Millennium Approaches 2.2

Summary

Joe enters the apartment to discover Harper is sitting in the dark. She tells him about "the sounds in the bedroom" (55). Joe tells his wife what he prays for as well as the dream he has about Jacob wrestling with the angel. He sees himself in the picture as Jacob. Harper tells him to "go to Washington. Alone" (56). Joe says that he won't leave Harper but she says that she's going to leave him.

Study Questions

1. Why is Harper sitting in the dark?

1. What picture did Joe look at twenty times when he was a kid?

1. What does Harper tell Joe that she's thinking of doing?

1. What does Harper tell Joe to do?

1. What does Joe tell Harper he prays for?

1. What is Joe's struggle?

1. What is the significance of the image of Jacob wrestling with the angel?

Works Cited

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In Vitro Act 2 Scene 3

• Kushner, Tony. Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes: New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995