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The Beggar’s Opera · Character
Jack Ketch
The hangman, appears in the condemned hold.
minor
First appearance: scene v the condemned hold
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Narrative arc
Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Climax.
- Setup
- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
Macheath’s psychological peak is his oscillation between defiant bravado (drinking to scorn death) and abject…
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