The dominant satiric image of The Beggar’s Opera is surely the reversal of social classes: criminals function according to the values of the upper classes because the upper classes operate according to the values of criminals. What are the implications of this inverted equation as it is acted out by the various characters of the play? What are we, as members of the audience supposed to do with the equation? Do we see ourselves as criminals, or do we blame someone else? Can we escape?

Instructions/Question: The dominant satiric image of The Beggar’s Opera is surely the reversal of social classes: criminals function according to the values of the upper classes because the upper classes operate according to the values of criminals. What are the implications of this inverted equation as it is acted out by the various characters of the play? What are we, as members of the audience supposed to do with the equation? Do we see ourselves as criminals, or do we blame someone else? Can we escape?
Link for Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/25063/25063-h/25063-h.htm

Last Completed Projects