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| ==Characters== | | ==Characters== |
| '''Roy Cohn'''
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| 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]] |
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| | [[Harper Amaty Pitt]] |
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| '''Harper Amaty Pitt'''
| | [[Louis Ironson]] |
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| 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]] |
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| | [[Hannah Porter Pitt]] |
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| '''Mr. Lies'''
| | [[Belize]] |
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| Harper Pitt's imaginary friend. He is a travel agent who sold Joe and Harper their plane tickets to Brooklyn, NY.
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| | [[Rabbi Isidor Chemelwitz]] |
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| '''Doctor Henry'''
| | [[Mr. Lies]] |
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| Roy Cohn's doctor, whom he has been going to since 1958. Diagnoses Roy with AIDS.
| | [[The Man in the Park]] |
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| | [[The Voice]] |
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| '''Nurse Emily'''
| | [[Henry]] |
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| 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]] |
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| | [[Martin Heller]] |
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| | [[Sister Ella Chapter]] |
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| | [[Prior I]] |
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| | [[Prior II]] |
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| | [[The Eskimo]] |
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| | [[The Woman in the South Bronx]] |
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| | [[Ethel Rosenberg]] |
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| ==Major Themes== | | ==Major Themes== |