Amadeus · 1984 — 第 8 / 25 章 · 4'17" · B2

Salieri Learns Mozart Had Katerina, Explained:the fault is mine

Salieri congratulates Mozart on the opera, then realises that the woman he loved had already slept with him. As Leopold begs for his son's career, Salieri asks God, "Why choose Mozart to teach me lessons in humility?" — then the film cuts to the wedding.

あらすじ

After the success of his opera, Mozart is congratulated by Salieri and the court, though the praise comes with sneers about the woman he is about to marry. Elsewhere, Leopold pleads with the Archbishop to give his son another chance, and writes urging Mozart to postpone the wedding. The film then cuts straight to the marriage ceremony.

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sincere congratulationslessons in humilityunprincipledthe fault is mine

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このシーンの表現

the fault is mine

I am to blame

Leopold takes the whole blame, saying the fault is entirely his.

The fault is mine, not yours.

このシーンの他の表現

  • sincere congratulations

    heartfelt good wishes

  • lessons in humility

    experiences that humble you

  • unprincipled

    without moral principles

  • urgent news

    important news that cannot wait

  • one more chance

    one further opportunity

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 17 件のメモ

表現 · B2sincere congratulations

heartfelt good wishes

Salieri offers sincere congratulations that hide his hatred.

Dear Mozart, my sincere congratulations.
発音sincere congratulations

Sincere congratulations runs together.

Dear Mozart, my sincere congratulations.
表現 · A1go home

return home

- Can we go home? - Yes.
表現 · B1take someone away

lead someone off

No,no,no. You can't take him away now.
表現 · B2this is someone's night

his moment to shine

This is his night.
表現 · B2beyond any doubt

certainly

At that moment I knew, beyond any doubt...
発音At that

At that blends across the words.

At that moment I knew, beyond any doubt...
表現 · B2lessons in something

experiences that humble you

Salieri calls Mozart a lesson in humility sent by God.

Why choose Mozart to teach me lessons in humility?
文法 · B2to teach me lessons

infinitive of purpose: The infinitive explains the purpose behind the choice.

Why choose Mozart to teach me lessons in humility?
表現 · B1as well as

and also

...as well as mine.
表現 · B2be unprincipled

without moral principles

The archbishop calls Mozart unprincipled, a heavy word.

Your son is an unprincipled, spoiled,conceited brat!
スラング · B2brat

a spoiled child — informal and insulting; avoid in formal settings

Your son is an unprincipled, spoiled,conceited brat!
表現 · B2the fault is mine

I am to blame

Leopold takes the whole blame, saying the fault is entirely his.

But don't blame him. The fault is mine,entirely.
文法 · B1don't blame him

imperative: The negative imperative tells someone not to blame him.

But don't blame him. The fault is mine,entirely.
表現 · B1one more chance

one further opportunity

Leopold begs the archbishop for one more chance for his son.

Give him one more chance?
表現 · B1God bless

may God bless

God bless,Your Grace! I thank Your Grace.
表現 · B2urgent news

important news that cannot wait

Leopold's letter opens with urgent news that is really an order.

I write to you with urgent news. I'm coming to Vienna.

「Salieri Learns Mozart Had Katerina」を読み解く

What's really going on

This stretch is where Salieri stops being merely envious and starts to hate. Watching Mozart's opera succeed, he can almost accept that God gave the gift to someone else; what he cannot accept is that the same man took Katerina, the woman he calls "my darling girl." His monologue turns the loss into theology — "Why choose Mozart to teach me lessons in humility?" — as if God were deliberately humiliating him. Meanwhile Leopold, the other man losing control of Mozart, is reduced to begging the Archbishop for "one more chance" and taking all the blame himself. A letter cannot stop the wedding, and Salieri's prayer to send Mozart back to Salzburg goes unanswered.

Theme

RevengeSalieri's envy hardens into outright hatred here; the same scene that crowns Mozart starts Salieri's private vow against him.
MarriageThe chapter jumps from Leopold's letter forbidding the match straight to the vows, making the wedding an act of defiance as much as love.

このチャプターで学べること

  • How could I not is praise you do not mean.
  • The fault is mine puts responsibility on oneself.
  • Lessons in humility describe humbling experiences.
  • A father's urgent letter is really an order.

発音のポイント

  • sincere congratulations — Sincere congratulations runs together.
  • At that — At that blends across the words.
- Did you like it then? - How could I not?

Salieri's polite answer to a question about whether he liked Mozart's work: he can't deny the music is good, so 'How could I not?' lets him praise it while keeping his real feelings hidden.

Why choose Mozart to teach me lessons in humility?

Salieri's question to God: if he is being humbled, why is the lesson taught by the very man he cannot bear? It frames his jealousy as a religious grievance rather than simple envy.

Your son is an unprincipled, spoiled,conceited brat!

A father's master is describing his son: no principles, spoiled, conceited, a brat. In context it's the Archbishop's verdict on Mozart, the obstacle Leopold must argue against when he begs for another chance.

But don't blame him. The fault is mine,entirely.

Leopold accepts the blame for how his son turned out, refusing to let the master condemn Mozart alone. Taking the fault 'entirely' on himself is his way of asking for mercy without arguing about the facts.

I write to you with urgent news. I'm coming to Vienna.

A letter rather than speech: news and a command, that the writer is coming to Vienna and that the wedding must wait. The formal tone turns the father's worry into an order his son will ignore.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Salieri so jealous at the opera?

He isn't jealous of the music alone. Katerina Cavalieri, the woman he loved, has been with Mozart — "The creature had had my darling girl" — so the triumph onstage and the loss in his private life arrive in the same evening.

What does Salieri mean by 'lessons in humility'?

He suspects God is using Mozart to humble him, testing whether he will forgive an unbearable offense. Rather than accept the lesson, he resents that God picked Mozart — the last person he could learn from — as the teacher.

Why does Leopold beg the Archbishop for Mozart?

His son has been dismissed and needs a way back into court employment. Leopold takes the blame on himself — "The fault is mine, entirely" — and asks for one more chance, even while the Archbishop calls Mozart an unprincipled, spoiled brat.

Does Mozart listen to his father and delay the marriage?

No. Leopold's letter demands that he take no further steps towards marriage until they meet, but the film cuts straight to the wedding vows, so the warning arrives too late to change anything.

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