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Examine Salieri’s Catholic values as they are presented in the play, and assess their significance in the presentation of his attitudes to God, Mozart and himself.
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Romi Verstappen "I was not a sophisticate of the salons. I was a small-town Catholic, full of dread!" Examine Salieri's Catholic values as they are presented in the play, and assess their significance in the presentation of his attitudes to God, Mozart and himself. Salieri's religion is a major theme within the play; it is his Catholic values and beliefs that make the play so effective. At the start of Act 1 Salieri admits his lifelong desire for fame 'yet only in one special way. Music! Absolute music'. He longed 'to join al the composers who had celebrated His glory through their long Italian past'. As a result of this longing, he turned to his religion and constructed a bargain with God, 'Signore, let me be a composer! Grant me sufficient fame to enjoy it. In return I will live with virtue.' Salieri assumes he has made a fair bargain with God and strongly...
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