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.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf angel ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
supernatural being ⓘ
alignment Heaven ⓘ
alsoCalled Angel of America ⓘ
announcesToCharacter Prior Walter ⓘ
appearsIn Angels in America ⓘ
appearsInPart Angels in America: Millennium Approaches ⓘ
linked to: Angels in America

Angels in America: Perestroika ⓘ
linked to: Angels in America
appearsInWorkBy Tony Kushner ⓘ
associatedWithTheme AIDS crisis ⓘ
American identity ⓘ
politics ⓘ
queer identity ⓘ
religion ⓘ
centralToScene Prior’s hospital visitation ⓘ
The Council of Heaven scene in Perestroika ⓘ
communicatesWithCharacter Prior Walter ⓘ
contrastsWith human drive for progress ⓘ
countryOfOriginOfWork 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 ⓘ
Harper Pitt ⓘ
Louis Ironson ⓘ
The Continental Principalities ⓘ
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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