be interested in
...I understand you have an interest in botany.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 7 / 18 章 · 3'41" · B2
Wilberforce and Barbara Fake a Fight, Explained：died of kindness
Wilberforce and Barbara are seated together as a matchmaking setup, and to annoy their friends they agree to fake an argument. The joke backfires: they turn out to agree on everything, and the talk slides from Napoleon to slavery. 'And still... ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo.'
あらすじ
At a dinner party, Wilberforce is seated next to Barbara Spooner. Their friends clearly hope to match them, so the two decide to irritate everyone by pretending to argue. Instead the fake quarrel becomes a real conversation: they agree about Napoleon, schools, animals, and then slavery, and Barbara ends by describing the ships that still carry people in chains.
注目の表現
a private jokepretend to arguedied of kindnessopened my eyes
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このシーンの表現
died of kindness
killed by too much care
Barbara claims her pet hare died of kindness, delivering the joke with a straight face.
My tomatoes died of kindness, not neglect.
このシーンの他の表現
- a private joke
a joke only insiders get
- pretend to argue
act out a quarrel
- opened my eyes
make someone see the truth
- in chains
bound and enslaved
このシーンのメモ一覧
48 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
Link interest in so the t nearly disappears before in.
...I understand you have an interest in botany.make you think so
Botany, Miss Spooner? Whatever gives you the idea that I might be interested in something as tedious as botany?keep talking — A casual nudge to keep someone talking.
Go on.act out a quarrel
Barbara suggests they fake an argument, and the two fall into an easy, practised quarrel.
To irritate them, let's pretend to argue.in order to annoy them
To irritate them, let's pretend to argue.make peace with someone
I think we should settle with Napoleon right now.part of a group
I'm a member of your movement for free education.everything you stated
I agreed with every word you said on the Dales factory debate.inversion: Neither plus auxiliary and subject means the speaker did not either.
- No. - Neither did I.stopping cruelty
No. I joined your society for the prevention of cruelty.relative clause: The clause pins the defect on the crow, not on anything else in the line.
Well, I'm extreme. I have a pet fox, a pet rat and a crow that can't fly.once had or did
I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness.used to: Used to marks a past state that is no longer true.
I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness.The d in died slides straight into of; no pause between them.
I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness.rethink how strong it is
We must reassess the power of the collective political process.share the same view
Oh, and, of course, we are agreed on slavery.gave up doing it
You stopped taking sugar in your tea?make someone see the truth
Asked if the speech deafened her, Barbara answers that it opened her eyes instead.
- Did he deafen you? - He opened my eyes.Must have contracts to must've in fast speech.
- Must have been so exciting. - Exciting?bound and enslaved
Barbara's list ends on in chains, turning the banter into a direct indictment of the trade.
And still, after all the badges, the petitions, all the speeches and the bills, ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo!hauled like freight
And still, after all the badges, the petitions, all the speeches and the bills, ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo!「Wilberforce and Barbara Fake a Fight」を読み解く
What's really going on
The premise of the scene is that two clever people are performing for an audience, and then forget the audience. They start with 'To irritate them, let's pretend to argue,' expecting to find something to fight about; the comedy is that they keep agreeing, from gin taxes to pet animals, so the quarrel collapses into pleasure. It is also the moment Wilberforce's cause enters the room in a personal key. Barbara does not lecture him; she says she signed the petitions, wore the abolition badge, and heard Clarkson speak, which is how the film shows they belong to the same world. Her final speech — 'ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo' — turns the flirtation serious and tells him she has been waiting on this cause too.
Theme
RomanceThe whole dinner is a set-up, and the fake quarrel works as flirting: they discover they agree on everything, and the banter turns into real intimacy.
JusticeBarbara's closing lines about ships full of people in chains turn the light conversation into the cause that will define Wilberforce's life.
このチャプターで学べること
- A private joke can politely shut a whole room out.
- Dying of kindness inverts what usually kills.
- His eyes reply turns a jab about ears into a thought.
- The long list lands hard because cargo is the last word.
発音のポイント
- interest in — Link interest in so the t nearly disappears before in.
- died of — The d in died slides straight into of; no pause between them.
- Must have — Must have contracts to must've in fast speech.
To irritate them, let's pretend to argue.The line that starts the game. The two of them have noticed they are being pushed together, so they plan to perform a quarrel for the people watching — and end up meaning none of it.
I used to have a pet hare, but it died of kindness.A deliberately odd confession offered as common ground. It shows how quickly the two move from debate to sharing strange, private details about themselves.
And still, after all the badges, the petitions, all the speeches and the bills, ships full of human souls in chains sail around the world as cargo!Barbara's quiet accusation: everything Wilberforce and his allies have done has not changed the trade. It is both a challenge to him and proof she has cared about this for years.
It seemed that every spring the daffodils came out, every summer the cherries ripened and every autumn William Wilberforce would present his bill to the House.She describes his failed bill as a season that comes around every year. The image is gentle, but it says she has watched him lose this fight again and again.
このシーンについての質問
Why do Wilberforce and Barbara pretend to argue?
Their friends have set them up, and the two of them decide to annoy the matchmakers by faking a quarrel. The joke is that they cannot actually find anything to disagree about.
Why do they end up talking about slavery?
Their fake argument runs out of topics because they agree on everything, and slavery is the one subject Wilberforce says he is agreed on too. That turns the joke into the real subject of his life.
What does Barbara's speech at the end mean?
She describes watching his abolition bill fail year after year, then says that despite all the badges and petitions, ships still carry people in chains. It is a quiet rebuke and a confession of her own hope.
Did Wilberforce and Barbara already know each other?
No; this is a set-up, and the botany line is a private joke arranged by their friends. By the end of the dinner, though, they are finishing each other's sentences.
Who is Barbara Spooner?
The woman seated next to Wilberforce at the dinner. She is an abolitionist herself: she signed the petitions, wore the Wedgwood badge, and travelled to hear Clarkson speak.
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第 1 章anything butWilberforce Meets Barbara in Bath
第 2 章ran away withWilberforce Tells Richard He Found God
第 3 章where your heart liesPitt Asks Wilberforce to Return
第 4 章my business is youWilberforce Meets the Abolitionists
第 5 章gentle drizzleWilberforce Visits John Newton
第 6 章have something made upThe Man in the Box
再生中 · 第 7 章died of kindnessWilberforce and Barbara Fake a Fight
第 8 章with a heavy heartWilberforce Denounces the Slave Trade
第 9 章mean businessCharles Fox Joins the Abolitionists
第 10 章have a confession to makeAbolitionists Show MPs a Slave Ship
第 11 章scrape the bottom of the barrelAbolitionists Present a Huge Petition
第 12 章a wave of good intentionsPitt Warns a Friend Over Cards
第 13 章run with bloodPitt Warns Wilberforce About War
第 14 章by halvesNewton Gives Wilberforce His Confession
第 15 章flag of convenienceThe Neutral Flag Trick
第 16 章side windAbolitionists Come at a Side Wind
第 17 章find me as myselfWilberforce Quits Laudanum
第 18 章pushing at an open doorWilberforce Visits a Dying Pitt第 7 / 18 章 · 残り約 34 分