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* CelibateHero: Salieri in the movie. Not so much in the play, in which he expresses contempt towards his wife's frigidity and seduces one of his students, although only after he abandons his bargain with God.
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*NoLoveForTheWicked: Salieri in the movie, who has neither a wife nor mistresses. Not so much in the play, in which he expresses contempt towards his wife's frigidity and seduces one of his students, although only after he abandons his bargain with God (in reality, Salieri was married and had nine children).
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mozart is an often obnoxious {{Manchild}} prone to tantrums and juvenile behavior, but he's also a man devoted to his craft who also loves his family and friends. Furthermore, even when he ridicules others, he does so in jest and really has no malice or ill will towards anybody.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mozart is an often obnoxious {{Manchild}} prone to tantrums and juvenile behavior, but he's also a man devoted to his craft who also loves his family and friends. Furthermore, even when he ridicules others, he does so in jest and really has no malice or ill will towards anybody.anybody, as was evident in the scene where in all sincerity, he asks Salieri to forgive him for any perceived ill will.
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* BrokenAce: What awes and frustrates Salieri is how easily Mozart can come up with amazing music (or so it seems) and how natural it seems for him. However, he's also an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits. For all his musical genius, he can't seem to make any living from it.
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* BrokenAce: What awes and frustrates Salieri is how easily Mozart can come up with amazing music (or so it seems) and how natural it seems for him. However, he's also an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits. For all his musical genius, he can't seem to make any living from it.
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* AffablyEvil: So much so, that Salieri's evil is never discovered [[note]]: Constanza, Mozart's wife, does get a glimpse at Salieri's true feelings towards her husband, but she never understands what is really going on[[/note]], only when he confesses to the priest, and even then, he is quite nice and congenial. He does dip into FauxAffablyEvil as he begins to scheme against Mozart:
* AlasPoorVillain: Even though he's an envious bastard who can't stand the fact that Mozart could be better than him. His fate is portrayed sympathetically. He grows old and sees his music become forgotten over time, and feels that this fate is his punishment by God for trying to steal Mozart's spotlight.
* AlasPoorVillain: Even though he's an envious bastard who can't stand the fact that Mozart could be better than him. His fate is portrayed sympathetically. He grows old and sees his music become forgotten over time, and feels that this fate is his punishment by God for trying to steal Mozart's spotlight.
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* AffablyEvil: So much so, that Salieri's evil is never discovered [[note]]: Constanza, Constanze, Mozart's wife, does get a glimpse at Salieri's true feelings towards her husband, but she never understands what is really going on[[/note]], only when he confesses to the priest, and even then, he is quite nice and congenial. He does dip into FauxAffablyEvil as he begins to scheme against Mozart:
* AlasPoorVillain: Even though he's an envious bastard who can't stand the fact that Mozart could be better than him. His fate is portrayedsympathetically. He sympathetically--He grows old and sees his music become forgotten over time, and feels that this fate is his punishment by God for trying to steal Mozart's spotlight.
* AlasPoorVillain: Even though he's an envious bastard who can't stand the fact that Mozart could be better than him. His fate is portrayed
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* TheAce: What awes and frustrates Salieri is how easily Mozart can come up with amazing music (or so it seems) and how natural it seems for him.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, and an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, and an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits.
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* TheAce: BrokenAce: What awes and frustrates Salieri is how easily Mozart can come up with amazing music (or so it seems) and how natural it seems for him.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, andhim. However, he's also an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits.habits. For all his musical genius, he can't seem to make any living from it.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, and
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* TheCasanova: He has a way with the ladies.
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* TheCasanova: He has Well...so [[UnreliableNarrator Salieri]] says. But he does have a way with the ladies.of attracting to ladies to him.
* DishonoredDead: Having died with unpaid debts, he's given a pauper's funeral and dumped into an unmarked mass grave.
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* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: Mozart, with encouragement from Salieri, ends up working himself to death.]]
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* HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: Mozart, with encouragement from Salieri, ends up working himself to death.]]
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* ReallyGetsAround: Well...so [[UnreliableNarrator Salieri]] says. But he does have a way of attracting to ladies to him.
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* YankTheDogsChain: Mozart gets paid a handsome sum after the success of ''The Magic Flute'', and the following morning, Constanze and Franz return home to him. Unfortunately, he doesn't live long enough to enjoy any of this.
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* KickTheDog: Well, Played With. His yawning during one of Mozart's opera is taken as a signal to close it down soon. But he actually looks embarrassed to give in, and simply he could have been just tired rather than disengaged.
