amadames essays

amadames essays The main actors and their characters they played are: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Tom Hulce Antonio Salieri Murray Abraham Mozarts dad Roy Dotrice Mozarts wife Elizabeth Berridde Emperor Joseph II Jeffery Jones The movie Amadeus was based on two composers, Mozart and Salieri. In the begging of the movie Salieri tries to commit suiside. A priest comes to see Salieri to ask him if he has anything to confess. Salieri then begins to unravel the story of Mozart and Salieris life together. Mozart has been a great composer since he was four years old. Salieri on the other hand not as good and would never be as good as Mozart. In the movie you can see how jealous Salieri is of Mozart. Salieris father was against him playing music, and on the other end Mozarts father praised it and insisted on it. Salieri wanted to play music more than anything in the world. One day while in church, Salieri asks God to let him be a great composer and in return he would give him his chastity and write for God. The next day Salieris father died and this was a miracle in Salieris eyes. His family had to go to Vienna where Salieri then became discovered. Salieri worked his way up to the courts and was the Emperors composer. Mozart was to perform for the Emperor, when Salieri got news of this he grew anxious to meet the great composer. He wanted to see what this marvelous composer looked like with all the talent he possessed. The story then goes on about Mozart composing operas and pieces for the Emperor. More and more Salieri was growing to hate Mozart, because he was not as good and realized he would never be. In the middle of the movie Mozart finds out that his father has died. This slowly kills Mozart, he cant write, he drinks more and more, and his relationship with his wife is suffering. Salieri see...