Macheath

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anti-hero fictional character highwayman opera character

Macheath is the charming yet roguish highwayman and anti-hero central to John Gay’s satirical ballad opera "The Beggar’s Opera."

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Label Occurrences
Macheath canonical 11

Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf anti-hero ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ
highwayman ⓘ
opera character ⓘ
appearsIn The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
appearsInGenre ballad opera ⓘ
satire ⓘ
associatedWithTheme class conflict ⓘ
corruption ⓘ
crime ⓘ
hypocrisy ⓘ
social satire ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
createdBy John Gay ⓘ
enemyOf Lockit ⓘ
Mr. Peachum ⓘ
facesPunishment execution ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork The Beggar's Opera ⓘ
surface form: The Beggar’s Opera
firstAppearanceYear 1728 ⓘ
hasAdaptationCounterpart Mr. Peachum ⓘ
surface form: Macheath (The Threepenny Opera)

The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
surface form: Mack the Knife
hasLegalStatus criminal ⓘ
hasOccupation highwayman ⓘ
hasRole gang leader ⓘ
protagonist ⓘ
hasRomanticRelationshipWith Lucy Lockit ⓘ
Polly Peachum ⓘ
hasSetting London, England ⓘ
surface form: London
hasSpouse Polly Peachum ⓘ
hasTrait charismatic ⓘ
charming ⓘ
roguish ⓘ
womanizer ⓘ
influencedWork The Threepenny Opera ⓘ
inspiredBy Jack Sheppard ⓘ
Jonathan Wild ⓘ
isArrestedBy Lockit ⓘ
isBetrayedBy Lucy Lockit ⓘ
Polly Peachum ⓘ
languageOfWork English ⓘ
narrativeFunction parodies heroic outlaw ⓘ
satirizes corruption ⓘ
receives mock-heroic treatment ⓘ
timePeriod 18th century ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

The Beggar's Opera → hasMainCharacter → Macheath ⓘ
Polly Peachum → spouse → Macheath ⓘ
Polly Peachum → romanticPartner → Macheath ⓘ
Lucy Lockit → associatedWithCharacter → Macheath ⓘ
Polly → featuresCharacter → Macheath ⓘ
The Threepenny Opera → mainCharacter → Macheath ⓘ
Pirate Jenny → associatedWith → Macheath ⓘ
Jenny Diver → romanticallyInvolvedWith → Macheath ⓘ
Jenny Diver → betrays → Macheath ⓘ
Mrs. Peachum → associatedCharacter → Macheath ⓘ
Jonathan Jeremiah Peachum → enemyOf → Macheath ⓘ