Several of the scenes bring the contrast of the two characters' personalities onto sharp contrast. By this I am speaking of the way Mozart is able to change Salieri's welcoming music without much thought, the stunned expression upon Salieri's face when he sees the genius in the unfinished manuscripts that Mozart has given to his wife, and Mozart's ability to internalize and visually recognize the music as he dictates the Requiem to Salieri on his death bed. These scenes show in their turn a movement from anger to amazement and jealousy to finally Salieri's growing realization that he sits in the company of a genius and he is overcome by the beauty of the music which he struggles to transcribe as Mozart ostensibly dies (Marshall, 1997). As we see this shift in Salieri, we also see a shift in Mozart from childish little boy to musical bad boy, to eventually in the death bed scene, a genius who appears to be divinely inspired in his ability to write music. What is also at cross purposes is the depiction of Salieri as a relatively grounded man, with (until midpoint of the story) strong religious bonds and Mozart as spoiled, self-indulgent, bacchanalian; a vulgar man. The contrast between he who would seem to be the most deserving of the genius and he to whom it is gifted is striking and gives the story much of its flavor.
Some of the characterizations are based in fact. Musicologist Erich Hertzman, a biographer of Mozart, reports that the composer may have had a photographic memory and therefore was able to write music as fast as he could put it down on paper, a testament to the fact that Constanze, the wife, presents Salieri with manuscripts that are first drafts and have no cross outs or...
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