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The Beggar’s Opera · Character
Jemmy Twitcher
A highwayman, appears in the gang.
minor
Also known as Jemmy
First appearance: act i
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- Other
Character groups
- Supporting characters and underworld figures
- Macheath's lovers and rivals
- Macheath's gang members
- Protagonist
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- Escalation
- Breaking point
- Closing
Macheath’s psychological peak is his oscillation between defiant bravado (drinking to scorn death) and abject…
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