... reason." Conclusion Success and failure are relative things. The harlot or hustler mentality may make you a success, but if all your human relationships are translated into business exchanges your life will be shallow and empty. In both Equus and Amadeus, playwrite Peter Shaffer is commenting on this relativity of success and failure in life. The psychiatrist in Equus knows he can "cure" the boy, but he wonders if this crazy, passionate boy isn't actually better off than he, the drab, well-adjusted pillar ...
... God vindicate his elect, who cry to him day and night? Will he delay long over them? I tell you, he will vindicate them speedily." You are invited to allow the light of this parable to filter through the life of Antonio Salieri, the main character in Peter Shaffer’s play, Amadeus. Salieri was a peer of the great musician Wolfgang Mozart and had a burning desire to be the outstanding composer of his time. His desire to be the greatest composer of his era was so all consuming that he went to God for help ...
