pry into private notes
That's my diary. We don't read other people's diaries, do we?Lolita · 1962 — 第 14 / 30 章 · 4'38" · B2
Charlotte Finds Humbert's Diary, Explained：a dupe
Charlotte has found Humbert's diary, and reads aloud the cruel names he wrote for her. She calls him a fraud and tells him he will never see Lolita again; Humbert insists the whole thing is only a novel he is writing.
あらすじ
Charlotte discovers Humbert's diary and reads the entries in which she and Lolita are mocked. She accuses him of being a fraud and says she is leaving that day. Upstairs she speaks to her dead husband Harold, and then a phone call tells Humbert that she has been hit by a car.
注目の表現
couldn't help ita dupethe soul of integritythink up
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このシーンの表現
a dupe
a person easily fooled
After reading the diary aloud, Charlotte says the stupid Haze is no longer his dupe, turning her name into an insult.
He felt like a dupe after buying the fake watch.
このシーンの他の表現
- couldn't help it
could not stop myself
- the soul of integrity
the essence of honesty
- think up
invent an idea
- by mere chance
purely by accident
- know better next time
learn from this mistake
このシーンのメモ一覧
67 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
tag question: After a negative statement the positive tag do we invites agreement.
That's my diary. We don't read other people's diaries, do we?Link read other into rea-dother, one smooth run.
That's my diary. We don't read other people's diaries, do we?someone you can fool A dupe is a person who is fooled, not a duplicate copy.
Well, the stupid Haze is no longer your dupe.stop touching it
You leave that alone or I'll scream out the window!a total swindler
You're a disgusting, despicable, loathsome, criminal fraud!move aside
- I can expl-- - Get out of my way.the whole thing
You can have all of it.a spoiled, nasty kid — A harsh word for a child, only in anger and never in public.
But you are never going to see that miserable brat again!simple to account for
This is so easy to explain.something imagined Not a medical term here; he means she is imagining the whole thing.
It's an hallucination. You're crazy, Charlotte.could not stop myself
Confessing to her dead husband, Charlotte says she was disloyal but simply could not stop herself.
I couldn't help it, though.Run help it together as hel-pit.
I couldn't help it, though.quite a long while
Seven years is a very long time.past unreal conditional: The past perfect in the if-clause marks a past that did not happen.
If you hadn't died, all this wouldn't have happened!the essence of honesty
Charlotte tells the portrait he was honesty itself, then asks how they produced such a beast.
You were the soul of integrity.learn from this mistake
Charlotte vows to the portrait that she will know better next time, promising a man he would be proud of.
I promise you that I'll know better next time.pieces of a novel
Those notes you found were fragments of a novel that I'm writing.purely by accident
Humbert insists the names slipped in by pure chance, an excuse that only makes him look guiltier.
Your name, and Lolita's, were put in by mere chance...invent an idea
Humbert claims novelists borrow names and think up funny situations, dressing his diary as fiction.
...and they think up funny situations.speaking, on the phone On the phone English says This is he, not I am he.
Yes, this is he.on the phone
There's a man on the line who says that you've been hit by a car!struck by a vehicle
There's a man on the line who says that you've been hit by a car!relative clause: The who-clause describes the man on the line and carries the shocking news.
There's a man on the line who says that you've been hit by a car!The t in hit is dropped, sliding straight into by.
There's a man on the line who says that you've been hit by a car!「Charlotte Finds Humbert's Diary」を読み解く
What's really going on
The diary turns the marriage inside out in a minute. Until now Charlotte has been the one chasing honesty; the pages show her what Humbert actually thinks of her, and the discovery is not a misunderstanding but a verdict. She answers with the coldest line she has: "Well, the stupid Haze is no longer your dupe." From there the scene runs on two tracks. Humbert tries to save himself by calling the diary notes "fragments of a novel," and Charlotte runs upstairs to talk to her dead husband Harold, apologizing to a photograph for seven lonely years. By the time a stranger calls to say she has been hit by a car, the argument has already ended the marriage. Humbert's invention is technically true and completely useless: she has stopped believing him.
Theme
DeceptionHumbert's private contempt is exposed by his own diary, and his explanation that it is only a novel no longer convinces anyone.
MarriageThe marriage ends in a few minutes: Charlotte reads the truth, calls him a fraud, and leaves; within the hour she is dead.
このチャプターで学べること
- Couldn't help it shifts blame by claiming no control.
- The soul of integrity praises someone as honesty itself.
- Think up means invent, often an excuse that fools no one.
- By mere chance insists that something was pure accident.
発音のポイント
- read other — Link read other into rea-dother, one smooth run.
- help it — Run help it together as hel-pit.
- hit by a — The t in hit is dropped, sliding straight into by.
That's my diary. We don't read other people's diaries, do we?Humbert's nervous protest as Charlotte holds his diary, trying to stop her with a rule while knowing what the pages contain.
Why did you go and die on me?!Charlotte's cry to her dead husband Harold: she is angry at him for leaving her, and for the years of loneliness that led her here.
If you hadn't died, all this wouldn't have happened!Her grief turns into blame: she tells Harold that his death is the cause of everything that has gone wrong with her life.
You're a disgusting, despicable, loathsome, criminal fraud!Her verdict on Humbert, four insults stacked together, delivered as she decides to leave the house that day.
You leave that alone or I'll scream out the window!Charlotte threatens to make the fight public if Humbert tries to take the diary back, turning a private quarrel into a scene.
このシーンについての質問
What does Charlotte read in Humbert's diary?
Entries that describe her in cruel terms and treat her as someone to be used. Reading them, she realizes that the charming husband she thought she had is only a performance.
Why does Humbert say the diary is a novel?
It is his cover story. He claims the names were put in by mere chance because they were handy, but the excuse comes too late and convinces nobody.
What does 'a dupe' mean when Charlotte says it?
A dupe is a person who has been fooled or used. She is telling Humbert that she has finally seen through him and will not be his dupe any longer.
Who is Harold?
Charlotte's first husband, who died seven years earlier. After the fight she goes upstairs and speaks to him, apologizing for her loneliness and blaming him for dying.
What happens to Charlotte at the end of the scene?
She runs out of the house after the argument, and a phone call informs Humbert that she has been hit by a car — the news that ends the marriage.
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第 20 章cut it outHumbert Tells Lolita Her Mother Died
第 21 章cross your heartLolita Makes Humbert Promise
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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
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