RUSS 223 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Antonio Salieri, Plat, Hubris
22 Feb 2018
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His plat later borrowed for (cid:498)omadeus(cid:499) (cid:498)mozart and salieri(cid:499: craft vs. art: craft is learned, art is innate. Hart-working salieri as the craftsman vs. natural, easy going mozart as the artist: craft depicted like math: step by step, arduous, human. Follows others and perfects: with all of these interpretations in mind, what is pushkin trying to tell us, villainy and genius sit ill together: as a genius, you create you don"t destroy. Geniuses as separate from the world, slightly: not for salieri to be the best: he knows he can"t be the best, salieri feels like mozart is too good for this earth.
