Who Is To Blame In Amadeus

“Why? ...What is my fault? ...Until this day I have pursued virtue with rigor. I have labored long hours to relieve my fellow men. I have worked and worked the talent you allowed me. And now I do hear it-and it says only one name: MOZART!.” It has been stated throughout the play Amadeus, by Peter Shaffer that two very unique and different characters both have the love of music. A man name Antonio Salieri and another name Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. However, one individual becomes envious of a man’s genius work, and lifestyle. A person name Antonio Salieri because throughout the play Amadeus, Salieri becomes jealous of Mozart through his achievement of being a musician, superior quality and of course the skills Mozart holds within. From reading
He was an individual who was gifted beyond the means of an average child. According to the play, the Venticelli I and II stated that “Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart wrote his first symphony at five. He did his first concert at four and a full opera at fourteen (I.3.20-21).” That has a lot to say about Mozart because at that young age he had achieved something great, and as they would say he was born as a gifted individual, a prodigy. Therefore, he felt that there was someone out there that might have been better than or as good as him in
It was the original copy of Mozart’s genius work, quoted “She said that these were his original scores (I.12.57).”In addition, it was quoted “Then suddenly he snatches it, tears the ribbon, and opens the case and stares greedily at the manuscripts within (I.12.57).” This was one of the biggest reasons why he envied Mozart as a person because it takes him one try to complete his music and as for himself it takes long hours and days to complete one of his own works, which may or may not be compared to Mozart’s pure genius