The Angel is the key element Kushner uses to stress the audience to visualize it not only as a symbol of hope, but also a stigma of the Reagan presidency. The Angel in Angels in America says ‘Look up, look up, prepare the way the infinite descent. A breath in aire floating down. Glory to…’ (Kushner, 2013). This example shows Kushner is firstly positioning the audience to think the Angel is a breath of fresh air from the harsh realties of the oppressive Reaganite America. Symbols of Angel’s increased in popularity during the 1980s and in light of the AIDS epidemic, largely because they represented the unprejudiced attitude of the heavens, minority groups sought symbols like those, because they were not supported by the government and social