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* KickTheDog: Well, Played With. His yawning during one of Mozart's opera is taken as a signal to close it down soon. But he actually looks embarrassed to give in, and simply he could have been just tired rather than disengaged.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Emperor Joseph II is one as well. He's a bit of a fool, but he's also frequently willing to give Mozart the benefit of the doubt. The real Joseph was this as well compared with other European monarchs.
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* KickTheDog: Well, Played With. His yawning during one of Mozart's opera is taken as a signal to close it down soon. But he actually looks embarrassed to give in, and simply he could have been just tired rather than disengaged.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Emperor Joseph II is one as well. He's a bit of a fool, but he's also frequently willing to give Mozart the benefit of thedoubt.doubt and he's not undrawn to Mozart's enthusiasm. The real Joseph was this as well compared with other European monarchs.
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* UpperClassTwit: He's portrayed as an oblivious rich idiot who has a lousy ear for music. This makes him susceptible to Salieri's manipulations.
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* UpperClassTwit: He's He does try to be open-minded but he's often portrayed as an oblivious rich idiot who has a lousy ear for music. This makes him susceptible to Salieri's manipulations.
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* VillainRespect: While he'll try to sabotage Mozart and later even plot to kill him, Salieri can't hide his adoration for the man's work, and by the end of their relationship he makes it clear that Mozart's the greatest composer he knows. This is an interesting example because it's this respect that also leads Salieri to hate Mozart, as seeing a {{Manchild}} effortlessly coming up with music far greater than his own
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* VillainRespect: While he'll try to sabotage Mozart and later even plot to kill him, Salieri can't hide his adoration for the man's work, and by the end of their relationship he makes it clear that Mozart's the greatest composer he knows. This is an interesting example because it's this respect that also leads Salieri to hate Mozart, as seeing a {{Manchild}} effortlessly coming up with music far greater than his own
own irritates and torments him to no end.
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* VillainousBSoD: In the play, Salieri has one during his final visit to Mozart in his BlackCloak and mask disguise when Mozart produces the completed Requiem, even tearing off a piece of one of the pages and placing it on his tongue like a wafer in Holy Communion. He allows Mozart to unmask him then explodes at him, revealing that he's been Mozart's enemy all along and cursing him to die and leave him in peace.
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* VillainousBSoD: VillainousBSOD: In the play, Salieri has one during his final visit to Mozart in his BlackCloak and mask disguise when Mozart produces the completed Requiem, even tearing off a piece of one of the pages and placing it on his tongue like a wafer in Holy Communion. He allows Mozart to unmask him then explodes at him, revealing that he's been Mozart's enemy all along and cursing him to die and leave him in peace.
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* HeroicRRoD: [[spoiler: Mozart, with encouragement from Salieri, ends up working himself to death.]]
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* HeroicRRoD: HeroicRROD: [[spoiler: Mozart, with encouragement from Salieri, ends up working himself to death.]]
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: He seems like a nice enough guy, but it's shown that he's also a deeply envious and egotistical bastard.
* FauxAffablyEvil: He feigns friendship to Mozart and 'helps' him write his Requiem, all the while planning this so he can die and Salieri can take the credit for himself.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Salieri proves to be a profoundly egotistical man. While he has a genuine passion for music, ultimately it's revealed that he wants the accolades that come from being 'God's instrument.'
* LaserGuidedKarma: While he succeeds in orchestrating Mozart's death, he is unable to take the Requiem and pass it off as his own. Then he slowly succumbs to despair as his music is slowly forgotten and Mozart becomes one of the best composers who has ever lived.
* ManipulativeBastard: So much so that nobody suspects Salieri to have his own odious machinations when he converses with them.
* ManipulativeBastard: So much so that nobody suspects Salieri to have his own odious machinations when he converses with them.
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RefugeInAudacity: Tells Mozart that his music has "too many notes." What makes this even more funny is the fact that [[TruthInTelevision the real Joseph also gave Mozart a similar critique]].
*UpperClassTwit:UpperClassTwit: He's portrayed as an oblivious rich idiot who has a lousy ear for music. This makes him susceptible to Salieri's manipulations.
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-->'''Salieri''' [throwing a crucifix in his fireplace]: From now on we are enemies, You and I. Because You choose for Your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation. Because You are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block You, I swear it. [[BlasphemousBoast I will hinder and harm Your creature on earth as far as I am able]].
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* TheCasanova: He has a way with the ladies.
* HappilyMarried: Despite his...eccentricities, he and his wife are happily married and love each other very much.
