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Amadeus · 1984 — 第 23 / 25 章 · 2'24" · B1

The Messenger Demands the Requiem, Explained：killing me

A masked messenger comes for the Requiem, and Mozart has nothing to hand over. He begs for two more weeks; the answer is that finishing sooner means a bigger reward. After the visitor leaves, Constanze confronts him about his drinking and about slaving for a theatre manager who pays nothing, but Mozart only says, "It's killing me."

あらすじ

A masked stranger arrives to collect the Requiem. Mozart has not finished it and promises a masterpiece, asking for two more weeks; the messenger only says the sooner he finishes, the greater the reward. When he is gone, Constanze confronts Mozart: he is slaving for a theatre manager who pays nothing, and he has been drinking. Mozart answers only, "It's killing me."

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注目の表現

neglectwork ongo madput down money

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このシーンの表現

neglect

to fail to attend to

The masked messenger asks whether Mozart has been ignoring his commission.

I've been neglecting my health lately.

このシーンの他の表現

  • work on

    to spend effort on

  • go mad

    to lose your mind

  • put down money

    to pay money, often in cash

  • be honest

    tell me the truth

  • talk nonsense

    to say things that make no sense

このシーンのメモ一覧

29 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

発音have it

Practice linking have it into a single sound, ha-vit.

I don't have it yet.
表現 · B1neglect one's request

ignoring what someone asked

Are you neglecting my request?
表現 · B1the best (something) I ever ...

the finest I have made

...I'll give you a wonderful piece,the best I ever...
表現 · A2have been sick

to have been unwell

I've been sick,but I'm all right now,aren't I?
文法 · B1aren't I?

tag question: The tag asks for agreement, and I am takes aren't I, not amn't I.

I've been sick,but I'm all right now,aren't I?
表現 · A2work on something

putting effort into it

And he's working on it very hard.
表現 · A2(number) more (noun)

two extra weeks

Give me two more weeks. Please.
表現 · B1the sooner ..., the ...

the earlier you finish

The sooner you finish,the greater your reward.
文法 · B1The sooner you finish,the greater your reward

correlative comparative: Two the-clauses move together: the earlier you finish, the greater the reward.

The sooner you finish,the greater your reward.
表現 · B1go mad

to lose your mind

Constanze tells Mozart he is losing his mind over the unseen commission.

I think you really are going mad.
表現 · B2slave for someone

work like a servant for

You slave for that idiot actor who won't give you a penny!
表現 · B2put down money

to pay money, often in cash

Constanze points at the masked client and says he is a real man paying real money.

This is a real man,who puts down real money.
文法 · B1who puts down real money

relative clause: The who-clause adds that this man is the kind who pays real money.

This is a real man,who puts down real money.
表現 · B1why/who/what on earth ...

used to stress a question

Why on earth won't you finish it?
発音finish it

Linked, finish it can sound close to 'fini-shit', so listen for the verb.

Why on earth won't you finish it?
表現 · B1something is killing someone

wearing me out Not literal death, just exhaustion

It's killing me.
発音killing me

The g in killing is often dropped, so it sounds like killin' me.

It's killing me.
表現 · B1be honest

tell me the truth

Constanze leans in and presses Mozart to admit he has been drinking.

Be honest,tell me. You've been drinking.
表現 · A2all the time

constantly

It's not fair. I worry about you all the time.
表現 · B2do everything one can to ...

all I am able to do

I do everything I can to help you.
表現 · B2all someone does is ...

the only thing you do is

And all you do is drink and talk nonsense,and frighten me.
文法 · B2all you do is drink

all ... do is: All you do is takes a bare verb and stresses that this is the only thing you do.

And all you do is drink and talk nonsense,and frighten me.
表現 · A2stay with someone

keep you company here

Let me stay here with you.

「The Messenger Demands the Requiem」を読み解く

What's really going on

Two pressures meet in the same room. The messenger is a client with a deadline and a promise of reward, and his businesslike patience makes Mozart's failure more frightening than any threat could. Then Constanze supplies the other pressure: money, family, and the visible self-destruction of a man who will not sleep. Her accusation - "You slave for that idiot actor who won't give you a penny!" - puts the two commissions side by side: the one that pays is ignored, the one that terrifies is where he spends himself. Mozart does not explain. "It's killing me" is not an excuse but a fact to him, and the line turns the Requiem into something that is genuinely taking his life. Constanze's anger gives way to care, and the scene ends with her sitting beside him.

Theme

Death & griefThe unfinished Requiem has become a death sentence for Mozart, who cannot explain why he keeps writing it.
MoneyConstanze measures the commissions by what they pay, while Mozart gives himself to the masked stranger who promises nothing up front.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The messenger's politeness is a threat, not courtesy.
  • Mozart answers a demand for money with a plea.
  • Constanze's questions are love worn thin.
  • It's killing me ends the argument, not the debt.
  • Who he slaves for matters more than what he owes.

発音のポイント

  • have it — Practice linking have it into a single sound, ha-vit.
  • finish it — Linked, finish it can sound close to 'fini-shit', so listen for the verb.
  • killing me — The g in killing is often dropped, so it sounds like killin' me.
Are you neglecting my request?

The messenger's quiet warning: Mozart is not merely late, he is failing an obligation, and the question carries the weight of a threat.

The sooner you finish,the greater your reward.

A flat incentive rather than comfort - the only thing the messenger offers is a bigger payment for faster work.

You slave for that idiot actor who won't give you a penny!

Constanze's accusation points at the injustice: Mozart kills himself for a commission that pays nothing while ignoring the one that does.

Why on earth won't you finish it?

The question that exposes the mystery at the center of the scene: Mozart cannot say why the easy, paid commission goes unwritten.

Can you give me one reason I can understand?

Her plea for an explanation he cannot give, marking the limit of what Constanze can reach in him.

And all you do is drink and talk nonsense,and frighten me.

Her summary of his decline - drinking, raving, scaring her - spoken to a man whose work has become indistinguishable from his illness.

このシーンについての質問

Why can't Mozart finish the Requiem?

He says only that it is killing him. The commission has become tied to his fear of death, so it is not laziness or a lack of time but something he cannot explain even to his wife.

Who is the masked messenger?

The scene treats him as an anonymous client who commissioned the Requiem. His stillness and his refusal to bargain make him seem more like an omen than a normal patron.

Why is Constanze angry with Mozart?

He is working himself to exhaustion on the Requiem for a patron who pays nothing, while ignoring paid work and drinking heavily. She is watching him fall apart and cannot stop it.

What does killing me mean here?

It means the work is destroying him, not that it merely annoys him. Mozart uses it to describe the Requiem as something that has taken over his life and health.

What does Constanze want from Mozart?

Rest and honesty. She asks him to admit he has been drinking, wants him to finish the paid commission, and finally asks to sit with him rather than leave him alone.

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