The Beggar's Opera

I love reading Beggar's Opera. It starts out being funny already. What exactly is Peachum's occupation. Is he a lawyer, judge, jailer, executioner or all the above? Peachum is the typical father when he finds out about Macheth. No man is good enough for his daughter. I'm sure he's only protecting her. But why call his daughter a wench. That's insulting her. It's very ironic that Peachum thinks Polly is slut for marrying one man but then wants Polly to date many men which I see is a big no no and could lead to her being seen as a whore.
"If the affair is not already done..." This comment by Peachum makes me think it was custom for children to get married behind their parents back. Oh Oh!! The shit has hit the fan! Polly and Macheath are married. Peachum is going to kill her. this the very thing he was trying to talk Polly out of doing. And Mrs. Peachum has just torn Polly a new a.. hole. She straight up called the girl every bad name in the book. SLUT, BAGGAGE, HUSSY, JADE, WENCH!! I feel so sorry for Polly. How could parents call their child all these degrading names. Polly married because of love but I think she was a little naive because she didn't consider the pros and cons of being married and to highwayman at that. Also, I take it ruined meas pregnant. Now the Peachums have gone too far. They want to kill Macheath to restore family honor. This idea is ludacris. A good punishment would be to let Polly stay married and let her deal with Macheath's gaming, drinking and whoring. That's enough to drive any women crazy. Poor Polly doesn't know what to do or think. At least she has the smarts to ease drop on her parents to learn about the plan for Macheath. How sad Polly and Macheath must part.
"If music be the food of love, play on." That's the line from Twelfth Night. I am so disappointed in Macheath. I thought he really loved Polly. He's a dog. Macheath just moved on to the next piece of ass he could find. Plus he has the nerve to send for not one woman but eight.
This is too funny. The one thing that Macheath loves so much (women) has just gotten him arrested. This is such a thing as karma. 'The greatest heroes have been ruined by women." I believe this line refers to Adam and Eve, Sampson and Delila and others. It also reminds me of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. This line applies here also because Macheath is seen as a hero to his men and his love of for the company of women got him arrested.
This story gets better and better. Macheath has the jailer's daughter pregnant and is supposedly married to her also. He's in jail and now Lucy and Polly are fighting over him. I say the girls need to beat his ass. This could be a modern day soap opera! It was wrong the way Macheath is treating Polly. For some reason I think Lucy is a little more street smart, so she shouldn't have put all her trust in Macheath. By disowning Polly, Macheath is just doing whatever he has to do to get of jail.
Lucy finally realizes Macheath has plyed her like a fiddle. And like the Peachums, Lockit calls his daughter baed names (wench, hussy, vulgar slut, strumpet, mistress puss) and if I'm not mistaken he makes her fast. Not good for a pregnant woman.
You would think Macheath would hide out somewhere or maybe even leave town. But there he is chasing a piece of ass again. And Lucy has lost her damn mind trying to kill Polly. She needs to go after Macheath not Polly. Thank goodness Polly was smart enough to realize Lucy was up to something.
You have got to be kidding me!! Four more wives!! And children!! Instead of hanging Macheath just let the beat him.
Never heard that a story must have a happy ending but there's first time for everything. Love conquers all at the end. Even though Macheath is a slut, jade, and man-whore, I always wanted him and Polly together.
this story was hilarious. Wish we had performed this for the university.