your duty or task
Being chosen for the prince's watch, this is your charge.Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 14 / 24 章 · 2'36" · B2
Dogberry Instructs the Watch, Explained：by virtue of one's office
The constable briefs his watchmen before their night on duty, and every instruction lands wrong. They are to challenge anyone in the Prince's name, but let off whoever refuses; they should suspect thieves, yet avoid them. 'Be vigitant, I beseech you,' he concludes.
あらすじ
Dogberry gathers the watch and lays out their duties for the night. They must stop passers-by in the Prince's name but let go any who refuse, and they are told to suspect thieves while also keeping away from them. He adds a final order to guard Leonato's door before the wedding.
注目の表現
good men and truethe prince's watchtake no note ofby virtue of one's office
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このシーンの表現
by virtue of one's office
by authority of one's post
Dogberry explains that their office alone lets them suspect a thief of being no true man.
By virtue of your office, you may ask to see the pass.
このシーンの他の表現
- good men and true
honest and loyal men
- the prince's watch
the prince's night patrol
- take no note of
pay no attention to
- meddle or make with
interfere or get involved with
- a matter of weight
a serious matter
このシーンのメモ一覧
28 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
order someone to stop
You are to bid any man stand in the prince's name.by someone's authority
You are to bid any man stand in the prince's name.what if
How if he will not stand?allow someone to leave
Then take no note of him but let him go.Link note of him so it runs like note-ov-im.
Then take no note of him but let him go.someone's people
If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects.passive voice: He is bidden is the passive of bid: when he has been ordered to stop.
If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects.only
True. And they are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects.be to for duty: Are to meddle means they are supposed to deal only with the prince's people.
True. And they are to meddle with none but the prince's subjects.stay quiet
You shall also make no noise in the streets.prefer sleeping to talking
We will rather sleep than talk.fail to see how
..and a most quiet watchman, for I cannot see how sleeping should offend.not an honest man
If you meet a thief, you may suspect him, by virtue of your office, to be no true man.speaks well of your honesty
the less you meddle or make with them, why, the more is for your honesty.Run make with them together, softening the th in with.
the less you meddle or make with them, why, the more is for your honesty.let alone
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.Link hath and any, blending the th into the next word.
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.by my own wish — Old phrasing; today one says if it were up to me.
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.call me
And, there be any matter of weight chances, call up me.subjunctive: There be is an old subjunctive for if there is, paired with a bare call.
And, there be any matter of weight chances, call up me.sit on the bench
Let us sit upon the bench till two, and then to bed.a great commotion
for the wedding being there tomorrow, there is a great coil tonight.a fuss or commotion — Archaic or dialectal for a fuss; rare today.
for the wedding being there tomorrow, there is a great coil tonight.beg you
Be vigitant, I beseech you.「Dogberry Instructs the Watch」を読み解く
What's really going on
The watch scene is pure comedy, but its jokes come from real authority being handed to men who cannot use it. Dogberry's instructions are full of contradictions: the watch should arrest in the Prince's name, yet 'if he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects,' so the offender simply walks away. They should look for thieves but 'the less you meddle or make with them' the better. The comedy also hides the plot: it is this useless watch that will later overhear Borachio and expose Don John's scheme. And Dogberry's own words betray him constantly, ending with the famous malapropism 'Be vigitant, I beseech you.' The scene invites us to laugh at the watch while quietly setting up the men who will rescue Hero.
Theme
AbsurdityThe watch is given rules that cancel themselves, and the constable cannot even say the word for the virtue he wants.
SatireThe scene mocks official authority by showing how helpless and muddled the men who enforce it are.
このチャプターで学べること
- The watch is told to solve problems by ignoring them.
- A malapropism can wreck a solemn order in one word.
- By virtue of an office is a grand way to claim authority.
- Comedy here comes from procedure taken far too seriously.
- Dogberry's mercy for dogs is oddly endearing.
発音のポイント
- note of him — Link note of him so it runs like note-ov-im.
- make with them — Run make with them together, softening the th in with.
- hath any — Link hath and any, blending the th into the next word.
Are you good men and true?The constable's opening question to his watchmen, asking whether they are honest and loyal before he trusts them with the night's duty.
Then take no note of him but let him go.His answer when a man refuses to stop: pay him no attention and simply let him pass.
If he will not stand when he is bidden, he is none of the prince's subjects.His pompous reasoning for letting offenders go: a man who will not obey cannot be counted as the Prince's subject anyway.
Truly, I would not hang a dog by my will, much more a man who hath any honesty in him.His claim to be merciful: he would not even hang a dog of his own accord, let alone an honest man.
for the wedding being there tomorrow, there is a great coil tonight.His reason for posting the watch at Leonato's door: the wedding is tomorrow, so the house is in an uproar tonight.
Be vigitant, I beseech you.His parting command to be watchful, delivered with a comic mispronunciation of 'vigilant'.
このシーンについての質問
Who is Dogberry?
He is the constable of Messina, in charge of the watch. He is earnest, pompous, and hopelessly muddled, and his instructions to the watchmen are the joke of the scene.
What is wrong with Dogberry's instructions?
They contradict themselves. The watch is told to stop people in the Prince's name, then told to ignore anyone who refuses, and told to look for thieves while keeping away from them.
Why do the watchmen sit on the bench?
They are finishing their briefing and have decided to sit on a bench until two in the morning, then go to bed, showing how little they mean to work.
Why is the watch sent to Leonato's door?
Because the wedding is there the next day and the house is busy. Dogberry's order places the watch exactly where it will later overhear the plot against Hero's honour.
What does 'Be vigitant' mean?
It is Dogberry's mangled word for 'vigilant,' meaning watchful and alert. He is telling the watchmen to stay alert, but the mistake makes him look foolish.
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