get someone to agree
Ronny wishes he could persuade his mother not to travel now.
I do wish I could persuade you not to undertake this journey at this time of year.A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 12 / 19 章 · 2'21" · B2
Mrs. Moore Says Goodbye to Ronny, Explained：have anything to do with
Mrs. Moore is leaving India, and Ronny cannot persuade her to stay for the trial or his wedding. "I don't want to have anything to do with it," she says, dismissing both the case and his talk of love as so much nonsense.
あらすじ
Mrs. Moore is preparing to leave India before the monsoon. Ronny urges her to stay for his wedding and to testify at Aziz's trial, but she refuses to have anything to do with the case and tells him he will never understand the Marabar Caves or the court that judges them. Their talk turns bitter; she mocks his talk of love, and he finally tells her she must go.
注目の表現
persuadeget away fromhave anything to do withmumbo jumbo
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このシーンの表現
have anything to do with
be involved with at all
When the trial comes up, Mrs Moore says she wants nothing to do with it.
I don't have anything to do with that team.
このシーンの他の表現
- persuade
get someone to agree
- get away from
escape from
- mumbo jumbo
nonsense meant to confuse
- stage-managed
arranged behind the scenes
- settle things up
finish unfinished business
このシーンのメモ一覧
31 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
if nothing else
At least stay until the monsoon. It's very close now.too little time
So much to do, so little time to do it.finish unfinished business
Asked what she will do, Mrs Moore says she will settle things up and see Stella.
Settle things up. See Stella.escape from
Mrs Moore wants to get away from the muddle and fuss for good.
Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own, some shelf.All this blends across the words.
Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own, some shelf.be involved with at all
When the trial comes up, Mrs Moore says she wants nothing to do with it.
I don't want to have anything to do with it.fall asleep
You dropped off after the first cave and let Adela go on with him alone.continue with
You dropped off after the first cave and let Adela go on with him alone.arranged behind the scenes
Ronny accuses Aziz of stage-managing the whole trip through the echo.
He stage-managed the whole thing by frightening you with that echo.nonsense meant to confuse
Ronny calls the echo trick mumbo jumbo that somehow worked.
Mumbo jumbo, but very effective.confusing nonsense — dismissive; nonsense meant to impress
Mumbo jumbo, but very effective.inversion: Nor at the front triggers inversion and means nobody else will either.
You'll never understand the nature of that place, nor will anyone else in that ridiculous court of yours.nonsense about
All this rubbish about love.subjunctive: As if with were marks an unreal comparison.
Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.delay from
And I held up from my business over such trifles.what about
But what of Adela?have any effect
Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.The t in least often disappears before difference.
Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.「Mrs. Moore Says Goodbye to Ronny」を読み解く
What's really going on
Mrs. Moore's exit is the film's moral exit. She has seen what the caves did to Adela, and she will not pretend the colonial court can make sense of it: 'You'll never understand the nature of that place.' Ronny, who needs her as a witness and as a mother at his wedding, hears refusal in every line — 'I don't want to have anything to do with it.' What unsettles him most is that she no longer believes in the things he organizes his life around. 'All this rubbish about love,' she says, and 'Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.' She is not being cruel for its own sake; she is stripped of the certainties that let the English in India keep going. When she adds that 'nothing I can say or do will make the least difference,' it is not despair but a verdict on the whole apparatus, and Ronny can only let her go.
Theme
Family conflictA mother and son fail to reach each other: Ronny wants her to stay and testify, and she answers that they have never understood one another.
FaithMrs. Moore has lost the beliefs that sustain colonial life, calling love an illusion and the trial an institution that cannot understand the caves.
このチャプターで学べること
- Get away from means to escape something.
- Have nothing to do with draws a clear line.
- The least difference denies any effect at all.
- The goodbye works because neither understands the other.
発音のポイント
- all this — All this blends across the words.
- least difference — The t in least often disappears before difference.
Get away from all this muddle and fuss into some cave of my own, some shelf.Mrs. Moore's wish to withdraw: she wants to escape India's confusion and find a private, quiet place of her own.
You'll never understand the nature of that place, nor will anyone else in that ridiculous court of yours.Her verdict on the trial: the colonial court is incapable of grasping what the Marabar Caves actually are or did.
Love in a church, love in a cave, as if there were the least difference.She dismisses Ronny's marriage-talk as empty: love is love, wherever it happens, and the settings people insist on mean nothing.
I've never understood you any more than you've understood me.Her frank admission of the distance between mother and son, voiced as she prepares to leave for good.
Nothing I can say or do will make the least difference.Her reason for refusing to testify: she believes her words cannot change the outcome, so her absence is not indifference but resignation.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mrs. Moore refuse to testify at the trial?
She wants no part of it — 'I don't want to have anything to do with it.' She also believes the colonial court cannot understand the caves, so her testimony would change nothing.
Why won't Mrs. Moore stay for Ronny's wedding?
She is exhausted and disillusioned by India, and she mocks the wedding as more 'rubbish about love.' Ronny's marriage to Adela no longer seems meaningful enough to keep her.
What does Mrs. Moore mean by 'love in a church, love in a cave'?
She is saying there is no real difference between the two: love is love, and the romantic settings Ronny cares about are meaningless to her. It reduces his marriage to something arbitrary.
Why does Ronny think Aziz planned the Marabar trip?
He claims Aziz 'stage-managed the whole thing' by frightening Mrs. Moore with the echo so she would let Adela go on alone. Mrs. Moore rejects this as 'mumbo jumbo.'
Is Mrs. Moore right that she can make no difference?
The film leaves it open. Her words cannot stop the trial, but her absence leaves Ronny and Adela without the one witness who might have told the truth about the caves.
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次のチャプター · 第 13 章make it my businessMcBryde Accuses Aziz at Trial
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
再生中 · 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 12 / 19 章 · 残り約 20 分