# Corruption of Justice in The Beggar’s Opera

> Theme guide for The Beggar’s Opera by John Gay.

The legal system is shown as a business where judges, lawyers, and jailers profit from crime and punishment, with Peachum and Lockit manipulating trials and executions for financial gain.

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