How does the playwright use imagery in the play, Tiny Alice?

Religious imagery abounds in the play. After Lawyer has shot Julian, Miss Alice takes him in her arms so that "they create something of a Pieta." Julian dies with his arms wide spread, forming himself into a figure suggests that suggests Jesus on the cross. Cardinal's cardinals cause him and Lawyer to reference Saint Francis and also draw improbable likenesses between these men and the saint. Both Cardinal and Lawyer also engage in nonsense talk to the birds, demonstrating a more tender side but one that never reveals itself to humanity.