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* MeaningfulName: Mozart's middle name, "Amadeus" is often taken to mean "beloved by God", although its actual meaning is "love God!" (imperative). The fact that ''Amadeus'' is the title of the play/movie and that Salieri believes that Mozart is God's favored instrument suggests that the author is playing on the interpretation as "beloved by God". In fact, when Salieri speaks to the priest, he puts an emphasis on his middle name as if it were DramaticIrony.
-->'''Salieri:''' ''(after a priest recognizes Ein Kleine Nachtmuzik)'' ''That'' was Mozart. Wolfgang... ''Amadeus''... Mozart.
-->'''Salieri:''' ''(after a priest recognizes Ein Kleine Nachtmuzik)'' ''That'' was Mozart. Wolfgang... ''Amadeus''... Mozart.
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StarvingArtist: Mozart spends more than he makes and is seen asking for loans a couple of times.
* UnknownRival: Mozart is aware Salieri dislikes him, but thinks it's in the way everyone dislikes him, since he is, by his own admission, not easy to get along with. Tellingly, when he's on his deathbed and needs someone to help him complete the Requiem, it's Salieri that he calls. He has no idea that Salieri deeply resents and loathes him out of envy, much less enough to want him dead.
* UnknownRival: Mozart is aware Salieri dislikes him, but thinks it's in the way everyone dislikes him, since he is, by his own admission, not easy to get along with. Tellingly, when he's on his deathbed and needs someone to help him complete the Requiem, it's Salieri that he calls. He has no idea that Salieri deeply resents and loathes him out of envy, much less enough to want him dead.
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* AlwaysSecondBest / *AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The source of Salieri's bitterness; he felt that God had given him what composing talent he had solely so he could be the only one able to truly recognise Mozart's genius. Even the fact that he was by far the more successful of the two men during their lives didn't change the fact that he knew Mozart's music would outshine his forever.
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* AlwaysSecondBest / *AlwaysSomeoneBetter: AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The source of Salieri's bitterness; he felt that God had given him what composing talent he had solely so he could be the only one able to truly recognise Mozart's genius. Even the fact that he was by far the more successful of the two men during their lives didn't change the fact that he knew Mozart's music would outshine his forever.
* OnlySaneMan: Possibly the most galling thing to Salieri is that he appears to be the only person of his day who can truly recognise Mozart's genius, seeing it as God adding insult to injury. He almost seems to resent the fact that his work is more popular than Mozart's in their day, despite its clear inferiority.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: "That was not Mozart laughing, Father. That was God. That was ''God'' laughing at me through, through that obscene giggle."
-->'''Salieri''' [throwing a crucifix in his fireplace]: From now on we are enemies, You and I. Because You choose for Your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation. Because You are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block You, I swear it. [[BlasphemousBoast I will hinder and harm Your creature on earth as far as I am able]].
* SinisterSweetTooth: Salieri, [[ShownTheirWork not unlike his real-life counterpart]], has a thing for candy and desserts. The opening scene has his servants trying to wheedle him out of a locked room with pastries. The party where he first sees Mozart shows him sneaking a treat off a banquet table. When he's working, he's seldom seen without a dish of candies close at hand. He often offers guests desserts. His favorite breakfast at the asylum is sugar rolls. And, of course, he's consumed with envy for Mozart, enough to undermine his reputation and contemplate murder.
-->'''Salieri''' [throwing a crucifix in his fireplace]: From now on we are enemies, You and I. Because You choose for Your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only the ability to recognize the incarnation. Because You are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block You, I swear it. [[BlasphemousBoast I will hinder and harm Your creature on earth as far as I am able]].
* SinisterSweetTooth: Salieri, [[ShownTheirWork not unlike his real-life counterpart]], has a thing for candy and desserts. The opening scene has his servants trying to wheedle him out of a locked room with pastries. The party where he first sees Mozart shows him sneaking a treat off a banquet table. When he's working, he's seldom seen without a dish of candies close at hand. He often offers guests desserts. His favorite breakfast at the asylum is sugar rolls. And, of course, he's consumed with envy for Mozart, enough to undermine his reputation and contemplate murder.
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* BunnyEarsLawyer: Mozart, all the way. Immature, obnoxious jackass that he is, he is undoubtedly one of the most brilliant composers to ever walk the Earth, and he knows it. {{Deconstructed}}, as he's ahead of his time, which, along with his various vices, means he's often in debt, and his personality means he's not very well-liked even by those that recognize his talent. Salieri resents the hell out of the fact that God would bestow such staggering talent onto someone so improper and over-the-top.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Mozart is certainly odd, and he often alienates people with his bizarre and even childish behavior. But his talent speaks for itself.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He ends up placing a lot of trust into Salieri, which ultimately does him in as Salieri works to orchestrate Mozart's death.
