennium Approaches
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Angels in America: Perestroika NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appearsInWorkBy | Tony Kushner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithTheme |
AIDS crisis
ⓘ
American identity ⓘ politics ⓘ queer identity ⓘ religion ⓘ |
| centralToScene |
Prior’s hospital visitation
ⓘ
The Council of Heaven scene in Perestroika ⓘ |
| communicatesWithCharacter | Prior Walter NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contrastsWith | human drive for progress ⓘ |
| countryOfOriginOfWork |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| deliversMessage |
Command that humans must stop moving and changing
ⓘ
Revelation that Prior is a prophet ⓘ |
| dramaticFunction |
catalyst for Prior’s spiritual crisis
ⓘ
embodiment of conservative, anti-progress force ⓘ |
| firstPerformanceYearOfWork | 1991 ⓘ |
| genderPresentation | female ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | epic drama ⓘ |
| hasAttribute |
otherworldly voice
ⓘ
radiant appearance ⓘ wings ⓘ |
| influences | Prior Walter’s decision to reject Heaven’s command ⓘ |
| interactsWithCharacter |
Belize
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Harper Pitt NERFINISHED ⓘ Louis Ironson NERFINISHED ⓘ The Continental Principalities NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium | theater play ⓘ |
| ontologicalStatusInWork | ambiguous between hallucination and real visitation ⓘ |
| periodOfWork | late 20th century American theater ⓘ |
| represents | cosmic fear of human change ⓘ |
| roleInWork |
messenger
ⓘ
prophetic figure ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
divine intervention
ⓘ
prophecy ⓘ resistance to change ⓘ stasis ⓘ tension between stasis and change ⓘ |
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