Nick Shadow

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Nick Shadow is the demonic tempter and antagonist in Igor Stravinsky’s opera *The Rake’s Progress*, who leads the protagonist Tom Rakewell to ruin.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf antagonist
demonic tempter
fictional character
opera character
appearsAs manservant
mysterious stranger
appearsIn The Rake’s Progress NERFINISHED
associatedWithGenre neoclassical opera
associatedWithTheme damnation
free will
moral choice
temptation
basedOn Mephistopheles archetype
createdBy Chester Kallman NERFINISHED
Igor Stravinsky NERFINISHED
W. H. Auden NERFINISHED
demands Tom Rakewell’s soul
era 20th-century opera
firstAppearance opera The Rake’s Progress NERFINISHED
hasAllegiance the Devil NERFINISHED
hasOccupation servant to Tom Rakewell
inspiredBy 18th-century moral tales
Faust legend NERFINISHED
languageOfWork English
leadsTo Tom Rakewell’s ruin
medium opera
nature demonic
offers idleness
pleasure
wealth
participatesIn card game for Tom’s soul
graveyard scene in The Rake’s Progress
relationshipToTomRakewell mastermind of downfall
tempter
roleInWork antagonist of Tom Rakewell
symbolizes Faustian bargain
corruption
moral decay
tempts Tom Rakewell NERFINISHED
trueIdentity devil’s agent

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The Rake's Progress mainCharacter Nick Shadow