The Bethesda Fountain - NY, NY - Literary Sites on Waymarking.com

The protagonist Prior Walter is suffering from AIDS. His boyfriend Louis Ironson cannot deal Priors disease and leaves him for Joe Pitt, a closeted gay man.

In the final scene of the play, Prior and Louis along with Hannah, Joe's mother and Belize, Prior's ex-boyfriend and best friend, meet at the Bethesda Fountain in Central Park. Prior recounts the Biblical story of the the Pool of Bethesda in Jerusalem, where, according to the Gospel of John, the sick go to be healed ("an angel went down at a certain time into the pool and stirred up the water; then whoever stepped in first, after the stirring of the water, was made well of whatever disease he had") and reaffirms his intention to live on to continue his work.

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Short Description: The final scene of the play where AIDS victim Prior Walter reaffirms his will to live. Book Title: Angels in America First Year Published: 1992 Author's Name: Tony Kushner Name of Waymarked Item: Bethesda Fountain Location of Item: Central Park, New York City More Information: In the center of the Bethesda Terrace in Central Park is a famous fountain featuring the Angel of the Waters. On the top of the central shaft of a two-tiered fountain is the neoclassical winged figure of an angel. Her wings are outspread as as she walks forward stirring the waters of as in Pool of Bethesda. Admission Price?: 0.00 (listed in local currency) Link to more information about the book or waymarked item.: [Web Link]

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