custom-made to order
Clarkson tells Wilberforce the box was built to the exact size of a slave berth.
I had this box made up in the exact dimensions of a slave berth.Amazing Grace · 2006 — 第 6 / 18 章 · 2'17" · B2
The Man in the Box, Explained：have something made up
Wilberforce has a box built to the exact size of a slave berth and climbs inside to show how the enslaved were packed. "I had this box made up in the exact dimensions of a slave berth," he explains. Then a letter from Jamaica hits him with the reality the box only hints at, and he collapses.
あらすじ
Wilberforce surprises a visitor by climbing out of a box built to the exact dimensions of a slave berth, then explains he wants it used for practical demonstrations. Later, after reading a letter from Jamaica about the cruelty of the sugar plantations, he faints and wakes up shaken. His friend Henry tries to steady him.
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have something made upscalded to deathdie of exhaustionas if
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have something made up
custom-made to order
Clarkson tells Wilberforce the box was built to the exact size of a slave berth.
We can have a nameplate made up for the office door.
このシーンの他の表現
- scalded to death
killed by scalding
- die of exhaustion
die from being worn out
- as if
as though, unreal
- give up
stop trying
このシーンのメモ一覧
23 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
the very same size as
I had this box made up in the exact dimensions of a slave berth.Link made up in into one smooth run; the d slides into up.
I had this box made up in the exact dimensions of a slave berth.a hands-on demo
I thought you could use it in your practical demonstrations.come out of
Why did you wait until your butler had left before you got out of the box?hold off until
Why did you wait until your butler had left before you got out of the box?crazy, insane — British and casual; too blunt for formal talk.
They all think I'm mad already.put a bill before the House
As will most people in the House of Commons when I present my bill.much worse than
Wilberforce, conditions in Jamaica are far more brutal than I could have imagined.modal perfect: Could have imagined marks the worst he could picture; reality went further.
Wilberforce, conditions in Jamaica are far more brutal than I could have imagined.killed by scalding
Clarkson reports children killed by the molten lava in Jamaica's sugar works.
Many children are scalded to death by the molten lava.die from being worn out
Clarkson adds that some slaves die of exhaustion or roll into the fires asleep.
Others die of exhaustion or roll into the fires in their sleep.a letter sent from a place
- What happened? - I read James's letter from Jamaica.drop off to sleep
When I fell asleep, it was as if I were living inside it.unreal past: The past form after as if says the scene is imagined, not real.
When I fell asleep, it was as if I were living inside it.Were reduces to /wər/ while living takes the stress.
When I fell asleep, it was as if I were living inside it.mixed the wrong way
Perhaps the laudanum the doctor gave you is badly mixed.stop trying
Wilberforce admits part of him still refuses to accept that he has given up the cause.
Some part of me does not accept the idea that I've given up.spent on a cause
You've given your youth and your health for this cause.The t in time to is almost dropped; hear it as one unit.
It's time to let someone else try.「The Man in the Box」を読み解く
What's really going on
The box is propaganda you can stand inside. Wilberforce wants the horror of the slave trade to be physical, not a number in a speech, so he builds a berth the size of the space a human being was forced into and hands it to the movement. When Henry dismisses his collapse as bad medicine, Wilberforce corrects him: "This isn't the medication." What weighs on him is not opium but failure — "I was chosen for this task and I failed." The box let him control the story of slavery for an audience; the letter from Jamaica shows him a story he can't control, and the gap between the two is what breaks him. Henry's comfort, that it's time to let someone else try, is exactly what a man who can't let go doesn't want to hear.
Theme
DutyWilberforce calls his work a task he was chosen for, and he judges himself only by whether he failed it.
GuiltHe can't accept his own surrender; the collapse comes from feeling he betrayed the cause, not from the medicine.
このチャプターで学べること
- He names the mission and the failure in one line.
- As if I were signals a picture that never happened.
- Dilute what I feel reframes a dose as a metaphor.
- Giving up here sounds like grief, not laziness.
発音のポイント
- made up in — Link made up in into one smooth run; the d slides into up.
- were living — Were reduces to /wər/ while living takes the stress.
- time to let — The t in time to is almost dropped; hear it as one unit.
I was chosen for this task and I failed.Wilberforce reads his life as a divine assignment, and by that standard he has lost. It's the belief underneath his collapse.
When I fell asleep, it was as if I were living inside it.The letter from Jamaica is so vivid that sleep doesn't protect him. He doesn't just read about the cruelty; he relives it.
Some part of me does not accept the idea that I've given up.Even as he's worn down, a part of him refuses to sign off on quitting — the split that keeps him in the fight.
It's time to let someone else try.Henry's gentle suggestion that he step back. To Wilberforce it sounds less like kindness than like being replaced.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Wilberforce have the box made?
He wants a physical demonstration of how little room enslaved people were given on the ships. He has it built to the exact dimensions of a slave berth so the horror can be shown, not just described.
Why does Wilberforce collapse?
He's exhausted and ill, but the immediate trigger is a letter from Jamaica describing the brutality of the plantations. The vision of it overwhelms him, and he faints.
What does 'this task' refer to?
His mission to end the slave trade, which he believes he was chosen for. When he says he failed, he means he sees his efforts as a betrayal of that calling.
Does Wilberforce quit?
Not in this scene. Part of him refuses to accept that he has given up, even while Henry suggests it's time for someone else to take over.
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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
再生中 · 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 6 / 18 章 · 残り約 38 分