The Play "Amadeus" Is Mainly Concerned With The Destructive Nature Of Jealousy
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This passage is all too true, both in Peter Shaffer's ‘Amadeus' and in life in
general. However the play is also concerned with the destructive nature of
ignorance and naivety. Salieri is jealous not just of Mozart's talent, but of
the fact that God gave the talent to “Mozart … spiteful, sn ....
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.... the value of money, for when he successfully
earns any, he spends it on lavish food and clothes immediately, instead of
saving it. He spends all his time churning out music in final copy, which,
although beautiful, doesn't earn money as would teaching music.
Mozart is really the one who should be jealous, as he has little in the way of
money or assets, or even respect. All he has is his talent and his priceless
music, but not the sense he needs to capitalise on it.
It isn't the fact that ....
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