keeps ringing constantly
What am I doing in this relationship anyway? My phone never stops ringing.Manhattan · 1979 — 第 15 / 23 章 · 2'49" · B2
Mary Visits Isaac Late at Night, Explained：wasting myself on someone
After a fight with the married man she has been seeing, Mary turns up at Isaac's apartment late at night, apologizing for the intrusion. He refuses to let her take a tranquilizer and teases her about her therapist, while she insists that the man led her on. The scene ends with him inviting her along with Tracy.
あらすじ
Late at night, Mary arrives at Isaac's apartment after a fight with Yale, apologizing for bothering him. They talk about her affair, her self-esteem, and her therapist; Isaac jokes that Valium causes cancer and refuses to let her take any. He then invites her to join him and Tracy.
注目の表現
wasting myself on someoneget used to somethingwork outget suspicious
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このシーンの表現
wasting myself on someone
spend yourself on someone
Mary admits she is pouring her time and feeling into a married man she cannot leave.
I'm wasting myself on a job that never values me.
このシーンの他の表現
- get used to something
become accustomed to
- work out
succeed in the end
- get suspicious
start to suspect
- stick up for someone
defend someone
- fuck off
go away (very rude)
このシーンのメモ一覧
43 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ
spend yourself on someone
Mary admits she is pouring her time and feeling into a married man she cannot leave.
I don't know. I'm wasting myself on a married man, so I don't know.Want you links into wan-chu, and to have almost disappears.
Listen, I think I'd better go now. I just want you to have this.phone someone
Mary, you love Rampal. Call somebody up. Take Isaac.be unsettled by
Don't get thrown by this.become accustomed to
Mary recoils at the brown water, and Isaac shrugs that you get used to it after a while.
- It's just... God, this is brown, isn't it? - It is, but you get used to it after a while.discover the fact
When did they find that out?only my guess
That's just my theory, but I think it's correct. I got tissues someplace.somewhere — Casual American speech; formal writing prefers somewhere.
That's just my theory, but I think it's correct. I got tissues someplace.succeed in the end
Mary says she always knew it could not work out, as if the failure were fate.
It's true. It's really true. I mean, I knew it couldn't possibly work out.relative clause: The relative clause identifies exactly which man she calls a doctor.
Hey. You call that guy that you talk to a doctor?start to suspect
Hearing that Mary's doctor calls at three in the morning in tears, Isaac grows suspicious.
You don't get suspicious when he calls you at 3am and weeps into the telephone?time clause: The when-clause frames the whole suspicious situation as one event.
You don't get suspicious when he calls you at 3am and weeps into the telephone?The at is nearly swallowed, sliding straight into three.
You don't get suspicious when he calls you at 3am and weeps into the telephone?one step lower than
He's done a great job on you. Your self-esteem is like a notch below Kafka's.what on earth — Blunt and casual, used when annoyed or baffled; avoid in formal talk.
Yeah. Incredible, isn't it? There's a guy upstairs. I don't know what the hell it is.used to: Used to have marks a past state that no longer exists, unlike be used to.
- How can you stand it? It's terrible. - I know. I used to have a great apartment.take a walk
- Wanna go for a walk? It's quieter out. - No, I think I'll just go home.string someone along
He led me on! That's the point of it. Why am I reluctant to criticise him?defend someone
Mary sees Isaac covering for Yale and says all you men stick up for each other.
Don't defend him. You guys all stick up for each other.The t in letting flaps, so it sounds like ledding.
Well, thanks for letting me come over. I appreciate it. It's very nice of you.join in
Tracy and I are going out tonight, if you wanna come along.a generous portion of
- That's a healthy piece of towel paper. - Oh, gee. God!an old-fashioned exclamation — A dated exclamation; fine among friends, odd in formal speech.
- That's a healthy piece of towel paper. - Oh, gee. God!「Mary Visits Isaac Late at Night」を読み解く
What's really going on
The late-night visit is what happens after the affair collapses, and the two of them fall into their usual roles: Mary performing her hurt and Isaac analyzing it. She says she could have anyone, and then admits she is throwing herself away on a married man. He comforts her badly, with medical pseudo-facts and jokes, and when she says she pays a doctor to psychoanalyse her, he turns it into a dig at her therapist. The sharpest line is his: "Your self-esteem is like a notch below Kafka's." What makes the scene more than a joke is that he is also kind, offering the tissues, refusing the Valium, and finally asking her to come out with him and Tracy. Mary keeps circling the betrayal — "He led me on! That's the point of it" — and the comfort never quite reaches her.
Theme
HeartbreakMary arrives raw from a break-up, and the evening is spent naming her hurt without really easing it.
FriendshipIsaac takes her in, teases her, and finally invites her along with Tracy, mixing affection with his own detachment.
このチャプターで学べること
- Mary's self-praise is really a confession of low self-worth.
- Isaac defends his friend and gets called out for it.
- The brown water quietly repeats through the whole visit.
- Her goodbye is sudden because the truth got too close.
発音のポイント
- want you to have this — Want you links into wan-chu, and to have almost disappears.
- calls you at 3am — The at is nearly swallowed, sliding straight into three.
- thanks for letting me — The t in letting flaps, so it sounds like ledding.
I could go to bed with the entire faculty of MIT, if I wanted to. It's just...Her half-joking claim of sexual power, said to underline how little the affair is worth.
He's done a great job on you. Your self-esteem is like a notch below Kafka's.Isaac's joke about her therapist, delivered as a compliment and landing as a diagnosis of her low self-esteem.
He led me on! That's the point of it. Why am I reluctant to criticise him?Mary defending her own anger and noticing that she still protects the man who hurt her.
That's just my theory, but I think it's correct. I got tissues someplace.Isaac moving from a joke to practical care: he claims his medical ideas are right while fetching her a tissue.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Mary come to Isaac's apartment?
She has just fought with Yale, has no one else to call, and shows up late at night for comfort. She apologizes for bothering him, which shows how close she is to the edge.
Why does Isaac refuse to let her take Valium?
He claims Valium causes cancer, treating a medical decision as another joke. The refusal is also a form of care: he does not want her taking a pill to get through the night.
Why does Isaac compare her to Kafka?
He is teasing her low self-esteem, calling it a notch below Kafka's. It is a joke, but it names the thing that has kept her in a bad relationship.
What does Mary keep saying about Yale?
She says he led her on and expects Isaac to agree. When he defends Yale instead, she accuses men of sticking up for each other.
What does Isaac invite her to do at the end?
He invites her to come out with him and Tracy. It is an offer of company rather than romance, and Mary turns it down and goes home.
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第 10 章wind upIsaac and Mary Walk in the Rain
第 11 章at my fingertipsIsaac and Mary Talk in the Rain
第 12 章the toast of the townIsaac Tells Tracy to Go to London
第 13 章a no-win situationMary Ends It With Yale
第 14 章make a commitmentIsaac Breaks Up in Tracy's New Flat
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第 17 章hung up onIsaac Finally Kisses Mary
第 18 章in the same ballparkIsaac Tells Tracy About Someone Else
第 19 章a sucker forIsaac and Mary Run Into Her Ex
第 20 章balk atIsaac Confronts His Ex-Wife's Memoir
第 21 章have it outMary Tells Isaac She Loves Yale
第 22 章get your story straightIsaac Confronts Yale in Class
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