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Amadeus- Three Act Structure
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Amadeus
Three Act Structure
Three-Act Structure
The film adaptation of the play of the same name, Amadeus tells the story of famous composer Mozart through the perspective of rival Antonio Salieri.
Acts
The Set Up
Act 1
The movie begins with a senile, geriatric Salieri being visited by a priest in an asylum, and presents him flashbacks off his life and his relationship with Mozart. In the beginning of the flashbacks, Salieri confirms that he has known Mozart since he was child and aspired to be like him. After the death of his father, he moves to Vienna and becomes the court composer for Emperor Joeseph II. Mozart then arrives to Vienna and makes his place in the city of musicians, much to the chargrin of others.
Normality
Normality
The flashbacks start with Salieri confessing that he "could never think of a time when he didn't know [Mozart's] name" and show the contrasts in both Salieri's and Mozart's 'normals', with that of Salieri being a virtuous man of heart, who is inspired by Mozart, and Mozart being noneother than a ludicrous deliquent. When the two protagonists finally meet together in Vienna, the normal is that Salieri is a respected composer in Vienna and Mozart is a newer, and weirder, composer on the scene.
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An older Salieri being visted by the Father, before he begins to tell his tale.
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The normal, as stated in Act 1, states that Salieri (fourth from the left; black coat) is a respected composer whiel Mozart has just arrived in Vienna (second from the right; light blue coat).
The Confrontation
Act 2
The confrontation of the movie derives from Salieri not accepting the fact that Mozart is better than him in making music, and Salieri makes his best efforts to rid of him, even at one time spreading a rumour saying that he molested a younger woman during a lesson. Throughout the confrontation Salieri also loses his faith in God as he is distruaght by the fact that God chosen a 'man-baby' as his perfect instrument rather than virtous Salieri, and what endures is not a battle against Salieri and Mozart, but Salieri and God.
Normality
Normality
The confrontation is where the 'normal' is disrupted, in which Salieri doesn't understand why God would grant Mozart, an immature brat, the ability to create beautiful music, while Sallieri is only granted mediocracy despite being a perfect image of God's virtues. This breaking of Salieri's normal results in Salieri losing his faith in God and the desire to destroy God's creation.
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Salieri burns his cross after he rejects God for giving Mozart divinty through music
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Salieri reads Mozart's first drafts of music and is upset at that fact a person like Mozart can make such beautiful music.
The Resolution
Act 3
The third act begins with the death of Mozart's father, and the play of Don Giovanni. These events let Salieri conjour up a sinister plan; persuade Mozart to write a requiem for him so he can play it at his furneal after murdering him; to defy God for killing his voice and claiming victory over him.
However, at the end of the film, Mozart dies from illness, thus unabling Salieri to complete his plan and therefore making Salieri lives his life as a mediocracy while Mozart's music lives on.
Normality
Normality
The film's ending brings forward a new 'normal'. At the beginning of the film, the 'normal' was Salieri being a virtous man, a respected composer, and had a deep admiration for Mozart. Now, in the new normal, Mozart is dead, Salieri lost his faith and rejects God, and his music is slowyl dying off. This isn't as much as a good change in normal, but it is nevertheless a restore/change to normal.
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Salieri helps Mozart write the requiem, which Mozart in unaware of Salieri's true intent.
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Mozart dies in bed from illness before the requiem is made, meaning that Salieri cannot continue his plan.
Disruption of Normal
Disruption of normal
The 'normal' of the film, in which Salieri was a respected composer, and an admirer of both Mozart and God. But, on Mozart's arrival, Salieri discovers that not only is he a wonderful prodigy and an ingenious composer, but a spoiled and immature boy. This revelation breaks Salieri's normal- he loses his faith and his perception on both the world and Mozart deteriorate. The end of the film, the new normal, has Mozart dead and Salieri left alone to face God's judgment- mediocracy.
Resolution
Resolution
Salieri finds in resolution by accepting the fact that God had bestowed him with mediocracy for trying to murder Mozart. The film ends with Old Salieri mockingly absolving insane lunatics of their mediocracies
Challenging the Three Act Structure
Challenging the Three Act Structure
Amadeus challenges the Three Act Structure as most of the film is told through flashbacks. Old Salieri (top) tells a priest his relationship with Mozart when he was younger (bottom)