PART I: Where you see that theme borne out (AND/OR contradicted) in "Millennium Approaches" (additional examples or explanations beyond what is in the theme statement).
Disease is a predominant theme throughout Angels in America that affects every main character. AIDS epidemic rises the climate of hatred and intensifies interpersonal relationships. For instance, Prior’s disease is the fundamental reason that changes his relationship with Louis that he lost him and his loved ones soon after. This shows the attitude the society have on men with AIDS, that they were often stigmatized by society’s stereotype and prejudice for the reason that AIDS was considered as an infectious and deadly disease at the time. The disastrous effects that disease could bring extend far beyond our own. …show more content…
In addition, he didn’t want to be associated with AIDS, which was considered to be a gay disease at the time.
ROY: "...AIDS is what homosexuals have. I have liver cancer." (Millennium Approaches, Act one, Scene 9)
As a result, Roy chose to hide his true medical condition by telling other people that he got “liver cancer” instead of AIDS.
Knowing that he got AIDS, Roy incrementally changed the way he thinks of himself as well as his relationships with others in Perestroika.
ROY: The worst thing about being sick in America, Ethel, is you are booted out of the parade. Americans have no use for sick…That's America. It's just no country for the infirm. (Perestroika, Act three, Scene 2)
Roy’s words transcend society's prejudice and discrimination. Homosextuals and those who are afflicted by AIDS shared the same worries that they would face the consequences of tarnishing their social status since disease holds their sensitivities and
Disease is a predominant theme throughout Angels in America that affects every main character. AIDS epidemic rises the climate of hatred and intensifies interpersonal relationships. For instance, Prior’s disease is the fundamental reason that changes his relationship with Louis that he lost him and his loved ones soon after. This shows the attitude the society have on men with AIDS, that they were often stigmatized by society’s stereotype and prejudice for the reason that AIDS was considered as an infectious and deadly disease at the time. The disastrous effects that disease could bring extend far beyond our own. …show more content…
In addition, he didn’t want to be associated with AIDS, which was considered to be a gay disease at the time.
ROY: "...AIDS is what homosexuals have. I have liver cancer." (Millennium Approaches, Act one, Scene 9)
As a result, Roy chose to hide his true medical condition by telling other people that he got “liver cancer” instead of AIDS.
Knowing that he got AIDS, Roy incrementally changed the way he thinks of himself as well as his relationships with others in Perestroika.
ROY: The worst thing about being sick in America, Ethel, is you are booted out of the parade. Americans have no use for sick…That's America. It's just no country for the infirm. (Perestroika, Act three, Scene 2)
Roy’s words transcend society's prejudice and discrimination. Homosextuals and those who are afflicted by AIDS shared the same worries that they would face the consequences of tarnishing their social status since disease holds their sensitivities and