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* {{Manchild}}: Even without Salieri trying to sabotage him, Mozart had a lot of demons on his own. He was very childish, [[InsufferableGenius outspoken, couldn't take criticism,]] spent more money than he earned, and had severe drinking issues.
* ReallyGetsAround: Well...so [[UnreliableNarrator Salieri]] says. But he does have a way of attracting to ladies to him.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: The source of Salieri's bitterness; he felt that God had given him what composing talent he had solely so he could be the only one able to truly recognise Mozart's genius. Even the fact that he was by far the more successful of the two men during their lives didn't change the fact that he knew Mozart's music would outshine his forever.
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* AlwaysSecondBest: AlwaysSecondBest / *AlwaysSomeoneBetter: The source of Salieri's bitterness; he felt that God had given him what composing talent he had solely so he could be the only one able to truly recognise Mozart's genius. Even the fact that he was by far the more successful of the two men during their lives didn't change the fact that he knew Mozart's music would outshine his forever.
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* HistoricalDowngrade: While the real Salieri [[OvershadowedByAwesome as good as Mozart]], he was still a skilled composer in his own right as opposed to the "patron saint of mediocrity" he describes himself as and most of the honors he got were legitimately deserved. Ironically, the play and the subsequent movie actually revitalized interest in Salieri's work.
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* HistoricalDowngrade: While the real Salieri [[OvershadowedByAwesome was not as good as Mozart]], he was still a skilled composer in his own right as opposed to the "patron saint of mediocrity" he describes himself as and most of the honors he got were legitimately deserved. Ironically, the play and the subsequent movie actually revitalized interest in Salieri's work.
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PsychologicalProjection: He has a tendency of assigning emotions that he has to Mozart. He also thinks that Mozart banged his student (and love interest) though this isn't confirmed in the story.
*PyrrhicVictory:PyrrhicVictory: Zigzagged but ultimately subverted. Salieri is successful in orchestrating Mozart's death. But ultimately, he never gets to bask in Mozart's glory in the way that he wants to. He lives to be a broken and sorrowful old man, who believes himself to be a mediocrity.
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* AllForNothing: Salieri's schemes are successful and Mozart dies, but he can find no victory in it due to Mozart's music only becoming even more popular after his death, this combined his own guilt torments Salieri and he goes mad. The last we see of Salieri is him being wheeled through an insane asylum, having fully resigned his fate to be in Mozart's shadow and in madness declaring himself the patron saint of mediocrity. The movie further emphasizes Salieri's failure by having the last thing we hear be Mozart's signature annoying laugh, signifying who truly got the last laugh in the story.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Salieri [[spoiler: apparently starts to have second thoughts about killing Mozart after the latter apologizes to him,]] and he later apologizes to Mozart, as seen during the opening.
* NayTheist: Salieri becomes this as he decides he's had enough with Mozart.
-->'''Salieri:''' ''(narrating)'' From now, we are enemies... You and I. Because You choose for your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only to recognize the incarnation. Because you are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block you, I swear it. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens I will hinder and harm your creature as far as I am able. I will ruin Your incarnation.]]
* NayTheist: Salieri becomes this as he decides he's had enough with Mozart.
-->'''Salieri:''' ''(narrating)'' From now, we are enemies... You and I. Because You choose for your instrument a boastful, lustful, smutty, infantile boy and give me for reward only to recognize the incarnation. Because you are unjust, unfair, unkind, I will block you, I swear it. [[RageAgainstTheHeavens I will hinder and harm your creature as far as I am able. I will ruin Your incarnation.]]
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* VillainProtagonist: Salieri is both the main character and the [[FramingDevice narrator of the story]]- the story of how he planned the destruction and death of the man he envied. Although he provides a SympatheticPOV, and Mozart (in the movie more than the play) is arguably the {{Deuteragonist}}.
* VillainProtagonist: Salieri is both the main character and the [[FramingDevice narrator of the story]]- the story of how he planned the destruction and death of the man he envied. Although he provides a SympatheticPOV, and Mozart (in the movie more than the play) is arguably the {{Deuteragonist}}.
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* AnnoyingLaugh: Mozart frequently delivers a shrill, obnoxious, hyena-like cackle. By all historical accounts that was [[TruthInTelevision actually how Mozart sounded when he laughed]], with some contemporaries comparing it to "the braying of a jackass" mixed with breaking windows, while others described it as "grating a cobblestone down a piano's string". (One might notice that Hulce manages to ''look'' like a braying donkey when he laughs.)
* HeroicRRoD: [[spoiler: Mozart, with encouragement from Salieri, ends up working himself to death.]]
