is this permitted if I do it
If I remove my shoes, I am allowed?A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 1 / 19 章 · 3'32" · B1
Aziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque, Explained：in the same box
Aziz scolds a stranger in the mosque — then sees she has taken off her shoes and apologises. Over the river they trade losses: two dead husbands, a wife lost in childbirth. "Then we are in the same box," he says, and the formality between Englishwoman and Indian gives way to something like recognition.
あらすじ
At night in the Chandrapore mosque, Aziz challenges a stranger — then discovers she removed her shoes and apologises. She is Mrs Moore, newly arrived and lonely. By the river they compare lives: both widowed, both with children. Aziz calls her the kindest English face he has met, and they part almost as friends.
注目の表現
take the troublein the same boxbad charactersa wonderful river
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このシーンの表現
in the same box
in the same situation
Both have lost a spouse, and Aziz echoes her phrase to claim kinship.
After the layoffs, we were all in the same box.
このシーンの他の表現
- take the trouble
bother to do something
- bad characters
dangerous or shady people
- a wonderful river
ironic praise of a grim river
- newly arrived
having just arrived
- with a vengeance
to an extreme degree
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
bother to do something
Aziz softens when he sees she removed her shoes, and notes how few ladies bother.
Of course. But so few ladies take the trouble.should not do something
- It was very hot. - I think you ought not to walk alone.The t in ought not often disappears in fast speech.
- It was very hot. - I think you ought not to walk alone.dangerous or shady people
Aziz warns her not to walk alone, naming bad characters and even leopards.
There are bad characters about, and leopards may come from the hills.shady people — informal; avoid it in formal writing
There are bad characters about, and leopards may come from the hills.accustomed to it
- I come here quite often. I'm used to it. - Used to snakes?having just arrived
After they trade names, Aziz guesses from her manners that she is newly arrived.
Mrs Moore, I think you are newly arrived in India.by the manner in which here it means by the manner, not incidentally
By the way you address me.drift by
Sometimes I have seen a dead body float past from Benares.The t and p blend, so the two words run together.
Sometimes I have seen a dead body float past from Benares.what a ...
What a terrible river.nevertheless
He is my son all the same. I was married twice.concessive phrase: It means nevertheless and softens the contrast.
He is my son all the same. I was married twice.in the same situation
Both have lost a spouse, and Aziz echoes her phrase to claim kinship.
Then we are in the same box.fathered with someone by marks who the father is
No. I have a daughter in England by my second husband. Stella. She's an artist.to an extreme degree
Finding their losses match almost exactly, Aziz jokes that it is the same box with a vengeance.
Is not this the same box with a vengeance?negative question: A rhetorical negative question that expects agreement.
Is not this the same box with a vengeance?while doing something
In giving me a son, she died.the most ... of any ...
You have the most kind face of any English lady I have met.「Aziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is the film's first bridge across the English-Indian divide, and it is built out of small courtesies. Aziz's anger at finding a woman in his mosque dissolves the instant he learns she took off her shoes: 'If I remove my shoes, I am allowed?' she asks, and the rule that separated them becomes the thing that connects them. He notes how few ladies 'take the trouble,' and the exchange turns intimate fast. The river talk — dead bodies, crocodiles — is not morbid small talk but a shared acceptance of death, and it prepares the confession that they are both widowed: 'Then we are in the same box.' Aziz's compliment, 'You have the most kind face of any English lady I have met,' is generous and slightly reckless, the kind of directness that English reserve would never permit. For one night the two are simply people, and the film lets the warmth stand.
Theme
LonelinessTwo widowed strangers find comfort in each other for one evening, sharing losses instead of trading small talk.
IdentityAn Indian and an Englishwoman meet as equals inside the mosque, where the colonial rules are briefly set aside.
このチャプターで学べること
- Polite distance can turn into friendship in one sentence.
- Take the trouble is a warm way to praise effort.
- In the same box means sharing the same trouble.
- The river line works because it contradicts itself.
発音のポイント
- ought not to — The t in ought not often disappears in fast speech.
- float past — The t and p blend, so the two words run together.
If I remove my shoes, I am allowed?Mrs Moore checks the rule politely; the act of removing her shoes turns a trespass into an invitation.
- It was very hot. - I think you ought not to walk alone.Aziz's concern for her safety shows the role he now takes on: not a stranger but a protector.
Then we are in the same box.Aziz's idiom for shared fate: both have lost a spouse, so the differences between them shrink.
He is my son all the same. I was married twice.Mrs Moore corrects Aziz's confusion: Ronny is still her son, though she has been widowed twice.
You have the most kind face of any English lady I have met.A frank compliment that surprises by its warmth, said to someone he has only just met.
Please may I ask you a question now? Why do you come to India?Aziz reverses the usual questions of the Raj and asks her intent, opening a real conversation.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Aziz invite Mrs Moore to sit?
Once he sees she took off her shoes, he apologises and treats her as a guest. He is lonely and welcomes the company of a sympathetic stranger.
What does 'in the same box' mean?
It means being in the same situation. Both Aziz and Mrs Moore have lost a spouse, so he says they are in the same box — fellow sufferers.
What do Aziz and Mrs Moore talk about by the river?
Death, mostly: bodies floating down from Benares, and crocodiles. It is not gloomy talk but a shared way of accepting what life brings.
Why is the mosque meeting important for them?
It is where an Indian and an Englishwoman meet without the rules of the Raj. They speak as two bereaved people, and a friendship begins.
Who is Mrs Moore's son?
Ronny Heaslop, the city magistrate. Aziz is puzzled at first because Ronny does not share her name, and she explains she was married twice.
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再生中 · 第 1 章in the same boxAziz Meets Mrs Moore in the Mosque
第 2 章an exercise in powerThe Bridge Party at the Club
第 3 章a muddleAziz Invites Them to the Marabar Caves
第 4 章account forGodbole Explains the Marabar Caves
第 5 章put our shoulders to the wheelAdela Calls Off the Wedding
第 6 章condescend toFielding Visits Sick Aziz
第 7 章call it offAziz Shows Fielding His Dead Wife
第 8 章in tattersAdela Vanishes at the Marabar Caves
第 9 章go over the topFielding Defends Aziz After the Charge
第 10 章of no consequenceFielding Picks a Defence Lawyer
第 11 章await the verdictFielding Resigns from the Club
第 12 章have anything to do withMrs. Moore Says Goodbye to Ronny
第 13 章make it my businessMcBryde Accuses Aziz at Trial
第 14 章carried him awayDas Rules Mrs Moore Does Not Exist
第 15 章cast your mind backAdela Wavers on the Witness Stand
第 16 章withdraw the accusationAdela Withdraws the Accusation
第 17 章have a hunchAdela's Echo Is Gone
第 18 章extend an open invitationGodbole Says Goodbye to Fielding
第 19 章smithereensAziz Breaks With Fielding第 1 / 19 章 · 残り約 58 分