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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
The scene takes place in a fancy Manhattan restaurant. Joe, Roy and a new character, Martin, are | The scene takes place in a fancy Manhattan restaurant. Joe, Roy and a new character, Martin, who tells them how things are going in Washington, how the Republicans are going to gain full control of the Supreme Court, then the White House and finally the Senate and the whole Congress. After the talk changes to comradeship, Roy and Martin renew their question if Joe accepts the job and agrees to go to Washington. When Joe starts to hesitate, Roy pulls out a letter from the New York State Bar Association with a notice that Roy is going to be tried and disbar. He tells Joe that he needs somebody in the Justice Department to prevent his disbarment and that Joe is the best person for that job. Joe reacts to the plan saying it is unethical and he cannot do it. Only after Roy burst out with anger shouting that he is going to be a lawyer until he dies does Joe promises to think more about this proposal. | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
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*'''New Deal Socialism''' (69) - the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal name] given to the series of programs implemented between 1933-37 under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt President Franklin D. Roosevelt] with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Great Depression]. | *'''New Deal Socialism''' (69) - the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Deal name] given to the series of programs implemented between 1933-37 under [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt President Franklin D. Roosevelt] with the goal of relief, recovery and reform of the United States economy during the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Depression Great Depression]. | ||
*'''Bolsheviks''' (70) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks members] of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party's Bolshevik faction. Bolsheviks had an extreme socialist and internationalist outlook, and were opponents of the Russian traditional statehood and the Russian Orthodox Church. | *'''Bolsheviks''' (70) - [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolsheviks members] of the Marxist Russian Social-Democratic Labour Party's Bolshevik faction. Bolsheviks had an extreme socialist and internationalist outlook, and were opponents of the Russian traditional statehood and the Russian Orthodox Church. They initiated the 1917 Revolution which gave the birth to the Soviet Union. | ||
*'''"...turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad..."''' (70) - Roy is referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia], which became known as Leningrad in 1924 in honor of the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who led the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution October Revolution]. It was later changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991, after the collapse of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union]. | *'''"...turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad..."''' (70) - Roy is referring to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Petersburg St. Petersburg, Russia], which became known as Leningrad in 1924 in honor of the Bolshevik leader Vladimir Lenin, who led the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Revolution October Revolution]. It was later changed back to St. Petersburg in 1991, after the collapse of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union Soviet Union]. | ||
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==Study Questions== | ==Study Questions== | ||
#Who is Mr. Martin Heller and where does he work? | |||
#Why does Roy ask Martin to rub his back? | #Why does Roy ask Martin to rub his back? | ||
#Who is Roy's letter from? What does it say? | #Who is Roy's letter from? What does it say? | ||
#Why does Roy say he is being disbarred? | #Why does Roy say he is being disbarred? | ||
# | #Why does New York State Bar Association want to disbar Roy? | ||
#Why does Roy want Joe to take the job in Washington? | #Why does Roy want Joe to take the job in Washington? | ||
#What does Roy say he wants to do until the last day of his life? | |||
==External Resources== | ==External Resources== | ||
*[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/index.html Jewish Virtual Library] | *[http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/index.html Jewish Virtual Library] | ||
*[http://www.nysba.org/ New York State Bar Association] | |||
==Works Cited== | ==Works Cited== | ||
* Glenn, Lane A.. "Angels in America." ''Drama for Students''. Gale, 1999. | *Glenn, Lane A.. "Angels in America." ''Drama for Students''. Gale, 1999. | ||
*Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995. | *Kushner, Tony. ''Angels in America''. New York: Theatre Communications Group, 1995. | ||
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[[Angels in America | In Vitro Act 2 Scene 7]] | [[Angels in America | In Vitro Act 2 Scene 7]] | ||
[[Category:Literature]] | [[Category:Literature]] | ||