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==Characters==
==Characters==
'''Roy Cohn'''
[[Roy Cohn]]


Based on the real life [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Cohn Roy Cohn], Kushner's character is a famous divorce lawyer and a very influential man in politics. His doctor, Henry, diagnoses him with AIDs, but Roy insists that he is not a homosexual, even though he does sleep with men. He also claims that his intervention resulted in the Rosenbergs' execution.
[[Joseph Porter Pitt]]


[[Harper Amaty Pitt]]


'''Harper Amaty Pitt'''
[[Louis Ironson]]


Harper Pitt is Joseph (Joe) Pitt's wife. She is heavily addicted to [http://www.rocheusa.com/products/valium/  valium] which frequently makes her hallucinate. She has [http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/english/Ag/Agoraphobia.html agoraphobia], and creates an imaginary friend to avoid bad situations. During one of her hallucinations, she learns that her husband (Joe) is a homosexual. She then learns to manage these weaknesses she has and reshapes her life by moving to San Francisco. 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).
[[Prior Walter]]


[[Hannah Porter Pitt]]


'''Mr. Lies'''
[[Belize]]


Harper Pitt's imaginary friend. He is a travel agent who sold Joe and Harper their plane tickets to Brooklyn, NY.
[[The Angel]]


[[Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz]]


'''Doctor Henry'''
[[Mr. Lies]]


Roy Cohn's doctor, whom he has been going to since 1958. Diagnoses Roy with AIDS.
[[The Man in the Park]]


[[The Voice]]


'''Nurse Emily'''
[[Henry]]


The nurse who looks after Prior Walter while he is in the hospital. Also does the checkups for Prior after he is released from the hospital.
[[Emily]]
 
[[Martin Heller]]
 
[[Sister Ella Chapter]]
 
[[Prior I]]
 
[[Prior II]]
 
[[The Eskimo]]
 
[[The Woman in the South Bronx]]
 
[[Ethel Rosenberg]]


==Major Themes==
==Major Themes==
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