Angels In America Part 2 by Tony Kushner

So, I was able to finish up the second part to Tony Kushner's Angels in America. This continued right from where the first part left off. Louis continued to feel guilty about his leaving prior and decides to fill the guilty feeling by going out and being with Joe. Joe eventually realizes that, once Louis makes the decision to go back to Prior, he loves Harper and really does want to be with her. The play ended with Roy dying from his illness and the two couples: Joe and Harper, and Louis and Prior not getting back together. The pain Harper and Prior both had to go through was just too much and they couldn't let Joe and Louis back into their life. In the end, this play went way beyond being a gay play. Not only did it include gay people living their lives but it also brought about the nature of love and what love is exactly. Another main idea of the play was getting across gay issues and the problems they have faced and to bring into view this disease that for years was thought to only be a gay disease and one that the government did not feel needed to be faced. It brings to light the intolerance against gay people that has gradually started to become more prevalent in American society and the prejudices associated with AIDS and those inflicted with it. The ending of this play is able to give us hope. It tells us to not just give up. That as long as America stays progressive and the minority does not give in we still have hope. Minorities can do anything as long as they remain strong and do not let the majority get in their way.


MONOLOGUE:

Prior:

"I'm almost done. The fountains not flowing now, they turn it off in the winter, ice in the pipes. But in the summer its a sight to see. I want to be around to see it. I plan to be. I hope to be. This disease will be the end of many of us, but not nearly all, and the dead will be commemorated and will struggle on with living, and we are not going away. We won't die secret deaths anymore. The world only spins forward. We will be citizens. The time has come. Bye now. You are fabulous creatures, each and every one. And I bless you: More life. The Great Work Begins."