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 ==Characters==
-* '''Harper Amaty Pitt -''' 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 an irrational fear of public places, 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 and finding a new love. 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).
-* '''Mr. Lies -''' Harper Pitt's imaginary friend. He is a travel agent who sold Joe and Harper their plane tickets to Brooklyn, NY.
+'''Harper Amaty Pitt'''
-* '''Doctor Henry -''' Roy Cohn's doctor, whom he has been going to since 1958. Diagnosis Roy with AIDS.
+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 an irrational fear of public places, 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 and finding a new love. 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).
-* '''Nurse Emily -''' 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.
+'''Mr. Lies'''
+Harper Pitt's imaginary friend. He is a travel agent who sold Joe and Harper their plane tickets to Brooklyn, NY.
+'''Doctor Henry'''
+Roy Cohn's doctor, whom he has been going to since 1958. Diagnosis Roy with AIDS.
+'''Nurse Emily'''
+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.
 ==Major Themes==