noun clause: The that-clause carries the real point, with a when-clause nested inside it.
I don't suppose it ever occurred to you that when you moved into our house...Lolita · 1962 — 第 30 / 30 章 · 4'38" · B2
Lolita Confesses Her Love for Quilty, Explained：the past is the past
Humbert finds Lolita married, pregnant and poor, and at last hears the truth: she was never in love with him. "I guess he was the only guy I was ever really crazy about," she says of Quilty, the man who took her to New Mexico, tried to involve her in an art film, then threw her out.
あらすじ
Humbert visits Lolita in her shabby home, where she is married to Dick and pregnant. She tells him she never cared for him the way he thought: she had a crush on Quilty, followed him to New Mexico, and was dumped when she refused to take part in his art film. Humbert says she could have come back. Dick and Bill arrive.
注目の表現
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このシーンの表現
the past is the past
let old things stay buried
When Humbert touches her old love, Lolita seals the topic with a single idiom.
Let it go; the past is the past.
このシーンの他の表現
- congratulations
a flat, mocking congratulation
- figure out
work out by thinking
- dude ranch
a holiday cattle ranch
- on the blink
not working properly
- get in on the ground floor
join at the very start
このシーンのメモ一覧
93 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
center on you
...my whole world didn't revolve around you.was romantically drawn to
I'd had a crush on him ever since the times...Link crush and on, and drop the h in him.
I'd had a crush on him ever since the times...work out by thinking
Lolita recalls that the man quickly worked out what was going on between her and Humbert.
...but it didn't take him long to figure out what was going on between us.Blend figure and out into fig-rout without a gap.
...but it didn't take him long to figure out what was going on between us.playing all his tricks
From that moment on he was up to every trick he could think of.hypothetical question: The would-question imagines the opposite of what happened, so it argues rather than asks.
...otherwise how would I ever see him?deeply infatuated with
I guess he was the only guy I was ever really crazy about.let old things stay buried
When Humbert touches her old love, Lolita seals the topic with a single idiom.
You have no right to say that. After all, the past is the past.mock someone
Look, don't make fun of me. I don't have to tell you a blasted thing.discover
I'm merely trying to find out what happened.a group of
The only problem with it was, he had a bunch of weird friends there.Run bunch and of together as bunch-a.
The only problem with it was, he had a bunch of weird friends there.gave his word to
...and he promised to get me a studio contract...ended up
...but it never turned out that way.work together with
Instead he wanted me to cooperate with the others...modal perfect: Could have done points to a past possibility that was never taken, carrying blame and regret.
You could have come back to me.wow, gosh — American casual for surprise, often used to fill an awkward pause.
Gee, uh, Lo's told me so much about you.not working properly
Dick asks Lolita to speak up because the neighbor's phone is acting up, switching the mood to small talk.
Speak up. His phone's on the blink.honey, dear — An affectionate address between close people, not for formal settings.
Sure, hon.be comfortable
You caught us a little unprepared but we'll try and make you feel at home.about to leave
I shall have to be on my way, I'm afraid.a wonderful chance
It's a marvelous opportunity up there.join at the very start
Dick pitches Alaska as a chance to join an industry at its very beginning.
An opportunity for a guy like me to get in on the ground floor.gather with difficulty
...and if we can scrape together enough money...「Lolita Confesses Her Love for Quilty」を読み解く
What's really going on
Humbert has spent years chasing Lolita, and this meeting strips away his version of the story. She is not grateful to be found; she is poor, pregnant and blunt. When she says, "I guess he was the only guy I was ever really crazy about," she is ranking Quilty above Humbert and above her own husband, and she does it without softening it. Her line "the past is the past" is a way to close the subject, not to forgive him. Humbert's reply, "You could have come back to me," shows what he still wants: not her rescue but her belonging to him. The scene also kills his revenge fantasy with detail—Quilty is already a fading, failed figure who kicked her out—and then Dick and Bill arrive, ordinary and oblivious, to make Humbert the outsider.
Theme
HeartbreakLolita tells Humbert she never loved him the way he assumed, ranking Quilty as her only real love.
