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Deathtrap · 1982 — 第 16 / 30 章 · 3'05" · B1

Myra Hears Something Downstairs, Explained：once and for all

Late at night, Myra hears a noise below and whispers, "There's something out there." Sidney insists there is nothing down there — just wind in the leaves — and calls her overwrought. Then he pressures her to go down once and for all, so he can be satisfied it's nothing.

あらすじ

A Dutch psychic, Helga, visits and talks about the Bruhls' past before warning them to be careful. Later that night, Myra hears a noise downstairs. Sidney says it is nothing but wind in the leaves and calls her overwrought, then insists she go down once and for all to satisfy him.

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take a pillonce and for alloverwroughtgo down

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このシーンの表現

once and for all

finally and completely

Tired of Myra's panic, Sidney orders her downstairs to settle the matter finally and completely.

Let's settle this once and for all before the meeting starts.

このシーンの他の表現

  • take a pill

    take a tablet

  • overwrought

    too tense and upset

  • go down

    move to a lower floor

  • out there

    outside, in that place

  • satisfy yourself

    check it for yourself

このシーンのメモ一覧

44 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · A2all my life

my whole life

I will tell you all my life. Is very interesting.
スラング · B1Ja?

German for yes? — A German tag from the speaker's accent; not standard English.

When you were a child, you lived in large house with yellow shutters. Ja?
表現 · A1be careful

watch out

My dear, be careful.
スラング · A2darling

a term of endearment — For close partners only; odd with strangers.

Would you open the window, darling?
表現 · A2take a pill

take a tablet

Sidney brushes off Myra's nerves by telling her to take a pill, and she snaps back that she does not want one.

-Why don't you take a pill? -I don't want a pill.
表現 · A2have a drink

an alcoholic drink

I want a drink. I want a brandy.
表現 · A2a brandy

a glass of brandy

I want a drink. I want a brandy.
表現 · A2something out there

outside, in that place

Whispering, Myra tells Sidney there is something out there, pointing her fear at the dark beyond the room.

-Whispers: There's something out there. -What?
発音something out

Link the end of something into out so they run as one sound.

-Whispers: There's something out there. -What?
発音don't leave

The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like don' leave.

I heard it. Sidney, don't leave me. Don't leave me, Sidney.
表現 · A2down there

in the place below

Nothing's down there. MYRA: I heard it, Sidney. I heard it.
スラング · A2got to

have to — Casual for have to; too loose for formal talk.

We've got to go...
発音want to

In speech want to contracts to wanna and sounds like one word.

I don't want to go down.
文法 · B1I'd rather not

would rather: Would rather takes a bare verb for preference, and not makes it a refusal.

Look, there's nothing-- MYRA: I'd rather not go.
表現 · B1do something once and for all

finally and completely

Tired of Myra's panic, Sidney orders her downstairs to settle the matter finally and completely.

Now, you've got to go down there once and for all and satisfy me.
表現 · B1satisfy someone

put my mind at rest

Now, you've got to go down there once and for all and satisfy me.
文法 · A2you've got to

have got to: Have got to means must; in speech it contracts to you've gotta.

Now, you've got to go down there once and for all and satisfy me.
表現 · B1satisfy yourself

check it for yourself

Myra says no, and Sidney fires back that she should satisfy herself, half daring her, half washing his hands of it.

No! SIDNEY: Then satisfy yourself.
表現 · A2blow the leaves

moving the leaves with wind

It's just the wind. And it's blowing the leaves.
表現 · B1no wonder (that) ...

not surprising at all

Listen, love, you're overwrought and no wonder in the condition you're in.
表現 · B2in the condition someone is in

given your current state

Listen, love, you're overwrought and no wonder in the condition you're in.
表現 · C1be overwrought

too tense and upset

As Myra comes apart at the stairs, Sidney calls her overwrought, half soothing her and half telling her to calm down.

Listen, love, you're overwrought and no wonder in the condition you're in.
文法 · B1the condition you're in

relative clause: The relative pronoun that is dropped: the condition (that) you're in means your current state.

Listen, love, you're overwrought and no wonder in the condition you're in.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal writing.

I cannot let you do this-- MYRA: Honey, I'm not gonna look. SIDNEY: You've got to look.

「Myra Hears Something Downstairs」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene builds dread out of very little. Myra is frightened of an ordinary sound, and Sidney's role is to talk her out of it — while doing the opposite of comforting. He tells her she is 'overwrought' and blames 'the condition you're in,' then pushes her downstairs with the cold logic of 'once and for all.' When she refuses, he refuses to go in her place: 'Then satisfy yourself.' Whatever is or isn't in the dark, the exchange is really about control, and Myra's fear is treated as something to be overruled. The psychic's earlier 'be careful' hangs over the whole thing.

Theme

MarriageA husband talks his frightened wife toward the very place she dreads, dressing the demand up as practical help.
PowerSidney overrules Myra's fear at every turn, insisting his reading of the situation is the only one.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Once and for all closes an argument; it is not a request.
  • No wonder admits the fear was reasonable all along.
  • Take a pill can soothe or dismiss, depending on tone.
  • Sidney controls Myra by making her check the noise.

発音のポイント

  • something out — Link the end of something into out so they run as one sound.
  • don't leave — The t in don't often drops, so it sounds like don' leave.
  • want to — In speech want to contracts to wanna and sounds like one word.
Listen, love, you're overwrought and no wonder in the condition you're in.

Sidney's fake-comforting line: he attributes her fear to her nerves and her condition, dismissing it as a symptom rather than a warning.

Now, you've got to go down there once and for all and satisfy me.

He reframes his own demand as a favor to him: she must face the dark so that he can be reassured.

I will tell you all my life. Is very interesting.

Helga's boastful offer to narrate her life, delivered in halting English — comic, but the first hint of a witness who sees too much.

When you were a child, you lived in large house with yellow shutters. Ja?

The psychic's uncanny reading of a private memory, which makes her both silly and unsettling.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Myra refuse to go downstairs?

She is convinced she heard something below and is too frightened to check. Sidney keeps insisting it was only the wind, but she won't be talked out of it.

Does Sidney go downstairs instead of Myra?

No. He tells her to go down 'once and for all' to satisfy him, and when she refuses, he says 'Then satisfy yourself' rather than going himself.

What does Helga warn them about?

She tells them to be careful as she leaves, and she describes private details of their past — a childhood house with yellow shutters — which makes the warning feel less like chatter.

Is there actually something downstairs?

The film keeps it ambiguous. Myra insists she heard something, Sidney insists it is nothing but wind in the leaves, and the audience is left with the same doubt.

デストラップ・死の罠 · 全 30 章

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