Angels in America

Upon reading Angels in America I noticed a few things but was also a little confused at what the overall play is driving at. The few things I got out of the play was a view on homosexuality in comparison to real life decisions and reputations. To elaborate, I understood what the play was getting at in describing the character Roy and how he doesn't want to address his sexual orientation and this is partly based on his lack of ethics and corruption as a lawyer. Another thing I got from this play is that Joe slightly comes to terms with his homosexuality with Harper but isn't fully out of the closet and in turn he has a better sense of ethics and standards. These two perceptions are how I interpreted the message in the play. What I was unsure about was the story with Prior and Louis. I didn't really understand Prior and what was occurring between the past Priors and in the end with the Angel. I thought that story was a little more confusing. Overall I thought it was a well written play, which included a lot of serious issues and had a few comical parts between dialog and monologue of some of the characters.