an old oath, by Mary — An old-fashioned oath; only survives on stage today.
- Which be the malefactors? - Marry, that am I. And my partner.Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 18 / 24 章 · 3'03" · B2
Dogberry Uncovers Don John's Plot, Explained：little better than
The play's worst interviewer accidentally cracks the case. Dogberry and Verges fumble through Borachio and Conrade's names, but once the watch testifies, the real story surfaces: Don John paid Borachio to slander Hero, and Claudio meant to shame her at the altar. "Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away."
あらすじ
At the examination, Dogberry and Verges bring in Borachio and Conrade but can't even agree on whether the men have real names. The watch is called to testify, and the truth finally emerges: Don John paid Borachio a thousand ducats to accuse Hero falsely, and Claudio planned to disgrace her publicly. Don John has already fled.
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このシーンの表現
little better than
hardly more than
Dogberry opens the interrogation by declaring the prisoners little better than borrowed names.
His apology was little better than a shrug.
このシーンの他の表現
- malefactors
wrongdoers, criminals
- call forth
summon someone forward
- what else
anything more
- everlasting redemption
eternal salvation, the wrong word
- stolen away
slipped away quietly
このシーンのメモ一覧
41 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
hardly more than
Dogberry opens the interrogation by declaring the prisoners little better than borrowed names.
Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false names.borrowed names
Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false names.account for
How answer you for yourselves?archaic question: The main verb answer jumps before the subject, so How answer you means How do you answer.
How answer you for yourselves?archaic negation: Not follows the verb directly, so go not means do not go.
- Have you writ down they are none? - You go not the way to examine.summon someone forward
Corrected by his clerk, Dogberry grudgingly has the night watch called forward as witnesses.
You must call forth the watch that are their accusers.come forward
Let the watch come forth.on someone's authority
I charge you, in the prince's name, accuse these men.charge these men
I charge you, in the prince's name, accuse these men.Link in the prince's so it sounds like in-na-princes.
I charge you, in the prince's name, accuse these men.hear someone say
What heard you him say else?Link accusing and the into one smooth run.
That he received 1 ,000 ducats of Don John for accusing the lady Hero wrongfully.the worst ever seen
- Flat burglary as ever was committed. - That it is.bring shame on someone
mean upon his words to disgrace Hero before the whole assembly and not marry her.archaic future: Thou wilt is the archaic you will, predicting what will happen to him.
Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this.slipped away quietly
A report interrupts the questioning: Don John slipped away that very morning.
Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away.in this way
Hero was in this manner accused, in this very manner refused, and upon the grief of this, suddenly died.a fool, a clown — An old insult for a fool; today only as a joke.
Off, coxcomb!good heavens
God's my life, where's the sexton?The s in God's almost disappears, so it runs as God-my-life.
God's my life, where's the sexton?a rascal — An archaic insult for a rascal, now rarely used.
Come, bind them. Thou naughty varlet!a fool, an idiot — Calls someone a fool; fine among friends, not in public.
Away! You are an ass!「Dogberry Uncovers Don John's Plot」を読み解く
What's really going on
The examination works precisely because it's a mess. Dogberry has no idea how to run a hearing — he argues about names, invents charges, and tells the accused to stop talking — yet the facts spill out anyway, because he lets everyone talk. The play quietly makes the point that official dignity and truth aren't the same thing: this pompous officer gets nowhere, while a few frightened watchmen blurt out everything. The comedy also sharpens the cruelty under it. Borachio's confession shows how cheaply Hero's ruin was bought — a thousand ducats — and how easily a prince's brother could arrange it. Dogberry's best line is also his worst: "Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this," a botched threat that says the opposite of what he means.
Theme
JusticeThe comic examination is where the frame-up is undone: Borachio's confession clears Hero and exposes Don John's plot.
SatireDogberry is a parody of an official: he mangles every word and botches the procedure, yet ends up doing the job the lords failed to do.
このチャプターで学べること
- Dogberry's mistakes are the scene's engine.
- The interrogation quietly hands over the plot.
- Official words sound absurd in the wrong mouth.
- Even a fool's question can reach the truth.
発音のポイント
- in the prince's — Link in the prince's so it sounds like in-na-princes.
- accusing the lady — Link accusing and the into one smooth run.
- God's my life — The s in God's almost disappears, so it runs as God-my-life.
Masters, it is proved already that you are little better than false names.Dogberry's confused insult: the two men are 'little better than false names,' i.e. barely real people. He means to condemn them but the line is nonsense, which is the joke.
I charge you, in the prince's name, accuse these men.The formal order that gets the case moving: testifying under the prince's authority, the watch must state what the prisoners did.
Hero was in this manner accused, in this very manner refused, and upon the grief of this, suddenly died.The report that ties the plot to the earlier wedding: Hero was accused and rejected exactly this way, and the grief of it, they believe, killed her.
Thou wilt be condemned into everlasting redemption for this.Dogberry's famous malapropism: he means 'everlasting damnation' but says 'redemption,' turning a threat into the opposite of what he intended.
Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away.The plot's architect is gone: Don John fled that morning. It confirms his guilt and leaves his accomplices to take the blame.
I do not like thy look, I promise thee.Dogberry's blunt aside to Conrade — he simply dislikes his face. It shows the 'trial' runs on Dogberry's moods as much as on evidence.
このシーンについての質問
How does Dogberry end up exposing Don John's plot?
Mostly by accident. He's a terrible examiner, but he follows the one useful instruction — call the watch to testify — and the watchmen report everything they heard: Borachio was paid by Don John to slander Hero.
What did Borachio confess?
That he received a thousand ducats from Don John for falsely accusing Hero, and that Claudio intended to disgrace her publicly at the wedding and refuse the marriage.
Where did Don John go?
He fled that morning — "Prince John is this morning secretly stolen away" — which is as good as a confession. His accomplices are left behind to be bound and taken to Leonato.
Why is Dogberry's speech so confusing?
He constantly uses the wrong word — 'dissembly' for assembly, 'opinioned' for pinioned, and 'everlasting redemption' for everlasting damnation. The confusion is deliberate comic satire of a petty official out of his depth.
Who writes everything down during the examination?
The sexton, a church official acting as clerk. Dogberry keeps ordering him to write down phrases — including the absurd "Prince John a villain" and "the prince's officer coxcomb."
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第 15 章a rotten orangeClaudio Denies Hero at the Altar
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第 20 章brought to lightBorachio Confesses to Leonato
第 21 章take my leaveClaudio Accepts His Penance
第 22 章woo peaceablyBenedick and Beatrice Woo by Quarrelling
第 23 章an eye of favourBenedick Proposes to Beatrice
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