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Abstract
This thesis aims at exploring the social and political themes of Tony Kushner’ Angels in America, A Bright Room Called Day, and Caroline or Change, offering in-depth analysis of the main characters. These plays revolve around some characters who face unendurable circumstances, and their struggle to persist despite the world crumbling around them. In Angels in America, Kushner explores postwar conservatism and its rejection of progressive principles, especially the abandoned gay community during the HIV/AIDS epidemic. A Bright Room Called Day draws parallels between Germany in the 1930s and the United States in the 1980s. It is actually a political critique of the former U.S. President Ronald Reagan’s America which was mainly characterized by Reagan’s huge record of political failings, his unprecedented buildup of the U.S. military, and his administration’s obvious disregard of the growing of AIDS plague. Caroline, or Change, is a musical play about race and civil rights struggle. In these three literary works, Kushner discusses social and political themes, presenting us with hope for a different future. He reveals the problematic issues of a society to make the audience stand up for their suppressed rights and to compel the States to make political and social reforms.