Amadeus · 1984 — 第 14 / 25 章 · 3'15" · B1

Leopold Visits Mozart in Vienna, Explained:stuffs me like a goose

Leopold's visit is a one-man audit: too thin, no maid, no pupils, debts. "Composition doesn't pay. You know that." Mozart parries with jokes and then with a secret score he refuses to show his father, turning the reunion into a test of who still controls whom.

あらすじ

Leopold Mozart arrives in Vienna to see his son and immediately criticizes everything: Mozart looks thin, keeps no maid, has no pupils, and supposedly has debts. Mozart deflects with jokes and a secret new composition he won't show him. Then Constanze returns, Mozart announces she is pregnant, and the family rushes off to celebrate.

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stuffs me like a gooseget in the wayfinancial situationmalicious lie

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このシーンの表現

stuffs me like a goose

overfeeds me

Told he looks thin, Mozart jokes that his wife stuffs him like a goose.

She stuffs me like a goose every Sunday.

このシーンの他の表現

  • get in the way

    be a hindrance

  • financial situation

    the state of one's money

  • malicious lie

    a lie meant to hurt

  • so boring

    such a dull thing to do

  • calls for a feast

    deserves a big celebration

このシーンのメモ一覧

49 行のセリフに 16 件のメモ

表現 · B2stuff someone like a goose

overfeeds me

Told he looks thin, Mozart jokes that his wife stuffs him like a goose.

Of course she feeds me. She stuffs me like a goose all day!
発音stuffs me

Stuffs me blends across the words.

Of course she feeds me. She stuffs me like a goose all day!
表現 · B2financial situation

the state of one's money

Leopold asks carefully about Mozart's financial situation.

...financial situation?
表現 · B2a malicious lie

a lie meant to hurt

Mozart calls the claim about his debts a malicious lie.

That's a malicious lie!
表現 · B1get in the way

be a hindrance

Mozart says he does not want pupils because they get in the way.

They get in the way.
表現 · B2time for something

time to do something

I have to have time for composition.
文法 · B1I have to have

have to: Have to expresses necessity.

I have to have time for composition.
表現 · A2it's a secret

it is private

It's a secret.
表現 · B2have secrets from someone

keep things hidden from someone

Secret? You don't have secrets from me.
文法 · B2I've ever done

present perfect: The present perfect with ever pairs with a superlative.

It'll be the best thing I've ever done. The best thing anyone...
表現 · B2confess something

admit it

Look at her! Isn't she beautiful? Now,Papa,confess it.
表現 · B2look + adjective

look terrible

I look dreadful.
表現 · B2be delighted

very pleased

- Yes,I am. - Isn't it marvelous? We're delighted.
表現 · B2call for a feast

deserves a big celebration

Mozart says the news calls for a feast, not tea.

This calls for a feast. You don't want tea,do you?
発音calls for a

Calls for a blends into one run.

This calls for a feast. You don't want tea,do you?
表現 · B1so + adjective

such a dull thing to do

Mozart calls the tea suggestion boring and pushes for something livelier.

How can you be so boring? Tea!

「Leopold Visits Mozart in Vienna」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the small talk, this is a power struggle. Leopold built his son's career and still expects to run it; every question about money, pupils, and housekeeping is an audit. Mozart answers with defensiveness, then with a threat of his own: "It's a secret." His refusal to show the new score is the first time he denies his father access to the work itself. The pregnancy announcement lets Mozart change the subject and reassert control by playing the happy host, and the line "How can you be so boring? Tea!" shows who is now setting the tone of the household.

Theme

Family conflictLeopold critiques every choice his son makes, and Mozart answers with jokes, defiance, and a secret he won't share.
GenerationsA father who built the career faces a son who now decides for himself what to compose and whom to marry.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Get in the way means to block or hinder.
  • Financial situation is a polite way to ask about money.
  • Calls for a feast means it deserves a celebration.
  • His bravado cannot hide the money worry.

発音のポイント

  • stuffs me — Stuffs me blends across the words.
  • calls for a — Calls for a blends into one run.
It'll be the best thing I've ever done. The best thing anyone...

Mozart is boasting about the new piece behind the argument — claiming it will be the greatest work he, or anyone, has written.

I have to have time for composition.

His reason for refusing pupils and housework: composing is the priority, and everything else would take time away from it.

No! Please! I don't want you to see it. I don't want anyone to see it.

The secret score is the one thing Mozart will not hand over. He begs his father not to look, an unusual line between them.

- Yes,I am. - Isn't it marvelous? We're delighted.

Constanze confirms she is pregnant, and Mozart turns the news into a celebration, steering the visit away from the lecture.

How can you be so boring? Tea!

Mozart dismisses his father's offer of quiet tea and insists on going out — taking charge of how the reunion will go.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Leopold criticize Mozart so much?

He sees himself as responsible for his son's career and worries about money, reputation, and respectability, so he inspects every part of Mozart's life in Vienna.

Why won't Mozart show his father the new composition?

He calls it a secret and says he doesn't want anyone to see it. After a lifetime of his father managing his work, keeping this one piece private is a way of holding the line.

What does "stuffs me like a goose" mean?

It's a joke about being overfed. Mozart is saying his wife feeds him constantly, so his thin appearance is not her doing.

Is Mozart actually in debt?

Leopold says people claim he is. Mozart calls it a malicious lie, but the scene leaves the audience to judge how much he protests because it is true.

Why does the visit end on such a cheerful note?

Constanze's pregnancy gives Mozart good news of his own, and going out to celebrate lets him end the reunion on his terms instead of his father's.

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