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A Passage to India · 1984 — 第 15 / 19 章 · 3'38" · B2

Adela Wavers on the Witness Stand, Explained：cast your mind back

The prosecutor walks Adela through the cave trip, but the real battle is over her memory. "Take your time and cast your mind back," he says, guiding her toward the version the court wants, until she admits she didn't love the man she was engaged to.

あらすじ

In the Chandrapore courtroom, Major McBryde questions Adela Quested about the day she visited the Marabar Caves with Dr Aziz. He takes her step by step through the trip: Mrs Moore's fatigue, the servants left behind, the two of them walking alone. Under questioning, Adela grows uncertain about her own account.

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このシーンの表現

cast your mind back

think back to the past

McBryde asks Adela to cast her mind back to the day at the caves.

Cast your mind back to last summer.

このシーンの他の表現

  • take your time

    do it without rushing

  • brought up

    raised as a child

  • take advantage of

    use for one's own benefit

  • impetuous

    acting too quickly

  • subjected to

    forced to experience

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ

表現 · B1nothing but the truth

only the truth

And nothing but the truth.
発音but the truth

But the truth blends across the words.

And nothing but the truth.
表現 · B2offer an explanation

give an explanation

Did she offer any explanation?
表現 · B2take advantage of something

use for one's benefit

Taking advantage of her fatigue, prisoner instructed the servants to remain behind, and took you off alone with the guide.
文法 · C1Taking advantage of her fatigue

participle phrase: The participle phrase sets the circumstance of the action.

Taking advantage of her fatigue, prisoner instructed the servants to remain behind, and took you off alone with the guide.
発音took you off

Took you blends into one sound.

Taking advantage of her fatigue, prisoner instructed the servants to remain behind, and took you off alone with the guide.
表現 · B2at someone's suggestion

on someone's advice

Yes. But it was at Mrs Moore's suggestion.
表現 · B2follow something

fully understand

I don't quite follow.
表現 · C1be subjected to something

forced to experience

The lawyer says Mrs Moore was concerned Adela might be subjected to the same ordeal.

And was concerned that you might be subjected to the same ordeal.
表現 · B2an ordeal

a painful experience

And was concerned that you might be subjected to the same ordeal.
表現 · C1an impetuous + noun

acting too quickly

McBryde hints that Adela's earlier judgement was impetuous.

So it might possibly have been a rather impetuous assessment.
文法 · C1might possibly have been

modal perfect: Might have been speculates about the past, with possibly adding doubt.

So it might possibly have been a rather impetuous assessment.
表現 · C1cast a slur on someone

damage someone's reputation

Miss Quested, you heard this morning the slur cast on British justice by the defence.
表現 · B2the absolute truth

the whole truth

It is most important that you tell the court the absolute truth of what took place.
表現 · B2what took place

what happened

It is most important that you tell the court the absolute truth of what took place.
表現 · B2bring someone up

raised as a child

Adela says she was brought up to tell the truth.

- I was brought up to tell the truth. - Of course.
表現 · B2take one's time

do it without rushing

As Adela falters, McBryde tells her to take her time and think back.

Take your time and cast your mind back.
表現 · C1cast one's mind back

think back to the past

McBryde asks Adela to cast her mind back to the day at the caves.

Take your time and cast your mind back.

「Adela Wavers on the Witness Stand」を読み解く

What's really going on

The courtroom thinks it is establishing facts, but Adela is quietly discovering something else. When McBryde asks whether Dr Aziz took advantage of Mrs Moore's fatigue, she corrects him — "it was at Mrs Moore's suggestion" — defending the man she is supposed to be accusing. Pressed about why she asked Aziz whether he loved his wife, she says: "I was thinking of my own marriage." Then, looking across the plain, she admits she realized she didn't love Ronny. Her testimony is not collapsing from pressure alone; it is collapsing because she is finally telling the truth about herself. The prosecution wanted a reliable witness and got an honest one instead.

Theme

JusticeA colonial courtroom turns a personal memory into a legal weapon, and the truth refuses to fit the script.
IdentityAdela stops performing the role of the wronged woman and admits what she actually feels.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Take your time is calm and reassuring.
  • Cast your mind back means think about the past.
  • Brought up refers to how you were raised.
  • The plainest line overturns the whole engagement.

発音のポイント

  • but the truth — But the truth blends across the words.
  • took you off — Took you blends into one sound.
It is most important that you tell the court the absolute truth of what took place.

The prosecutor frames the whole trial as a test of Adela's honesty, making her words the only evidence that matters.

- I was brought up to tell the truth. - Of course.

Adela insists honesty is her upbringing, not a tactic; the reply brushes past it, more interested in the verdict.

I think it may have partly been my fault.

Adela starts taking responsibility for the trip, shifting blame away from the man on trial.

I asked Dr Aziz if he loved his wife when he married her.

She admits saying something improper for the time and place, a personal question that reveals her own doubts.

I was thinking of my own marriage.

The real reason behind the question: Adela was measuring her own rushed engagement against Aziz's marriage.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Adela defend Dr Aziz during her testimony?

When the prosecutor says Aziz took advantage of Mrs Moore's fatigue, Adela corrects him, pointing out the trip was Mrs Moore's idea. Even while accusing him, she keeps giving him the benefit of the doubt, which hints her memory may not be as firm as the court assumes.

What does Adela realize on the witness stand?

Asked why she questioned Aziz about his marriage, she admits she was thinking about her own rushed engagement to Ronny. Looking out over the plain, she realizes she never loved him.

Is Adela lying about the assault?

The scene leaves it ambiguous. She genuinely seems to believe something happened, yet she also reinterprets the day as she speaks, protecting Aziz and questioning herself. The film never gives the audience a clean answer.

What is 'cast your mind back' supposed to mean here?

It's an old-fashioned way of asking someone to remember something. The prosecutor uses it to steer Adela back to the cave day, politely pressing a witness who is clearly reluctant.

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次のチャプター · 第 16 章withdraw the accusationAdela Withdraws the Accusation
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再生中 · 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
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