Amadeus Questions and Answers
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What is the main conflict in Amadeus?
On the face of it, the main conflict of Amadeus is between the musical abilities of the composers Salieri and Mozart. Salieri has devoted his life to music and risen to the rank of court composer....
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What happened at the end of Amadeus?
The ending to Forman's film is not the most optimistic of endings. As the film concludes, Salieri works Mozart to his very end with the composition of the Requiem. Given his own exhaustion,...
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In the movie "Amadeus," what were the nicknames of Mozart, his wife and his son?
Chuckle, I like this question. There is a trick to it. The above answers are correct: Constanze was Mozart's wife's name and thus her nickname is Stanzi. Mozart's first name was Wolfgang, so it is...
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What are the main conflicts that Salieri has in Amadeus?Explain his external conflict of man vs. man.
In Amadeus, Salieri's perceived deficiencies are reflected in the strengths of Mozart. Because Salieri is unable to accept his own strengths, weaknesses, and actions, he alternatively spends the...
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What is the climax in the Amadeus?
The play, which opens with the aged Salieri, who has been a successful composer in the Hapsburg court under Emperor Joseph II, addresses the audience in a confession of his having killed the...
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In what ways are Mozart and Salieri similar?
I think that the most obvious similarity is that they both love music. Mozart and Salieri were able to appreciate and love music at a leve that was uniquely different from others and from their...
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Using evidence from the film, how can we argue that Salieri is or is not the central figure, the protagonist of the...
I think that you can make a very strong case that Salieri is the central figure of the film. Initially, it should be noted that Salieri's voice is what guides us throughout the film. He is the...
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“Goodness is nothing in the furnace of art.” Discuss how this statement by Salieri is explored through the key...
In Amadeus, Salieri presents himself as a conventionally well-behaved man who wanted to excel as a musician. This was his attitude toward his own creativity, his successful musical career, and his...
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How does Shaffer’s play Amadeus amount to a Postmodernist examination of the Age of Reason?
Amadeus is a fictional drama written by English playwright and screenwriter Peter Shaffer, originally published in 1979. Set in Vienna, Austria, it tells the story of the interesting relationship...
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Note the ways in which the Mozart-Salieri relationship changes.
English playwright Peter Shaffer's 1979 play Amadeus is a tale of the life of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. Later remade into a feature film, it focuses on an embellished and fictionalized...
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What is the premise of Peter Shaffer's play Amadeus?
The premise of Amadeus is that genius, and by extension all talent, is God-given and does not correspond to socially approved behavior. Throughout the play, Salieri begrudges Amadeus his genius and...
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In "Amadeus," how does Salieri seek immortality? Explain how Salieri speaks of his great desire to praise god through...
There are a couple of issues present in the question. The first would be Salieri’s bargain with God. This is facilitated on the idea that Salieri knew as a young boy how committed he was to the...
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How would you describe the dramatic impact of the opening scene in Amadeus? The opening scene has a dramatic effect,...
Peter Schaffer goes out of his way to create a creepy, uneasy, Gothic mood in the opening scene of his play that startles the viewer (or reader of the script). Salieri sits in darkness and cries...
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Setting can often reflect the underlying ideas in a play. In the light of this statement, consider the importance and...
Amadeus takes place in Vienna during the 1780s and 1790s, dealing as it does with the rivalry between Mozart and Antonio Salieri, another composer who was active at the Habsburg court during this...
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Who was Salieri in the movie version of "Amadeus?"
If you mean what actor played the main role, it was F. Murray Abraham. The giggly Mozart was played by Tom Hulce. The film describes the rivalry between Antonio Salieri and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart,...
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What does the playwright of Amadeus try to get across to the audience?
I think that Shaffer accomplishes his end goal in bringing out a complexity and depth to both principals in the work. The audience is left to muddle through the newly established intricacy of both...
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To what extent were Mozart and Salieri's tradgedies caused by themselves?
I suppose that both played a role in their respective falls from grace. Salieri allowed his own sense of jealously and envy to reach unmanageable proportions. In his own search to appropriate the...
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Who is Constanze Weber in Amadeus?
In Peter Shaffer's Amadeus, Constanze Weber is Mozart's girlfriend and later wife. We see her through Salieri's bitter and subjective eyes, so we don't necessarily get an accurate portrait of her,...
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If Amadeus is being told as a semi-confession with Salieri reflecting back on what had previously happened, in what...
When a character speaks a soliloquy in a play, the character is alone (or believes that they're alone). Being alone, the character has no reason to lie to anyone. Whoever is speaking invariably...
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In the story, is Solieri's main conflict with himself?
http://www.enotes.com/amadeus I don't know what is wrong, but my entire post is not going up. At any rate, there is definite evidence of internal conflict in Solieri. Since your post is more...
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Is "Amadeus" a play about consumption? How and by what are Salieri and Mozart consumed?
I think that Schaffer's work can be about many elements. Consumption could certainly be a part of this. Mozart is consumed with his music. The fact that he is depicted as pursuing this ideal of...
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What are examples of remorse and forgiveness in act 2?
Two instances of remorse and forgiveness are Mozart’s reaction to his father’s death and his reaction to learning of Salieri’s help. During the course of act 2, Salieri continues his campaign to...
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What trials and tribulations does Salieri endure through the movie Amadeus?
Salieri does endure a challenging lot, but it truly is not a justification for his envy. That being said, Salieri's fundamental challenge is that he loves music and loves the creation of it. Yet,...
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Can Amadeus be associated with Artaud's theory on the theatre of cruelty?
The original question had to be edited. In some ways, Schaffer's work might be able to be seen as representative of Artaud's theories on the theatre of the cruel. Artaud's theories on this...
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In the play, Mozart died of a sicknes. What did Mozart die of real life?
Toward the end of his life, Mozart suffered from pain, swelling, fevers, and vomiting. All of these were symptoms of rheumatic fever. This disease is often brought on after a severe bacterial...
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Does the play "Amadeus" suggest our lives should be shaped and directed by inner desires or the pursuit of individual...
I think that this is a critical issue in the play. On one hand, I do think that the play makes the argument that inner desires are extremely important to both the creative process as well as to...