relative clause: The who-clause pins down which man, before the sentence denies he is you.
The man who wrote that letter was not you.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 3 / 18 章 · 2'05" · B2
Pitt Asks Wilberforce to Return, Explained：where your heart lies
Pitt wants his old friend back in politics, and he won't soften the ask. "I urgently need to know where your heart lies," he says, before laying out his plan to become prime minister. Wilberforce is torn between faith and public life, and the scene ends with the question: praise the Lord, or change the world?
あらすじ
Wilberforce visits Pitt in London and finds him already planning his rise. Pitt says the letter Wilberforce wrote was not his own words, then lays out a timetable for becoming prime minister after Lord Rockingham dies. He offers Wilberforce a place in his government and asks whether his voice is meant for the church or for changing the world.
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gotten into your headwhere your heart liesmake my movetaken in a word
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このシーンの表現
where your heart lies
what you are truly committed to
Pitt presses Wilberforce to say what he truly wants before committing to the plan.
Before the vote, ask yourself where your heart lies.
このシーンの他の表現
- gotten into your head
taken hold of your mind
- make my move
act at the right moment
- taken in a word
absorbed nothing at all
- change the world
make the world different
このシーンのメモ一覧
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taken hold of your mind
Pitt blames the letter on a wild preacher who has gotten into Wilberforce's head.
It was written by some wild preacher man that has gotten into your head.begin doing something
- So did he reply? - Who God. You were going to ask God whether you should take up politics or religion.whether clause: The whether-clause is the thing being asked, laying out a choice between two paths.
- So did he reply? - Who God. You were going to ask God whether you should take up politics or religion.blunt to a fault
You're always too direct, Billy.what you are truly committed to
Pitt presses Wilberforce to say what he truly wants before committing to the plan.
I urgently need to know where your heart lies, Wilber.Link where and your into wher-yer, sliding the r across.
I urgently need to know where your heart lies, Wilber.because of
Thanks to your performances in the House, Fox and North will resign.act at the right moment
Pitt tells Wilberforce he will make his move the moment Rockingham dies.
Lord Rockingham's health is not good. When he dies, I will make my move.time clause: The when-clause sets the trigger, and the main clause says the action follows at once.
Lord Rockingham's health is not good. When he dies, I will make my move.figured the whole thing out
- You've worked it all out. - I want you beside me, Wilber.absorbed nothing at all
Pitt says Wilberforce has read the letter but absorbed none of it.
You've read my letter but not taken in a word.in any role you pick
I would have you in my government in whichever capacity you choose.come into power
Billy, no one of our age has ever taken power.too young to grasp
Which is why we're too young to realise that certain things are impossible.too ... to pattern: The too ... to pattern normally blocks an action; here it becomes a kind of luck.
Which is why we're too young to realise that certain things are impossible.Squeeze we're to a light sound, then land on young.
Which is why we're too young to realise that certain things are impossible.do it regardless
So we will do them anyway.make the world different
Pitt sets the choice: use that voice to praise the Lord or change the world.
Do you intend to use your beautiful voice to praise the Lord or change the world?Run praise and the together and let Lord carry the weight.
Do you intend to use your beautiful voice to praise the Lord or change the world?「Pitt Asks Wilberforce to Return」を読み解く
What's really going on
The friendship here is really a recruitment pitch. Pitt doesn't argue with Wilberforce's faith; he uses it, telling him the letter wasn't written by the man he knows and asking, "Do you intend to use your beautiful voice to praise the Lord or change the world?" The question is loaded: Pitt needs his brilliant friend in Parliament, and he frames politics as the bigger stage for the same gift. Wilberforce's hesitation is the whole movie in miniature — he wants to serve God, and Pitt keeps insisting that the fight against slavery is God's work too. Neither man is lying. That's what makes the scene work: the ambition and the conscience are tangled together, and you can't tell where one ends.
Theme
AmbitionPitt wants power and wants Wilberforce beside him, and he turns friendship into a plan for government.
FaithWilberforce is deciding between serving God and entering politics, the exact choice Pitt reframes for him.
このチャプターで学べること
- Where your heart lies demands a real commitment, not a preference.
- Make my move borrows chess timing for political action.
- Not taken in a word is a quiet, cutting reproach.
- So we will do them anyway settles doubt with a promise.
- The closing choice pairs one gift with two rival futures.
発音のポイント
- where your — Link where and your into wher-yer, sliding the r across.
- we're too young — Squeeze we're to a light sound, then land on young.
- praise the Lord — Run praise and the together and let Lord carry the weight.
Which is why we're too young to realise that certain things are impossible.Pitt's answer to being told they're too young for power: their ignorance is an advantage, because they haven't learned what can't be done.
So we will do them anyway.The follow-up: if everyone assumes certain things are impossible, the young can simply ignore that and try.
Do you intend to use your beautiful voice to praise the Lord or change the world?The scene's central question. Pitt, who wants Wilberforce in politics, forces him to choose between the church and public life.
Billy, no one of our age has ever taken power.Wilberforce's objection: at their age it has never happened. It sets up Pitt's idea that being young is exactly the point.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Pitt want Wilberforce to return to politics?
He trusts Wilberforce's talent and friendship. Pitt is about to make his move for prime minister and wants him beside him in government, so he pushes him to choose politics.
What is Wilberforce torn about in this scene?
He's considering leaving politics to serve God. Pitt argues that changing the world can be God's work too, which is why the scene ends with the question about praise or change.
What does Pitt mean about the letter?
He suspects Wilberforce's letter about quitting politics wasn't written by his true self, but by the religious fervor someone has put in his head.
Who is 'Billy'?
It's William Pitt, addressed by his friend Wilberforce. The nickname shows how close the two men are, which is why Pitt takes his refusal so personally.
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次のチャプター · 第 4 章my business is youWilberforce Meets the Abolitionists
第 1 章anything butWilberforce Meets Barbara in Bath
第 2 章ran away withWilberforce Tells Richard He Found God
再生中 · 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
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 3 / 18 章 · 残り約 47 分