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* ColdHam: Salieri usually keeps his composure, but underneath he's a drama queen. It's clear F. Murray Abraham had a great time playing him.
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* ColdHam: DealWithTheDevil: Inverted; in his youth Salieri usually keeps made a deal with the "God of Bargains" to dedicate his composure, but underneath he's a drama queen. It's clear F. Murray Abraham had a life to goodness, piety, the production of great time playing him. works of music and (in the movie) celibacy, if only God will make him a successful and famous composer. He sees the creation of Mozart as God [[YankTheDogsChain twisting this deal to torment him.]]
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* HistoricalDowngrade: While the real Salieri [[OvershadowedByAwesome as good as Mozart]], he was still a skilled composer in his own right as opposed to the "patron saint of mediocrity" he describes himself as and most of the honors he got were legitimately deserved. Ironically, the play and the subsequent movie actually revitalized interest in Salieri's work.
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InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Behind Salieri's InsufferableGenius demeanor, you find a deeply insecure man.
* InsufferableGenius: Despite his envy and insecurity, Salieri is a skilled composer and he lets everyone know it.
* InterruptedSuicide: Salieri's cook and valet manage to break down his door and save him from bleeding to death after he slits his own throat.
* KarmicNod: Salieri understands full well that he deserves his fate as a 'mediocrity' as he says, even going as far as telling the priest he is the Patron Saint of Mediocrities.
* KickTheDog: Salieri constantly sabotages Mozart's career opportunities as much as possible. But a particular nasty instance is in the Director's Cut where he takes advantage of Constanze's desperation and devotion and obtain sexual favors from her. Even when he decides not to go through with it, he never does anything to remedy Constanze's [[BreakTheCutie emotional breakdown]].
* InsufferableGenius: Despite his envy and insecurity, Salieri is a skilled composer and he lets everyone know it.
* InterruptedSuicide: Salieri's cook and valet manage to break down his door and save him from bleeding to death after he slits his own throat.
* KarmicNod: Salieri understands full well that he deserves his fate as a 'mediocrity' as he says, even going as far as telling the priest he is the Patron Saint of Mediocrities.
* KickTheDog: Salieri constantly sabotages Mozart's career opportunities as much as possible. But a particular nasty instance is in the Director's Cut where he takes advantage of Constanze's desperation and devotion and obtain sexual favors from her. Even when he decides not to go through with it, he never does anything to remedy Constanze's [[BreakTheCutie emotional breakdown]].
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TheAce: What awes and frustrates Salieri is how easily Mozart can come up with amazing music (or so it seems) and how natural it seems for him.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, and an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits.
** BrokenAce: Mozart. Genius musician and composer, and an alcoholic buffoon with terrible manners and spending habits.
* InnocentlyInsensitive: Mozart revising the piece Salieri made in his honor.
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* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mozart is an often obnoxious {{Manchild}} prone to tantrums and juvenile behavior, but he's also a man devoted to his craft who also loves his family and friends. Furthermore, even when he ridicules others, he does so in jest and really has no malice or ill will towards anybody.
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* HistoricalDowngrade: Unlike how he's characterized here, the real Joseph II was far from a musical ignoramus. In actuality, he took musical instruction from some of the finest teachers in Europe and persistently championed Mozart's music even against his own advisors' wishes.
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* HistoricalDowngrade:
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* VillainRespect: Deep down in his heart of hearts, Salieri truly admires Mozart's genius. He only wishes that he could have just a sliver of what Mozart has.
* VillainRespect: Deep down in his heart of hearts, Salieri truly admires Mozart's genius. He only wishes that he could have just a sliver of what Mozart has.
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* UnreliableNarrator:
UnreliableNarrator: Quite emphasized by the narrator's dementia. A notable instance is that Salieri assumes that Mozart slept with his most beloved pupil, who reacted with jealousy at news of Mozart's engagement. Though really, no on-screen evidence of this affair is given to the audience and her affection might well have been one-sided.
* VillainousBSoD:
* VillainProtagonist:
* VillainRespect:Deep down in his heart of hearts, While he'll try to sabotage Mozart and later even plot to kill him, Salieri truly admires can't hide his adoration for the man's work, and by the end of their relationship he makes it clear that Mozart's genius. He only wishes the greatest composer he knows. This is an interesting example because it's this respect that he could have just also leads Salieri to hate Mozart, as seeing a sliver of what Mozart has.
