Charcerisation Roy Cohn
In the play Tony Kushner-Angels in America_ A Gay Fantasia on Nationthe character Ron Cohn is presented at as a homosexual lawyer. Rohn Cohn also creates the impression that he is a man of great influence. He owns an office and impressive furniture. He highly values the father- son relationship whereas he points out that he considers that the mother-son relationship is not of great importance for a grown man. He listens to chaotic music , usually speaks in a load voice and feels rather confident of himself. He had many different male sexual partners but does not describe himself as homosexual. However, he lies about the fact that he is infected with AIDS and states that the has a liver disorder . This is one example why his character is demonstrated ambiguous. Another example is that Ron is not religious and does not believe that the world is a good place, yet he says that he loves god and that god loves him. Moreover he hates communism but admires the relationship of Marx and Engels He is also characterized by his impudent attitude towards his doctor Henry whom he threatens because due to Ron’s illnesses he considers Ron to be homosexual. His ambiguity is also presented in his private life. One the one hand he only visits selected restaurants but on the other hand he borrows money from a client. He is aware of the fact that this was illegal but does not really care about it. During the play is character gets more and more besotted by this power and becomes consequently more self-destructive. At the end of __________ he even admits a murder.
On the you hand one can easily dislike him since his character is presented as a self - hating , power-hungry , hypocritical man who denies his sexual identity. One the other hand you feel pity for him since Ron accepts neither his illness nor his homosexuality.
-know – it- all
- ambiguous behavior has sex with man but is homophobic
- has AIDS but denies it
- wants to imagine that he has a liver disorder
- self- centered
- is a good friend according to joe and he feels like he s his father
- lots of different sexual partners
- not afraid of death
- New York State Bar Association wants to disbar Roy
-boworrowed money from a client ( not this rich)
- is a jew?
“And I will proceed, systematically, to destroy your reputation and your practice and your career in New York State, Henry. Which you know I can do.) p .50
„Homosexuals are men who know nobody and who nobody knows. Who have zero clout. Does this sound like me, Henry?” 51 * Hates communists *
“YOU do what you need to do, Joe. What you need. You.” P.60
. censurable, at least, probably conspiracy and ... in a case that resulted in execution, it's . . . p.151
ROY (To Joe): How do you think a handful of Bolsheviks turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad in one afternoon? Comrades. Who do for each other. Marx and Engels. Lenin and Trotsky. Josef Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt p.70
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[ 1 ]. ROY: NO, Henry, no. AIDS is what homosexuals have. I have liver cancer. P.52
[ 2 ]. ROY (To Joe): How do you think a handful of Bolsheviks turned St. Petersburg into Leningrad in one afternoon? Comrades. Who do for each other. Marx and Engels. Lenin and Trotsky. Josef Stalin and Franklin Delano Roosevelt p.70
