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An Analysis Of Ethel Rosenberg's 'Angels In America'

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In this article, Claudia Barnett explains the purpose in existence of Ethel Rosenberg’s ghost on Roy Cohn’s deathwatch and the play of Angels in America. “Ethel is a manifestation not of a mental disorder but of theatrical magic, and she’s arrived not to shed light on Roy’s character but to illuminate herself. She is a ghost of her own agency” (135). Claudia Barnett is also an English professor at the Middle Tennessee State University and teaches playwriting. Her experience in analyzation of different playwrights helps her competency in making an article about one of the very controversial person, Ethel Rosenberg in the drama of Tony Kushner’s “Angels in America a gay fantasia on national themes”. She is going to approach the text by explaining
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