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I mean, it's the only time...Can You Ever Forgive Me? · 2018 — 第 13 / 14 章 · 2'39" · B2
Lee Is Sentenced to Probation, Explained：too much of a coward
Before the judge rules, Lee stands up and dismantles her own defense: the forgeries were never really her writing, she says, and she was "too much of a coward" to risk her own. The court answers with five years' probation and six months' house arrest. It is a confession and a self-verdict in one breath.
あらすじ
Lee Israel appears in court for forging literary letters. In her statement she admits the work she was proudest of was not really hers, that she was too much of a coward to submit her own writing, and that she has lost her cat and her friend. The judge then sentences her to five years' probation and six months' house arrest, with limits on where she may go.
注目の表現
too much of a cowardopen myself up to criticismhouse arrestwithin your means
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このシーンの表現
too much of a coward
too afraid to act
In court, Lee explains why she never risked her own name and names her own cowardice.
I'm too much of a coward to ask for a raise.
このシーンの他の表現
- open myself up to criticism
expose oneself to blame
- house arrest
confinement at home
- within your means
as far as one can afford
- put in
invest time or effort
このシーンのメモ一覧
35 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ
I mean blurs into one sound before it's.
I mean, it's the only time...submit or invest effort
if I had put in my work...past perfect conditional: If plus had done sets up an unreal past condition.
if I had put in my work...expose oneself to blame
Lee explains that using another name kept her safe from being judged.
then I would've been opening myself up to criticism.unreal past: Would have been opening marks an unreal past that would have kept happening.
then I would've been opening myself up to criticism.Reduce would've to a light would-uv.
then I would've been opening myself up to criticism.too afraid to act
In court, Lee explains why she never risked her own name and names her own cowardice.
And I'm too much of a coward to do that.a foolish person — An insult or self-mock; too blunt for formal talk.
who may have been an idiot, but he...put up with me
he tolerated me.pleasant to keep around
And he was nice to have around.an actual author
...not a real writer.ultimately
...I think, in the end, it...not worth the cost
...I would say, was not worth it.fully aware
"...with full understanding that I have earned...five years on probation
Lee Israel, the court sentences you to five years' probation plus six months' house arrest.confinement at home
The judge adds six months of house arrest, sharply limiting where Lee may go.
Lee Israel, the court sentences you to five years' probation plus six months' house arrest.double object: Sentence someone to something names the punishment in one fixed pattern.
Lee Israel, the court sentences you to five years' probation plus six months' house arrest.Link the z of years' into probation.
Lee Israel, the court sentences you to five years' probation plus six months' house arrest.associate with criminals
You are not to leave the state or consort with felons, and you areas far as one can afford
Knowing Lee is broke, the judge limits restitution to what she can afford.
to pay restitution to your victims within your means.「Lee Is Sentenced to Probation」を読み解く
What's really going on
The allocution is the film's quietest, most exposed moment. Lee has spent the movie insisting she is a writer, and here she takes that claim apart herself: "But it wasn't really my work, was it?" She blames cowardice rather than talent — she could not risk being judged — and then lists what the con actually cost her, the cat that loved her and the friend who tolerated her. The verdict that follows is almost gentle, but it confirms the story she has just told: her forgeries were good enough to fool experts and still count for nothing. The scene ends not with defiance but with the flat admission that, in the end, it was not worth it.
Theme
GuiltLee stops defending herself and names what she did, owning the fraud in open court.
IdentityHer statement circles the question of who she is: not a real writer, only someone who could imitate one.
このチャプターで学べること
- Her confession is proud and ashamed at once.
- Probation lets her stay out, but not free.
- Restitution within her means softens the blow.
発音のポイント
- I mean, it's — I mean blurs into one sound before it's.
- would've been — Reduce would've to a light would-uv.
- years' probation — Link the z of years' into probation.
And I'm too much of a coward to do that.Lee admits the real reason she never submitted her own writing: she could not face being judged, so she hid behind other people's words.
But it wasn't really my work, was it?She at last calls the forgeries what they are — not writing of her own, but an imitation she was praised for.
Lee Israel, the court sentences you to five years' probation plus six months' house arrest.The judge's sentence: probation instead of prison, but six months confined at home, with limits on travel and associations.
And he was nice to have around.Lee's eulogy for Jack — a man she called an idiot moments earlier, and the closest thing she had to a friend.
このシーンについての質問
What is Lee convicted of?
Forging and selling literary letters she passed off as originals, along with the theft of some real letters. The court treats the dealers and collectors she deceived as her victims.
Why does Lee say she is not a real writer?
She believes she never risked her own work because she was afraid of criticism, and that imitating others, however well, is not the same as writing.
Who does Lee mean by the friend she lost?
Jack Hock. She calls him an idiot and says he tolerated her, but she also says he was nice to have around — her way of admitting she misses him.
What is Lee's punishment?
Five years' probation and six months' house arrest. She may leave home only for work and AA meetings, must stay in the state, avoid felons, and pay restitution.
Does the court send Lee to prison?
No. She avoids jail and gets probation plus house arrest, a sentence the scene presents as lenient given that she forged and sold dozens of letters.
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第 1 章a dead giveawayLee Meets Jack Hock
第 2 章play the gameLee Asks to Be Paid in Cash
第 3 章Spill the beansLee Tells Jack Her Secret
第 4 章caustic witLee Confesses Her Forgeries to Jack
第 5 章do your homeworkLee Learns About Fake Signatures
第 6 章a real museum pieceLee Forges Dorothy Parker Letters
第 7 章the real thingLee Meets Anna at the Bar
第 8 章street smartsLee Takes In a Beaten Jack
第 9 章wear a wireAlan Uses the FBI to Extort Lee
第 10 章talk someone off the ledgeLee Visits Her Ex Elaine
第 11 章freeze someone outLee Tells Jack They're Not Friends
第 12 章turn over a new leafLee Refuses to Apologize at Sentencing
再生中 · 第 13 章too much of a cowardLee Is Sentenced to Probation
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