Angle: \u201cIn Creating You, Our Father-Lover unleashed
\nSleeping Creation\u2019s Potential for change
\nIn YOU the virus of TIME began!\u201d (Kushner, 175)<\/p>\n
Time plays an important role in Angles of America. The time period of the play is acknowledged through the Angle\u2019s remark, \u201cin YOU the virus of TIME began\u201d (175). Angles of America takes place during the AIDs epidemic. During this times many closeted homosexuals came out. AIDs took away the power of choice for homosexuals. It took society by the reigns by presenting physical attributes (in this case illness) as an indication of sexuality. Thus, having AIDs also meant coming out. Therefore, we see that Prior\u2019s virus is not just representing his own disease. It represents the start of a new era in society; the beginning of change.<\/p>\n
Change is a common theme throughout the novel. We see the theme exploited more as the interaction between Prior and the Angel continues towards the topic of San Francisco. San Francisco is a big symbol in the novel. San Francisco was the gay \u201ccapital\u201d of America, it was marked by as the Angle describes \u201cforward motion\u201d (176). Unfortunately, in 1906 San Francisco was hit by a severe earthquake or, in Prior\u2019s words, \u201cheaven quake\u201d (176). In Angles of America, AIDs represents God\u2019s \u201cquake\u201d. Though AIDs impacted many lives during the era, it\u2019s a significant event that, like the earthquake, its impacts are remembered in history.<\/p>\n
San Francisco is mentioned again in a conversion between Belize and Roy. On page 209 Roy asks, \u201cWhat\u2019s it like? After?\u201d with the response, \u201clike San Francisco\u2026 Big City, over gown with weeds, but flowering weeds on every corner\u201d. This shows that, through wreckage, there can still be something beautiful. Blooming is symbolism for change, for the \u201cforward motion\u201d (176). Going back to the original passage, we see that the \u201cvirus of time\u201d (175) in Prior can result in those \u201cflowering weeds\u201d (209). It gives the chance for society to begin to build up and change just like San Francisco after the quake.<\/p>\n
Prior represents the only character that changes his personality according to his role. Prior takes on the role of an AIDs patient and prophet. We see this with his visions of other characters (for example, Louise being with Joe). We do not see this with Roy, therefore, he does not receive the warning from the Angel. I believe Prior is representative of the progressing gay community during the outbreak. Thus, the Angle is a warning to the whole gay community by telling them to stop moving, for she does not want the wrath of God. However, we know this will not happen. Time will continue progressing and the \u201cvirus of time\u201d (175) will present itself in history. The change we see in Prior is therefore important for society to progress and continuing moving forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Angle: \u201cIn Creating You, Our Father-Lover unleashed Sleeping Creation\u2019s Potential for change In YOU the virus of TIME began!\u201d (Kushner, 175) Time plays an important role in Angles of America. The time period of the play is acknowledged through the Angle\u2019s remark, \u201cin YOU the virus of TIME began\u201d (175). Angles of America takes place … Continue reading Virus of Time<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3229,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[111423],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fall-2016"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3229"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/328\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.dickinson.edu\/lgbtqlit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}