{{Manchild}} effortlessly coming up with music far greater than his own
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* WellDoneSonGuy: Mozart is both terrified and awed by his imposing father Leopold. He's hoping for the adoration he wants from his father (who never shows any) but unwilling to submit to his demands to leave Vienna. And when Leopold dies, Mozart pumps out ''Don Giovanni'' to express his rage and grief. And Salieri is [[ASimplePlan the only one who understands it...]]
* UnknownRival:
* WellDoneSonGuy: Mozart is both terrified and awed by his imposing father Leopold. He's hoping for the adoration he wants from his father (who never shows any) but unwilling to submit to his demands to leave Vienna. And when Leopold dies, Mozart pumps out ''Don Giovanni'' to express his rage and grief. And Salieri is [[ASimplePlan the only one who understands it...]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: There is absolutely no evidence that Salieri was in any way responsible for Mozart's death, or that he harbored a life-long jealous hatred for Mozart. While there was some rivalry between the two composers, much of the time they were on good, friendly terms with one another.
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* CelebateHero:
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* AlasPoorVillain:
AlasPoorVillain: Even though he's an envious bastard who can't stand the fact that Mozart could be better than him. His fate is portrayed sympathetically. He grows old and sees his music become forgotten over time, and feels that this fate is his punishment by God for trying to steal Mozart's spotlight.
*AlwaysSecondBest:
AlwaysSecondBest: The source of Salieri's bitterness; he felt that God had given him what composing talent he had solely so he could be the only one able to truly recognise Mozart's genius. Even the fact that he was by far the more successful of the two men during their lives didn't change the fact that he knew Mozart's music would outshine his forever.
*AntagonistInMourning:
AmbiguousSituation: Salieri doesn't really kill Mozart, but [[spoiler: the fact that Mozart is, toward the end of his life, doing two jobs (and overwork was apparently a contributory cause of his death) doesn't really help matters, and since one of the jobs was assigned by a disguised Salieri...]]
*CelebateHero: AntagonistInMourning: Salieri, despite having relished the moment for a long time, seems utterly crushed when Mozart dies. In the opening, where he tries to commit suicide, he's even crying out "Forgive me, Mozart!"
* BlasphemousBoast: Salieri gives one after he decides that God is taunting him through Mozart, declaring himself God's enemy, swearing to destroy God's "incarnation" and renouncing the bargain they had made.
-->'''Salieri:''' They say God is not mocked? ''Man'' is not mocked!
* CelibateHero: Salieri in the movie. Not so much in the play, in which he expresses contempt towards his wife's frigidity and seduces one of his students, although only after he abandons his bargain with God.
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* BlasphemousBoast: Salieri gives one after he decides that God is taunting him through Mozart, declaring himself God's enemy, swearing to destroy God's "incarnation" and renouncing the bargain they had made.
-->'''Salieri:''' They say God is not mocked? ''Man'' is not mocked!
* CelibateHero: Salieri in the movie. Not so much in the play, in which he expresses contempt towards his wife's frigidity and seduces one of his students, although only after he abandons his bargain with God.
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* ColdHam:
ColdHam: Salieri usually keeps his composure, but underneath he's a drama queen. It's clear F. Murray Abraham had a great time playing him.
*DrivenByEnvy:
DrivenByEnvy: Very much so — as a core driver of the plot. The only thing he ever wanted was to be a great composer, and he worked hard for it all his life, but then he meets this crude, boorish boy who he recognizes has a genius that he can never compete with, apparently given to him by God.
*FaithHeelTurn:
DrivenToSuicide: The film opens with Salieri, overcome with guilt, slashing his throat in a failed attempt to kill himself. In RealLife, Salieri did attempt suicide in 1823, but from clinical depression, not guilt.
* FaithHeelTurn: Salieri committed himself to God's works in exchange for his composing career- until meeting Mozart and seeing the talent God had given ''him'' destroyed his faith.
* FalseFriend: Salieri hides his resentment toward Mozart and pretends to regard him as a friend and colleague, while secretly doing things to hinder him at every opportunity. Salieri's act is so good that Mozart never realises his true intentions, and goes to his grave believing that Salieri is really his friend.
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* FaithHeelTurn: Salieri committed himself to God's works in exchange for his composing career- until meeting Mozart and seeing the talent God had given ''him'' destroyed his faith.
* FalseFriend: Salieri hides his resentment toward Mozart and pretends to regard him as a friend and colleague, while secretly doing things to hinder him at every opportunity. Salieri's act is so good that Mozart never realises his true intentions, and goes to his grave believing that Salieri is really his friend.
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* GoneHorriblyRight:
* GreenEyedMonster: Practically the theme and drive of the whole work! Although Salieri recognizes and genuinely admires Mozart's immense genius, he resents that such an immature, obnoxious jackass obtained it in what seems an effortless manner.
