The Threepenny Opera
What metaphors are used in The Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht?
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the kid gloves serve as a metaphor for the barbarism that humans inflict on each other: Macheath hides his crimes behind his elegant dress, while society hides behind Christian morality.