Jimmy Mahoney

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Jimmy Mahoney is a central character in Kurt Weill and Bertolt Brecht’s opera "Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny," embodying the doomed, disillusioned everyman who is ultimately destroyed by the city’s corrupt, hedonistic capitalism.

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instanceOf fictional character
opera character
appearsIn Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NERFINISHED
associatedTheme capitalism
corruption
hedonism
social critique
associatedWith Mahagonny NERFINISHED
characterType everyman
creator Bertolt Brecht NERFINISHED
Kurt Weill NERFINISHED
embodies critique of hedonistic capitalism
disillusionment with modern society
fate destroyed by the city of Mahagonny
firstAppearance Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny NERFINISHED
languageOfWork German
medium music theatre
moralArc downfall due to the city’s corruption
narrativeFunction protagonist
partOf Mahagonny mythos NERFINISHED
roleInWork central character in Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny
setIn fictional city of Mahagonny
thematicRole doomed, disillusioned everyman
symbol of moral decay in a hedonistic society
victim of corrupt capitalism
workGenre opera
workTitleInGerman Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny NERFINISHED

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