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Amadeus · 1984 — 第 12 / 25 章 · 3'42" · B2

Salieri Declares War on God, Explained：achieve mediocrity

Alone, Salieri renounces God and vows, "From now on, we are enemies." He promises to hinder and harm God's creature and swears it. Then he goes to the Emperor and quietly accuses Mozart of improper conduct with a pupil. When Mozart appears to beg for help, the man he is sabotaging is the same man he is plotting against.

あらすじ

Alone in his room, Salieri renounces God for giving genius to a vulgar boy and vows that from now on they are enemies. He swears to hinder and harm God's creature on earth. He then tells the Emperor that Mozart cannot be trusted alone with young ladies. Soon Mozart arrives, desperate: he has lost the post to a mediocrity and asks Salieri for help - and for a loan.

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hinder and harmto be trustedachieve mediocritysimply can't

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このシーンの表現

achieve mediocrity

reach even an average standard

Salieri mocks the rival by saying he has yet to achieve mediocrity.

The film struggles to achieve mediocrity.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hinder and harm

    obstruct and damage

  • to be trusted

    reliable

  • simply can't

    absolutely cannot

  • living in poverty

    very poor

  • as if I was a fiend

    as though I were a monster

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 16 件のメモ

表現 · C1hinder and harm

obstruct and damage

Salieri vows to hinder and harm God's creature on earth.

I will hinder and harm your creature on earth...
発音hinder and harm

Hinder and harm runs together.

I will hinder and harm your creature on earth...
表現 · B2be to be trusted

reliable

Salieri plants doubt with the careful phrase not entirely to be trusted.

Mozart is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies.
表現 · B1alone with someone

with no one else present

Mozart is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies.
文法 · B2is not entirely to be trusted

passive: The passive plus not entirely means he cannot be fully trusted.

Mozart is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies.
表現 · C1achieve something

reach even an average standard

Salieri mocks the rival by saying he has yet to achieve mediocrity.

No,no. He has yet to achieve mediocrity.
文法 · C1has yet to achieve

present perfect with yet: Has yet to do means has still not done it.

No,no. He has yet to achieve mediocrity.
表現 · B2simply + negative

absolutely cannot

Repeating it with simply makes his panic unmistakable.

I can't lose this post. I simply can't.
表現 · B2lose a post

this position

I can't lose this post. I simply can't.
表現 · B1go to the palace

the royal court

Let's go to the palace. You can talk to the emperor...
表現 · B1have pupils

teach students

...I must have pupils.
表現 · B1without something

lacking something

Without pupils,I can't manage.
表現 · B2live in poverty

very poor

Salieri asks if Mozart is living in poverty, exposing his situation.

You don't mean you're living in poverty?
発音living in poverty

Living in poverty runs together.

You don't mean you're living in poverty?
表現 · B2as if someone was something

as though I were a monster

Mozart complains he is treated as if he were a fiend.

...but they won't let me teach their daughters,as if I was a fiend.
表現 · B2manage a loan

arrange a loan

...is there any chance you could manage a loan?

「Salieri Declares War on God」を読み解く

What's really going on

Salieri's war is declared in private and fought in public. The vow - "From now on, we are enemies" - is aimed at God, but every move that follows lands on Mozart, who never learns he is the target. The slander to the Emperor shows the method: he does not attack the music, which cannot be beaten, but the man, claiming Mozart "is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies." Meanwhile Mozart comes to Salieri as a supplicant, broke and begging for a loan, because he still believes the court composer is a colleague. The scene's cruelty is structural: Salieri is both the man Mozart asks for help and the man engineering his failure.

Theme

FaithSalieri turns his devotion into a formal war against God, cursing the injustice of talent given to an unworthy boy.
BetrayalSalieri slanders Mozart to the Emperor and lets him beg for aid while quietly working to destroy his career.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hinder and harm is a formal, oath-like pairing.
  • Not entirely to be trusted is polite and ruinous.
  • Has yet to achieve uses a compliment to insult.
  • Simply can't makes a refusal absolute.

発音のポイント

  • hinder and harm — Hinder and harm runs together.
  • living in poverty — Living in poverty runs together.
I will hinder and harm your creature on earth...

Salieri's vow to attack God indirectly by harming Mozart, the creature through whom God's gift is made visible.

Mozart is not entirely to be trusted alone with young ladies.

A carefully vague slander: it plants suspicion without a formal charge, aimed at Mozart's reputation rather than his music.

No,no. He has yet to achieve mediocrity.

A joke that doubles as an insult - Zummer is so bad that mediocrity would be a promotion, and Mozart says it with contempt.

I can't lose this post. I simply can't.

Mozart's desperation in plain words: the post is not vanity but survival, and he repeats it because he has no leverage.

You don't mean you're living in poverty?

Disbelief from Salieri - he knows Mozart's concerts sell out, so the idea of poverty seems impossible until Mozart explains.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Salieri declare war on God?

Because God gave genius to Mozart, a man Salieri finds vulgar and unworthy, while granting Salieri only the ability to recognize that genius. He decides to take revenge on the creator through the creature.

Why does Salieri lie about Mozart to the Emperor?

He cannot compete with Mozart's music, so he attacks his reputation. The accusation about a pupil is vague enough to plant doubt without a formal charge, which is exactly how it damages Mozart.

Why does Mozart ask Salieri for a loan?

Mozart is broke despite successful concerts, because no one will hire him or let him teach their daughters. He still trusts Salieri enough to ask him for money.

Why does Mozart lose the post to Zummer?

The committee passes him over for Herr Zummer, whom Mozart calls a fool. The rejection reflects how the court prefers safe, unthreatening mediocrity to a difficult genius.

Does Salieri actually help Mozart?

No. He listens, offers sympathy and sends Mozart away when the music starts. His vow to hinder and harm God's creature is being kept even while Mozart believes he has an ally.

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