wanting very much
Fielding arrives thirsty from the climb and exaggerates that he is dying for a drink.
No. I've just walked up from the road. I'm dying for a drink.A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 8 / 19 章 · 2'59" · B1
Adela Vanishes at the Marabar Caves, Explained：in tatters
The picnic falls apart when Adela is found to have left with Mrs. Callendar, and Aziz cannot explain what became of her. "Our great day is in tatters," he says, while Fielding presses him to retrace exactly when he and Adela parted.
あらすじ
At the Marabar Caves, the excursion collapses. Adela Quested has driven off with Mrs. Callendar, and Aziz, who wandered into the caves, comes back unable to say clearly where she went. Fielding and Mrs. Moore question him as he recounts searching the caves and hearing the car leave. 'Our great day is in tatters,' he says.
注目の表現
in tattersdying forgo off withpart with
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このシーンの表現
in tatters
ruined, in pieces
The grand outing ends in confusion, and Aziz says the day is in tatters.
His plans were left in tatters.
このシーンの他の表現
- dying for
wanting very much
- go off with
leave together with someone
- part with
separate from
- forgive myself
stop blaming myself
- new arrivals
people who have just come
このシーンのメモ一覧
41 行のセリフに 19 件のメモ
come up on foot from
No. I've just walked up from the road. I'm dying for a drink.Dying for blends across the words.
No. I've just walked up from the road. I'm dying for a drink.good heavens — mild old-fashioned exclamation
Good Lord!approach someone
I was coming over to you. Nothing wrong?actually
Not exactly. But they went off with the guide an hour ago - more, in fact - and somehow...return shortly
I don't know this place, but I'm sure they'll be back soon.separate from
Fielding asks when Aziz parted with Adela, coolly trying to fix the timeline.
But, Dr Aziz, when did you part with her?smoke a cigarette
Nor do I. I went round the corner to have a cigarette...noun clause: The which-clause is the object of recall.
Then the guide couldn't recall which cave she'd gone into.check inside
So I looked in all the caves, and when I came out of...time clause: The when-clause sets the moment of the sighting.
So I looked in all the caves, and when I came out of...hurry to
So I ran over to the edge and I saw Miss Quested getting in.leave by car
And... and then she drove away with Mrs Callendar.ruined, in pieces
The grand outing ends in confusion, and Aziz says the day is in tatters.
Our great day is in tatters.Day is in blends into one run.
Our great day is in tatters.stop blaming myself
Aziz blames himself for the outing and says he will never forgive himself.
I will never forgive myself.people who have just come
Fielding calls it a dangerous place for new arrivals, naming the vulnerable outsiders.
This is a dangerous place for new arrivals.try as hard as you can
Now lie back, dear. Do your best to relax.「Adela Vanishes at the Marabar Caves」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is the hinge of the film. One moment the outing is a triumph of Indian hospitality; the next, an Englishwoman has disappeared into a cave and reappeared in another woman's car, and the Indian host is left stammering explanations. Aziz's account is all confusion — 'I don't understand,' he keeps saying — and there is a red flag in the question Fielding repeats: 'when did you part with her?' The English instinct is already to reconstruct the day as a story with a culprit. Aziz senses it in his own line, 'Our great day is in tatters.' Mrs. Moore offers the only resistance, insisting 'Aziz is an innocent,' but her reassurance is exactly the kind of certainty the colonial machinery will refuse to hear. The scene ends not with an answer but with a suspicion forming.
Theme
TrustThe English start doubting Aziz's account the moment Adela disappears, turning a chaotic day into a case against him.
JusticeMrs. Moore's insistence that 'Aziz is an innocent' is the scene's lonely defense against a suspicion already hardening.
このチャプターで学べること
- In tatters paints a ruined plan in one image.
- Be dying for exaggerates a small need, casually.
- Go off with means leaving together, often suddenly.
- The scrambled order of Aziz's account shows his panic.
発音のポイント
- dying for — Dying for blends across the words.
- day is in — Day is in blends into one run.
No. I've just walked up from the road. I'm dying for a drink.Fielding's offhand arrival: he has hiked up from the road and wants a drink, before anyone realizes the day has gone wrong.
Our great day is in tatters.Aziz's summary of the ruined picnic — the outing he arranged to prove himself has collapsed into confusion and suspicion.
I will never forgive myself.Aziz takes the whole failure personally, blaming himself for an outing he meant as a gift to his English guests.
Aziz is an innocent. Something else must have happened.Mrs. Moore's firm defense of Aziz before any accusation is even named, treating his innocence as obvious.
This is a dangerous place for new arrivals.A warning voiced as the day falls apart: newcomers to India, like Adela, are seen as easy prey for its confusion.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Adela leave the Marabar Caves with Mrs. Callendar?
She meets Mrs. Callendar on the road and takes the car back, without telling Aziz. Her departure is left unexplained here, and it is what turns a routine outing into a crisis.
Does Fielding believe Aziz in this scene?
He is not accusing him yet, but he is already trying to pin down the sequence — 'when did you part with her?' His questions show the English instinct to find a culprit taking hold.
Why does Mrs. Moore say Aziz is innocent?
She trusts Aziz from their earlier meeting at the mosque and refuses to read the confusion as guilt. Her line comes before any charge is made, so it is a defense of character, not of evidence.
What happened to Adela in the caves?
The film deliberately withholds it. Adela went into a cave, the guide lost track of which one, and she came out and left in a car. What actually occurred inside becomes the mystery the trial turns on.
What does 'in tatters' mean here?
It means torn to pieces or completely ruined. Aziz is describing the day itself, not his clothes — the picnic he planned has fallen apart in confusion.
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次のチャプター · 第 9 章go over the topFielding Defends Aziz After the Charge
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
再生中 · 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 8 / 19 章 · 残り約 34 分