The Anti-Apocalypse and the "Book of Revelation": Biblical Ramifications of Gender, Sexuality and Dominance in Jose Rivera's Marisol

This paper examines the representations of violence, gender, and sexuality as relevant in the religious and Apocalyptic "Book of Revelation," in the Bible, and the post-Apocalyptic play, Marisol by Jose Rivera. The analysis will focus on connections between femaleness and the dichotomy of power and violence.