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GoodFellas · 1990 — 第 16 / 28 章 · 2'52" · B1

Karen Confronts the Mistress, Explained：bring myself to

Karen hunts down her husband's mistress, threatens her, and then turns a gun on Henry himself. On the surface it's a jealous wife's revenge; underneath it's the moment she realizes she won't leave, and starts learning to live with the betrayal instead.

あらすじ

Karen finds out the other woman is Janice Rossi, calls her, warns her to keep away from Henry, and even complains to the building superintendent. Back home she points a gun at Henry and says she is crazy enough to kill them both. He talks her down, and her voiceover admits she couldn't bring herself to leave him, so she decides to keep him.

Couple fightsMarriage troubleThreateningConfrontingSpousesB1slowamerican
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keep away fromtake it easythe truth wasput it down

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このシーンの表現

keep away from

stay away from

On the phone, Karen warns her rival Janice to stay away from her husband.

The sign tells visitors to keep away from the edge.

このシーンの他の表現

  • take it easy

    calm down

  • the truth was

    what really happened was

  • put it down

    set it down

  • fucking

    an intensifying swear

  • how does it feel

    mocking question about her fear

このシーンのメモ一覧

43 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2talk to someone

speak with someone

This is Karen Hill. I wanna talk to you.
発音wanna talk

The t in wanna often drops, so wanna talk blurs together.

This is Karen Hill. I wanna talk to you.
スラング · A2wanna

want to — Everyday speech; keep it out of formal writing.

This is Karen Hill. I wanna talk to you.
表現 · B1hang up on someone

end a call on someone

Hello? Don't hang up on me!
発音hang up on

Link hang up on so the three words run together.

Hello? Don't hang up on me!
表現 · A2keep away from someone

stay away from

On the phone, Karen warns her rival Janice to stay away from her husband.

You keep away from my husband, you hear me?
文法 · B1who walks in this building

relative clause: The who-clause describes everyone, narrowing it to people entering the building.

I'm gonna tell everyone who walks in this building...
スラング · A2gonna

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

I'm gonna tell everyone who walks in this building...
表現 · A2want someone to know something

want you informed

Yes, I want you to know, sir, that you have a whore...
表現 · A2do you hear me

are you listening

Rossi, Janice Rossi. Do you hear me?
表現 · B1get your own something

find your own

Get your own goddamn man!
スラング · B2goddamn

damn — A crude intensifier; avoid it in polite company.

Get your own goddamn man!
表現 · B1adjective + enough to do something

so much as to do

I'm crazy enough to kill both of you.
表現 · A2take it easy

calm down

With a gun in the room, Henry tells Karen to take it easy and tries to calm her down.

Karen, take it easy.
表現 · B2bring oneself to do something

make oneself do

I couldn't even bring myself to leave him.
文法 · B2bring myself to leave

reflexive verb phrase: Bring oneself to do means to force oneself; the negative shows she cannot.

I couldn't even bring myself to leave him.
文法 · B1no matter how bad I felt

concessive clause: No matter how introduces a concession: however bad she felt, the next clause still held.

that no matter how bad I felt...
表現 · B1be attracted to someone

drawn to someone

I was still very attracted to him.
表現 · A2put something down

set it down

Henry orders and pleads at once, telling Karen to put the gun down.

Just put it down.
文法 · B1don't you

question tag: The tag don't you asks for confirmation and a little reassurance.

You know I love you, don't you?
表現 · A2all I want is something

the only thing I want

You're all I want, Karen.
スラング · B2fucking

an intensifying swear — Very crude; never in formal or polite speech.

What are you, fucking crazy, Karen?
表現 · A2worry about something

be anxious about

I got enough to worry about getting whacked on the street!
スラング · B2whacked

killed — Gangster slang for being killed; not for polite use.

I got enough to worry about getting whacked on the street!
表現 · A2how does it feel to do something

mocking question about her fear

Henry turns the gun and the question back on Karen, making her taste her own fear.

How does it feel?
発音does it

Link does it into a single blur, like duh-zit.

How does it feel?

「Karen Confronts the Mistress」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is a jealous rage that turns into self-knowledge. Karen does everything a betrayed wife is supposed to do: she calls the mistress, threatens her ("You keep away from my husband, you hear me?"), shames her to the superintendent, and finally holds a gun on Henry, saying "I'm crazy enough to kill both of you." What matters is what comes after the standoff, when she stops performing anger and explains the truth to herself: "I couldn't even bring myself to leave him," and "Why should I give him to someone else?" Her fury isn't aimed at ending the marriage but at winning it. The chapter ends not with violence but with a choice to stay, which is the film's real subject — the small, willing bargains people make with a life they can't leave.

Theme

BetrayalKaren discovers the affair and answers it with threats, phone calls and finally a gun.
MarriageInstead of leaving, she decides to keep Henry, framing the fight as rivalry with the other woman.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A threat can hide inside a calm request.
  • She owns her madness and it makes her scarier.
  • The voice-over admits what the fight cannot say.
  • Swearing here is fear, not strength.

発音のポイント

  • wanna talk — The t in wanna often drops, so wanna talk blurs together.
  • hang up on — Link hang up on so the three words run together.
  • does it — Link does it into a single blur, like duh-zit.
You keep away from my husband, you hear me?

Karen marks her territory in the bluntest terms, treating the mistress as the intruder and herself as the one with a claim.

I'm crazy enough to kill both of you.

The threat that names how far the betrayal has pushed her: she tells Henry she could kill him and the other woman.

I couldn't even bring myself to leave him.

The admission underneath the rage: for all her anger, she can't make herself walk away from Henry.

Why should I give him to someone else?

She reframes the affair as a contest she refuses to lose, choosing to keep the marriage rather than end it.

このシーンについての質問

Who is Janice Rossi?

Janice is the woman Henry is having an affair with. Karen finds her name, calls her, and warns her to stay away from her husband.

Why does Karen point a gun at Henry?

She is furious about the affair and wants him to feel the danger and hurt she feels. She says she is crazy enough to kill both him and Janice, but she doesn't fire.

Why doesn't Karen leave Henry?

Her voiceover admits she couldn't bring herself to leave, and that she was still attracted to him. She decides the other woman shouldn't win, and stays.

What does Karen tell the building superintendent?

She calls him to say that a woman named Janice Rossi is a whore living in his building, trying to humiliate the mistress publicly rather than confront Henry alone.

Why does Henry ask 'how does it feel' at the end?

He turns her own pain back on her, asking how it feels now that the fear and hurt are on her side. It is a cold, mocking comeback after the gun has been put away.

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