Cruelty and lust. Scarpia is a monstrously vicious, but at the same time sincere, secular man and servant of power. Insidiousness and duplicity. Scarpia receives tips to arrest Cavaradossi for "aiding" a political criminal. Passion for Longing. Scarpia loves to "taste" women like wine, but what attracts him to Tosca is the submission of hatred...Read more