MemoryThe scene is a reckoning with the past: she wants to close it—"the past is the past"—while Humbert cannot let it go.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calm confession can judge the listener harder than anger.
- Figure out is reasoning; find out is learning a fact.
- The past is the past seals a topic as closed.
- Ground floor marks joining at the earliest stage.
発音のポイント
- crush on him — Link crush and on, and drop the h in him.
- figure out — Blend figure and out into fig-rout without a gap.
- a bunch of — Run bunch and of together as bunch-a.
...my whole world didn't revolve around you.Lolita's retort that Humbert was never the center of her life, puncturing his assumption.
I guess he was the only guy I was ever really crazy about.Her ranking of Quilty: the one man she truly wanted, said plainly to Humbert's face.
You have no right to say that. After all, the past is the past.She refuses his blame and declares the past closed, using the phrase as a shield.
You could have come back to me.Humbert's reproach, revealing that he still wanted her to choose him.
Look, don't make fun of me. I don't have to tell you a blasted thing.Her flare of anger, warning him not to mock her and refusing to be interrogated.
このシーンについての質問
Did Lolita ever love Humbert?
No. She says Quilty was the only man she was ever really crazy about, and her line about her world not revolving around Humbert makes that clear.
What happened to Lolita after she left the hospital?
She went to New Mexico with Quilty. He wanted her to take part in an art film, and when she refused, he threw her out; she later married Dick and is now pregnant and poor.
Why does Humbert say "you could have come back to me"?
He still sees her as his, and the line shows his reproach more than his pity: he wanted her to return to him, not to be safe.
Why does Lolita defend Quilty?
She speaks of him as a genius with a "beautiful Oriental philosophy," and calls him the only man she was crazy about, even though he used and abandoned her.
Who are the men who arrive at the end?
Dick, her husband, and their neighbor Bill Crest. They come in while Humbert is there, talk about Alaska, and make Humbert the outsider.
ロリータ · 全 30 章
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第 1 章overcome with powerHumbert's Roman Ping-Pong With Quilty
第 2 章last wordsHumbert Kills Quilty
第 3 章Happily divorcedCharlotte Shows Humbert the House
第 4 章go steadyCharlotte Plays Matchmaker at the Party
第 5 章keep the lights onQuilty Meets Humbert
第 6 章joie de vivreCharlotte and Humbert Dance
第 7 章a dragLolita Sneaks Back for a Sandwich
第 8 章a long faceHumbert Reads Poe to Lolita
第 9 章stroke of geniusCharlotte Sends Lolita to Camp
第 10 章no alternativeCharlotte's Letter Kicks Humbert Out
第 11 章feel insecureA Jealous Wife Questions Humbert
第 12 章sacred and profaneCharlotte Shows Humbert the Gun
第 13 章every game has its rulesCharlotte Confronts Humbert Over Candy
第 14 章a dupeCharlotte Finds Humbert's Diary
第 15 章darkest before the dawnThe Farlows Comfort Humbert
第 16 章bide our timeHumbert Picks Up Lolita
第 17 章tied up in knotsHumbert Checks Into the Hotel
第 18 章a normal guyHumbert Meets the Normal Guy
第 19 章Russian rouletteLolita Wakes Humbert With a Prank
第 20 章cut it outHumbert Tells Lolita Her Mother Died
第 21 章cross your heartLolita Makes Humbert Promise
第 22 章a fine one to talkHumbert Forbids Lolita to Date
第 23 章the facts of lifeThe School Psychologist Visits Humbert
第 24 章have a nerveHumbert Grills Lolita After the Play
第 25 章come betweenHumbert and Lolita's Big Fight
第 26 章a fine pairHumbert and Lolita Are Followed
第 27 章since whenHumbert Visits Lolita in Hospital
第 28 章by any chanceLolita Leaves in Care of Her Uncle
第 29 章old flameHumbert Finds the Married Lolita
再生中 · 第 30 章the past is the pastLolita Confesses Her Love for Quiltyこの作品の 30 章はここまでです