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Harper Pitt is (Joe) [[Joseph Porter Pitt]]'s wife. She is addicted to [http://www.rocheusa.com/products/valium/ valium] which | Harper Pitt is (Joe) [[Joseph Porter Pitt]]'s wife. She is addicted to [http://www.rocheusa.com/products/valium/ valium] which causes her hallucinate. She suffers from [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/Ag/Agoraphobia.html agoraphobia]and creates an imaginary friend, Mr. Lies, to help her avoid bad situations. In one instance, [[Prior Walter]] and Harper cross over into one another's hallucinations. During this hallucination, she learns that her husband is a homosexual. Harper, appearing as a sexually frustrated and politically detached female, learns to manage these weaknesses she has and reshapes her life by leaving Joe and moving away from New York (Meisner 178). Though she appears as a weak character in the beginning of the play, she ends the play as a changed person. According to Bloom, Kushner’s women are stronger than the men (with the exception of [[Roy Cohn]]), especially Harper (299). | ||
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Revision as of 14:51, 26 April 2006
Harper Pitt is (Joe) Joseph Porter Pitt's wife. She is addicted to valium which causes her hallucinate. She suffers from agoraphobiaand creates an imaginary friend, Mr. Lies, to help her avoid bad situations. In one instance, Prior Walter and Harper cross over into one another's hallucinations. During this hallucination, she learns that her husband is a homosexual. Harper, appearing as a sexually frustrated and politically detached female, learns to manage these weaknesses she has and reshapes her life by leaving Joe and moving away from New York (Meisner 178). Though she appears as a weak character in the beginning of the play, she ends the play as a changed person. According to Bloom, Kushner’s women are stronger than the men (with the exception of Roy Cohn), especially Harper (299).
