Leave me alone. At the end of the play, we see Prior, Louis, Belize, and Hannah sitting on the rim of the fountain in Central Park with the statue of the Bethesda angel. Somehow, although the real angels in this play seem inept and reactionary, these folks together at the Bethesda angel fountain seem competent contributors to the future. Angels and real historical figures, fictional characters and ghosts, all appear on stage together and challenge our conventional concepts of what is real. The scene at the end of the first play, when the angel comes crashing through the ceiling into Prior's sickroom, is one of the most dazzling dramatic spectacles ever staged.
Every situation is seen from at least two different, and often conflicting perspectives.
Characters in the play struggle to find meaning in a world apparently abandoned by God.