Boss Mangan

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Boss Mangan is a wealthy, self-important industrialist whose blustering materialism and moral shallowness are satirized in George Bernard Shaw’s play "Heartbreak House."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatic character
fictional character
appearsIn Heartbreak House NERFINISHED
associatedWith Captain Shotover NERFINISHED
Ellie Dunn NERFINISHED
Heartbreak House characters NERFINISHED
Hesione Hushabye NERFINISHED
authorNationality Irish (via George Bernard Shaw)
characterTrait materialistic
morally shallow
self-important
wealthy
createdBy George Bernard Shaw NERFINISHED
firstAppearance Heartbreak House NERFINISHED
genreOfWorkAppearsIn play
languageOfWork English
literaryPeriod early 20th-century drama
medium theatre
nationalityInFiction British
occupation industrialist
portrayedAs blustering
social climber
vulgar
roleInWork representation of capitalist values
satirical figure
symbol of materialism
thematicFunction critique of capitalism
critique of materialism
exposes moral emptiness of the upper class
workSetting England NERFINISHED

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Heartbreak House character Boss Mangan