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Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 6 / 24 章 · 3'01" · C1

Beatrice Refuses to Marry, Explained：as merry as the day is long

The masked revellers are about to arrive, and the talk at Leonato's turns to husbands. Beatrice will have none of it: bearded men are unbearable, and she would rather 'lie in the woollen' than marry one. Even her uncle's hopes meet a joke, since 'I can see a church by daylight.'

あらすじ

Before the masked dance, Beatrice and the others trade jokes about what makes a husband. One man is deemed too silent, another too talkative, and Beatrice declares she could not stand a bearded husband. Leonato reminds Hero to obey her father, while Beatrice insists she will never be fitted with a husband.

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get her good willshrewd of thy tonguelie in the woollenas merry as the day is long

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このシーンの表現

as merry as the day is long

as happy as can be

Beatrice pictures heaven as a corner full of bachelors, where she would stay endlessly cheerful.

After the last exam, the students were as merry as the day is long.

このシーンの他の表現

  • get her good will

    win someone's favor

  • shrewd of thy tongue

    sharp-tongued

  • lie in the woollen

    sleep rough, without fine bedding

  • see a church by daylight

    I'm not blind, you know

このシーンのメモ一覧

34 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · C1in the midway between A and B

halfway between two things

He were an excellent man that were made in the midway between him and Benedick.
表現 · C1be too like an image

silent as a statue

The one is too like an image
表現 · C1evermore doing something

chattering nonstop

and says nothing, and the other too like my lady's eldest son - evermore tattling.
スラング · C1evermore tattling

always gossiping — A teasing jab at someone who talks too much; keep it out of formal speech.

and says nothing, and the other too like my lady's eldest son - evermore tattling.
表現 · C1someone's melancholy

someone's gloom

Then half Signior Benedick's tongue in Count John's mouth, and half Count John's melancholy in Signior Benedick's face...
発音in Count John's

Link in and Count, and keep the s in John's light.

Then half Signior Benedick's tongue in Count John's mouth, and half Count John's melancholy in Signior Benedick's face...
表現 · C1money enough in one's purse

enough money in hand

And a good foot, Uncle, and money enough in his purse.
表現 · C1get someone's good will

win someone's favor

Over supper, Antonio caps Beatrice's joke: even a perfect man must first win a woman's favor, and the table laughs.

Such a man would win any woman in the world, if he could get her good will.
表現 · C1be shrewd of tongue

sharp-tongued

After Beatrice out-talks him, Leonato warns her that such a sharp tongue will scare every suitor off.

Thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
文法 · C1if thou be so shrewd

archaic conditional: Thou be is the old form of if you are, with thou meaning you.

Thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
発音wilt never get

The t in wilt often drops, and never get runs together.

Thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.
表現 · C1lie in the woollen

sleep rough, without fine bedding

Beatrice says she would rather sleep on rough wool than marry a bearded man, and Antonio keeps teasing her.

I could not endure a husband with a beard. I had rather lie in the woollen.
表現 · C1someone's waiting gentlewoman

a lady's personal attendant

Should I dress him in my apparel and make him my waiting gentlewoman?
文法 · C1He that is more than a youth

relative clause: He that means the man who; the old style uses that to start a relative clause.

He that is more than a youth is not for me. He that is less than a man,
スラング · C1too cursed

far too vicious — An exaggerated complaint among friends, not for elders.

In faith, she's too cursed!
文法 · C1go you into hell

archaic inversion: Go you is old-fashioned inversion for do you go, putting the subject last.

- Well, then, go you into hell? - No, but to the gate.
表現 · C1away to someone

off to see someone

So away to Saint Peter for the heavens.
表現 · B2where someone sits

the place someone sits

He shows me where the bachelors sit,
発音as merry as

Glide from merry into as so the three words link.

and there live we as merry as the day is long.
表現 · C1be ruled by someone

obey someone

Niece, I hope you will be ruled by your father.
表現 · C1make a curtsy

drop a curtsy

Yes, it is my cousin's duty to make curtsy and say, "Father, as it please you."
表現 · C1as it please someone

as someone wishes

let him be a handsome fellow, or make another curtsy and say, "Father, as it please me."
表現 · C1be fitted with something

be supplied with something

Well, niece, I hope to see you one day fitted with a husband.
表現 · B2do something by daylight

in broad daylight

I have a good eye, Uncle. I can see a church by daylight.

「Beatrice Refuses to Marry」を読み解く

What's really going on

Everyone is talking about marriage, and Beatrice is the one person determined not to. The scene opens with a description of a man stitched together from two others, as if a husband were simply a matter of correct ingredients — 'a good leg,' 'a good foot,' and 'money enough in his purse.' Beatrice answers in the opposite direction: a husband with a beard is unbearable, and she would rather 'lie in the woollen.' Her joke about the devil who sends maids away — 'Here's no place for you maids' — turns cleanness into comedy, and her picture of the bachelors sitting in heaven is a cheerful defence of the single life. When Leonato urges Hero to obey her father, Beatrice undercuts the whole business with a clever refusal to be fooled: 'I have a good eye, Uncle. I can see a church by daylight.' The wit keeps marriage at arm's length, but it also keeps it the only subject in the room.

Theme

MarriageBeatrice refuses every version of a husband, turning the wedding talk around her into material for jokes.
IdentityShe defines herself by refusing marriage, making her sharp tongue a statement about who she is.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Good will means favor, not mere kindness.
  • A sharp tongue is the subject of the family's joke.
  • The church line turns a compliment back on the speaker.
  • Old forms like thou wilt still shape the scene's humor.

発音のポイント

  • in Count John's — Link in and Count, and keep the s in John's light.
  • wilt never get — The t in wilt often drops, and never get runs together.
  • as merry as — Glide from merry into as so the three words link.
He were an excellent man that were made in the midway between him and Benedick.

Beatrice's verdict that the ideal man would be a compromise between the silent man and the talkative Benedick, a witty way of saying neither will do.

Thou wilt never get thee a husband if thou be so shrewd of thy tongue.

A warning that her sharp, cutting way of speaking will scare off any suitor.

I could not endure a husband with a beard. I had rather lie in the woollen.

Her declaration that she would sooner put up with rough, comfortless bedding than marry a bearded man.

and there live we as merry as the day is long.

Her picture of the bachelors in heaven, cheerful and carefree, offered as better than married life.

I have a good eye, Uncle. I can see a church by daylight.

Her retort to her uncle: she is not foolish, and she can see exactly what is being suggested to her.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Beatrice refuse to marry?

She treats marriage and husbands as a joke throughout the scene, preferring comfort and freedom. Her banter protects her independence and keeps suitors at arm's length.

Why does Beatrice joke about a husband with a beard?

It is her way of ruling out every kind of suitor. A bearded man is too much the grown man, and a man without one is too little, so no husband will do.

What does Leonato tell Hero before the dance?

He reminds her of what he has said before and tells her that if the prince makes her an offer, she will know how to answer.

Which two men does Beatrice compare?

The too-silent man and the ever-talking Benedick. She jokes that an ideal man would be stitched together from both of them.

Why does Beatrice say she can see a church by daylight?

It is a refusal to be fooled. When her uncle praises her sharp understanding, she answers that her eyes are good and she can see plainly what is going on.

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