The Beggar’s Opera · Character

Mrs. Slammekin

A prostitute, appears in the gang.

minor

Also known as Slammekin

First appearance: act i

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Narrative arc

Story tension across the book — this chapter sits in Exposition.

Macheath’s psychological peak is his oscillation between defiant bravado (drinking to scorn death) and abject…

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