All the action follows, including Salieri’s decision to tell us the story as “Ghosts of the Future!” He also decides to attempt suicide. Decision Story Driverįrom the outset, as the play is a memory, we see that Salieri made a decision to oppose Mozart. And he is sure that it will result in resolving the problem. Once he has perceived Mozart as the problem, he methodically begins his years long campaign of destruction. Salieri solves his problems using cause and effect techniques. This harkens back to his statements that he always wanted to sleep with his pretty students, but because of his bargain with God, he had to be chaste. When he has the opportunity to sleep with Constanze, he refuses, preferring to adapt to his new sense of his world. Even with Mozart, in his war with God, he prefers to manipulate those around him rather than challenge Mozart directly. He is willing to flatter to be self-deprecating. He waits years to get the job of First Kappelmeister.
Salieri prefers to deal with his world indirectly, internally. He must stop his own adherence to his part of the bargain he made with God. He must stop God in His choice of Mozart as His Voice. Salieri must Stop Mozart, his music, his fame. It was through him! Through him to God, who loved him so.” As Salieri listens to the “Magic Flute,” he finds that a bit of pity might be entering his heart, but he resolves, “Never!” In the end, Salieri even attempts to take his own life to spite God’s punishment- that is, Salieri’s lack of recognition. He tells us, “I wanted nothing petty….My quarrel wasn’t with Mozart.
After he declares his war, he isn’t interested. He had offered to trade a recommendation to the Emperor on Mozart’s behalf if Constanze will have sex with him. Once he declares his war, his intent to destroy Mozart, he remains steadfast to the end. 8 of the 12 essential questions Steadfast Main Character Resolve
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