* GreenEyedMonster: Practically the theme and drive of the whole work! Although Salieri recognizes and genuinely admires Mozart's immense genius, he resents that such an immature, obnoxious jackass obtained it in what seems an effortless manner.
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* GoneHorriblyRight:
GoneHorriblyRight: The ultimate failing of [[ASimplePlan Salieri's plan to kill Mozart and profit from his death]]; while his original intent was to steal the Requiem and have it played at Mozart's public funeral as a tribute to him, gaining acclaim for it, his plan to ruin Mozart succeeded so well that Mozart died a pauper and was given little more than a beggar's funeral which almost nobody attended, preventing Salieri from benefiting from the Requiem at all.
* GreenEyedMonster:Practically the theme and drive of the whole work! Although Salieri recognizes and genuinely admires Mozart's immense genius, he resents that such an immature, obnoxious jackass obtained it in what seems an effortless manner.manner.
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul:
** Mozart and Salieri were not mortal enemies as they are in the play, but rather friendly competitors in the same business.
** Salieri was not celibate, and he was the father of eight children with and his Adapted Out wife. The woman in the play whom he lusts after but denies himself, Caterina Cavalieri, was Salieri's mistress in real life.
* GreenEyedMonster:
* HistoricalRelationshipOverhaul:
** Mozart and Salieri were not mortal enemies as they are in the play, but rather friendly competitors in the same business.
** Salieri was not celibate, and he was the father of eight children with and his Adapted Out wife. The woman in the play whom he lusts after but denies himself, Caterina Cavalieri, was Salieri's mistress in real life.
* TheCasanova:
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* DumbassHasAPoint: DumbassHasAPoint: While Emperor Joseph has no ear for music, he knows that a dance is nothing without it and his intervention causes ''Marriage of Figaro'' to be premièred.
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FatalFlaw: [[GreenEyedMonster Envy]]. He's achieved the successful music career he dreamed of and is happy with the attributes that God had given him, until Mozart comes into his life. Mozart composes music of surpassing genius and inspiration in a way that makes it look easy, despite coming across to Salieri as childish, vulgar, impudent, and frivolous in all matters outside of music. The fact that God favors this unseemly creature over a pious, hard-working man such as himself makes Salieri feel cheated. He stops appreciating what he already has, turns away from God, and instead focuses on undermining Mozart's career. Eventually he goes to the extent of trying to murder Mozart and steal his magnum opus so that he can get revenge on God and attain the recognition he deserves, but after Mozart works himself to death Salieri is left guilty and grieving instead of triumphant. The sad thing is that Salieri genuinely loved Mozart's music more than anybody, and despite Mozart occasionally slighting Salieri's compositions he actually considered Salieri to be a real friend. If Salieri had been able to put aside his envy and return Mozart's friendship, he almost certainly could have lived a happier life instead of spending his old age in an insane asylum.
* AGodAmI: Salieri's aspiration to become God's musical messenger in this world. It all goes downhill when he understands that Mozart fits the role much better. And then he seeks to outwit God.
* GoneHorriblyRight:
* GreenEyedMonster: Practically the theme and drive of the whole work! Although Salieri recognizes and genuinely admires Mozart's immense genius, he resents that such an immature, obnoxious jackass obtained it in what seems an effortless manner.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Although Salieri and Mozart were competitors for various professional positions, and Mozart and his father suspected that Salieri and other Italian composers based in Vienna had conspired to hinder his career (leading to the accusations that Salieri had poisoned Mozart, accusations which caused Salieri to have several nervous breakdowns in later life), the two composers actually had a great deal of respect for one another (save for a single dispute arising from an alleged attempt by Salieri to sabotage ''The Marriage of Figaro'', which is the only reason why such allegations of murder were made in the first place -- long story, the short of it being that it's nothing more than juicy gossip), and Salieri actively helped to bring about the premieres of several of Mozart's later works. By some accounts, Salieri was also present at Mozart's burial, and helped to arrange concerts celebrating Mozart's work following his death. It is known that in the years following Mozart's death, Salieri was given a chance to set up a production at the opera in Vienna, of anything he wanted. He chose to set up a production of ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'', rather than one of his own works.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Salieri is tortured every day by reminders that, however good he gets, Mozart will always be better and will always be acclaimed as a genius. It's his frustration and anger at both his shortcomings and his belief that Mozart is undeserving of his talent that drives him to breaking point.
* InsufferableGenius:
* KarmicNod:
* AGodAmI: Salieri's aspiration to become God's musical messenger in this world. It all goes downhill when he understands that Mozart fits the role much better. And then he seeks to outwit God.
