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Knives Out · 2019 — 第 6 / 14 章 · 4'04" · B2

Harlan's Last Game of Go, Explained：close the book with a flourish

On the night of his birthday, a man refuses to take his medicine or break his tradition, and instead plays a game of Go. He doesn't play "to beat you," he says; he plays "to build a beautiful pattern." Then the talk turns to his family, and he admits he may have kept them down.

あらすじ

Harlan refuses to take his medicine on his birthday and makes his nurse finish their Go game instead. He explains he plays "to build a beautiful pattern," not to win. Then he looks back on how he raised his family, saying he may have kept them beneath him.

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注目の表現

no second thoughtsa bad loserclose the book with a flourishschmuck

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  57. ❝ 独白Harlan on the children14 行練習ページ ↗
  71. ❝ 独白Closing the book4 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

close the book with a flourish

to end something in a stylish way

哈兰说自己想在走之前把一些事理好，close the book with a flourish，像作家给小说收尾。

She closed the book with a flourish and left the stage.

このシーンの他の表現

  • no second thoughts

    no changing your mind

  • a bad loser

    someone who cannot accept losing

  • schmuck

    a foolish or contemptible person

このシーンのメモ一覧

88 行のセリフに 46 件のメモ

表現 · B1no second thoughts

no changing your mind

Okay. - No second thoughts.
表現 · B2break traditionWe are not breaking tradition on my birthday!
表現 · B1take one's medicineCan you just take your goddamn medicine and go to bed?
表現 · B1have to earn itIf you're gonna put that vile shit in me, you have to earn it.
文法 · B2If you're gonna put that vile shit in me

conditional clause

If you're gonna put that vile shit in me, you have to earn it.
発音put that

liaison

If you're gonna put that vile shit in me, you have to earn it.
表現 · A2one's ... birthday- Oh, God. - Eighty-fifth birthday.
表現 · B1love drama- I'm so old. - You really love drama, huh?
表現 · B2whip someone's ass- I'll whip your ass. - Are you sure?
発音whip your

liaison

- I'll whip your ass. - Are you sure?
表現 · B1how this is going to endI know how this is gonna end.
表現 · A2what is thatWhat is that?
表現 · B1beat someone at somethingWhy can't I beat you at this game?
表現 · B2play to beat someoneBecause I'm not playing to beat you.
文法 · B2not playing to beat you

present continuous for a current practice

Because I'm not playing to beat you.
表現 · B2play to build somethingI'm playing to build a beautiful pattern.
表現 · B2elder abuseThat's elder abuse.
表現 · B2make someone do somethingDon't make me get the belt, abuelo.
表現 · B1my only hope is thatMy only hope is that an earthquake will strike.
表現 · B2a bad loser

someone who cannot accept losing

Such a bad loser you are! Meds, then bed.
表現 · B1be done with someoneI'm done with you.
表現 · A2smoke a cigarWalt is smoking that filthy cigar out there on the porch.
表現 · B1look forward to somethingI know you weren't looking forward to it.
表現 · C1cut the lineI cut the line on all four of 'em.
表現 · A2wasn't easyWasn't easy.
表現 · C1keep someone beneath someonewithout knowing, or maybe to keep them beneath me.
文法 · B2to keep them beneath me

infinitive of purpose

without knowing, or maybe to keep them beneath me.
表現 · B1write one's own storyto write his own stories, not just be a caretaker of mine.
表現 · B1could have been kinderAnd I could have been kinder to Linda and Ransom...
表現 · B2there's so much of someone in someoneOh, there's so much of me in that kid.
表現 · B2play life like a gamePlaying life like a game, without consequence.
表現 · B1tell the difference betweenUntil you can't tell the difference between a stage prop and a real knife.
表現 · B1fear deathYou know, I don't fear death.
表現 · B2fix something before someone goesI'd like to fix some of this before I go.
表現 · C1close the book with a flourish

to end something in a stylish way

Close the book with a flourish.
表現 · A2we'll seeI guess we'll see. Hmm?
表現 · A2have a long dayYou had a long day.
表現 · B1do drugsYou wanna do drugs?
表現 · C1send someone to la-la landOh, come on, send me to la-la land.
表現 · A2just a tiny bitJust a tiny bit, okay?
表現 · B2become a ... userWhy did I wait till my mid-age to become a morphine user?
発音morphine user

liaison

Why did I wait till my mid-age to become a morphine user?
表現 · C1what a schmuckWhat a schmuck.
スラング · C1schmuckWhat a schmuck.
表現 · C1what a nudnikWhat a nudnik. This... (CHUCKLES) This stuff is the best.
スラング · C1nudnikWhat a nudnik. This... (CHUCKLES) This stuff is the best.

「Harlan's Last Game of Go」を読み解く

What's really going on

The Go game is the scene's argument in miniature. One player wins everything and gloats; the other insists he is not playing "to beat you" but "to build a beautiful pattern." That is how Harlan talks about his whole life a few minutes later: money and family as a design he got wrong. He says he suspects he did everything "to keep them beneath me," that he should have let Walt "write his own stories," that he could have been kinder. The warning about Ransom — playing life "like a game, without consequence," until you cannot tell a stage prop from a real knife — is also a confession, and a hint at what is coming.

Theme

Family conflictHarlan confesses that he may have kept his family beneath him and could have been kinder to them.
GuiltLooking back on his birthday, he admits his mistakes and says he wants to fix them before he goes.

発音のポイント

  • put that — liaison
  • whip your — liaison
  • morphine user — liaison
I'm playing to build a beautiful pattern.

His answer to losing: the game is not about winning but about making something elegant.

Until you can't tell the difference between a stage prop and a real knife.

A warning about Ransom: a life without consequences can blur play and real danger.

You know, I don't fear death.

Harlan, calmly, saying what he wants is not to live longer but to set things right.

I'd like to fix some of this before I go.

The wish behind the whole birthday night: to repair family wounds before the end.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Harlan refuse to take his medicine?

He refuses to break the birthday tradition, and jokes that they have to earn it — by finishing their usual game of Go first.

What game do Harlan and Marta play?

A game of Go, nine-by-nine. Harlan calls it tradition and insists they finish it on his birthday before he will take his medicine.

Why does Harlan play if he keeps losing?

He says he does not play to beat her. He plays "to build a beautiful pattern," which is how he thinks about his life and work as well.

What does Harlan say about Ransom?

He sees a lot of himself in Ransom — confident, stupid, protected — and says Ransom plays life like a game, until he cannot tell a stage prop from a real knife.

What does Harlan want before he dies?

He says he does not fear death, but he would like to fix some of what he got wrong with his family and "close the book with a flourish."

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