* GoneHorriblyRight:
* GreenEyedMonster: Practically the theme and drive of the whole work! Although Salieri recognizes and genuinely admires Mozart's immense genius, he resents that such an immature, obnoxious jackass obtained it in what seems an effortless manner.
* HistoricalVillainUpgrade: Although Salieri and Mozart were competitors for various professional positions, and Mozart and his father suspected that Salieri and other Italian composers based in Vienna had conspired to hinder his career (leading to the accusations that Salieri had poisoned Mozart, accusations which caused Salieri to have several nervous breakdowns in later life), the two composers actually had a great deal of respect for one another (save for a single dispute arising from an alleged attempt by Salieri to sabotage ''The Marriage of Figaro'', which is the only reason why such allegations of murder were made in the first place -- long story, the short of it being that it's nothing more than juicy gossip), and Salieri actively helped to bring about the premieres of several of Mozart's later works. By some accounts, Salieri was also present at Mozart's burial, and helped to arrange concerts celebrating Mozart's work following his death. It is known that in the years following Mozart's death, Salieri was given a chance to set up a production at the opera in Vienna, of anything he wanted. He chose to set up a production of ''Theatre/TheMagicFlute'', rather than one of his own works.
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: Salieri is tortured every day by reminders that, however good he gets, Mozart will always be better and will always be acclaimed as a genius. It's his frustration and anger at both his shortcomings and his belief that Mozart is undeserving of his talent that drives him to breaking point.
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* KarmicNod:
* PyrrhicVictory:
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VillainRespect: Deep down in his heart of hearts, Salieri truly admires Mozart's genius. He only wishes that he could have just a sliver of what Mozart has.
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The characters in Peter Shaffer's play (and the film adaptation of the same name) Amadeus.
!!Antonio Salieri
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* AffablyEvil: So much so, that Salieri's evil is never discovered [[note]]: Constanza, Mozart's wife, does get a glimpse at Salieri's true feelings towards her husband, but she never understands what is really going on[[/note]], only when he confesses to the priest, and even then, he is quite nice and congenial. He does dip into FauxAffablyEvil as he begins to scheme against Mozart:
* AlasPoorVillain:
* AlwaysSecondBest:
* AntagonistInMourning:
* ClassicVillain: {{Pride}} and {{Envy}} for Salieri.
* ColdHam:
* DrivenByEnvy:
* FaithHeelTurn:
* FalseFriend:
* FatalFlaw:
* GreenEyedMonster:
* PsychologicalProjection:
* UnreliableNarrator:
* VillainRespect:
!!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* AnnoyingLaugh:
* TheAce:
** BrokenAce:
* BrilliantButLazy: When really putting his mind to it, Mozart displays a passion for his compositions and operas. However, his real fault is his inability/unwillingness to get a stable job teaching students (further compounded by his grating personality and Salieri's constant sabotage).
* BunnyEarsLawyer:
* FatalFlaw: His InsufferableGenius tendencies, as well as his trust in Salieri is eventually what does him in.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
* InsufferableGenius:
* {{Manchild}}:
* WellDoneSonGuy:
!!Emperor Joseph II
!!Antonio Salieri
* AGodAmI:
* AffablyEvil: So much so, that Salieri's evil is never discovered [[note]]: Constanza, Mozart's wife, does get a glimpse at Salieri's true feelings towards her husband, but she never understands what is really going on[[/note]], only when he confesses to the priest, and even then, he is quite nice and congenial. He does dip into FauxAffablyEvil as he begins to scheme against Mozart:
* AlasPoorVillain:
* AlwaysSecondBest:
* AntagonistInMourning:
* ClassicVillain: {{Pride}} and {{Envy}} for Salieri.
* ColdHam:
* DrivenByEnvy:
* FaithHeelTurn:
* FalseFriend:
* FatalFlaw:
* GreenEyedMonster:
* PsychologicalProjection:
* UnreliableNarrator:
* VillainRespect:
!!Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
* AnnoyingLaugh:
* TheAce:
** BrokenAce:
* BrilliantButLazy: When really putting his mind to it, Mozart displays a passion for his compositions and operas. However, his real fault is his inability/unwillingness to get a stable job teaching students (further compounded by his grating personality and Salieri's constant sabotage).
* BunnyEarsLawyer:
* FatalFlaw: His InsufferableGenius tendencies, as well as his trust in Salieri is eventually what does him in.
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter:
* InsufferableGenius:
* {{Manchild}}:
* WellDoneSonGuy:
!!Emperor Joseph II
