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Much Ado About Nothing · 1993 — 第 20 / 24 章 · 3'35" · B2

Borachio Confesses to Leonato, Explained：brought to light

Borachio finally tells the whole story — Don John incensed him to slander Hero, and the lovers' eyes were deceived along with everyone else's. Leonato, whose daughter he believes is dead, doesn't just want an apology: "Choose your revenge yourself," the guilty men say, and he makes them proclaim Hero's innocence and mourn at her tomb.

あらすじ

After the examination, Borachio admits that Don John urged him to slander Hero, and that he fooled even the eyes of the men who accused her. Leonato arrives, learns who is responsible, and confronts Claudio and Don Pedro. They accept whatever punishment he chooses and ask only to clear Hero's name. Leonato orders an epitaph sung at her tomb.

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too cunning to be understoodbrought to lightLet me see his eyesI thank you for my daughter's death

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このシーンの表現

brought to light

revealed, made known

Borachio admits the truth no wise man found was brought out by two fools.

The audit brought to light several missing payments.

このシーンの他の表現

  • too cunning to be understood

    too clever to be clear

  • Let me see his eyes

    let me look him in the eye

  • I thank you for my daughter's death

    sarcastic thanks for a death

  • Choose your revenge

    pick your own punishment for me

  • sing it to her bones

    sing it at her grave

このシーンのメモ一覧

40 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2what offence have ... done

what crime

Officers, what offence have these men done?
スラング · B2knaves

scoundrels — An old insult for scoundrels; today only playful.

They have committed false report, moreover, they have spoken untruths, secondarily, they are slanders, sixth and lastly, they belied a lady, thirdly, they have verified unjust things, and to conclude, they are lying knaves.
表現 · B2someone's very eyes

your own eyes

I have deceived even your very eyes.
発音deceived even

Link deceived even so it sounds like deceive-deven.

I have deceived even your very eyes.
表現 · B2bring something to light

revealed, made known

Borachio admits the truth no wise man found was brought out by two fools.

What your wisdoms could not discover, these shallow fools have brought to light,
表現 · C1incense someone to do something

provoke someone into doing it

how Don John your brother incensed me to slander the lady Hero, how you saw me court Margaret...
表現 · B2inform someone of the matter

about this matter

By this time our sexton hath reformed Signior Leonato of the matter.
文法 · C1when time and place shall serve

time clause: The when-clause names the moment the request becomes appropriate.

And, masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.
スラング · B1ass

a fool, an idiot — Calls someone a fool; fine among friends, not in public.

And, masters, do not forget to specify, when time and place shall serve, that I am an ass.
表現 · B2see someone's eyes

look someone in the eye

Which is the villain? Let me see his eyes!
スラング · B2villain

a wicked man — A formal accusation word; too theatrical for daily use.

No, not so, villain. Thou beliest thyself.
表現 · B2honourable men

men of honour

Here stand a pair of honourable men.
表現 · C1choose one's revenge

pick your own punishment for me

Borachio hands Leonato the choice of punishment, saying he will accept whatever revenge is picked.

Choose your revenge yourself.
表現 · C1impose a penance

what punishment

Impose me to what penance your invention can lay upon my sin, yet sinned I not but in mistaking.
文法 · C1sinned I not

archaic inversion: Sinned I not is an archaic inversion meaning I did not sin, except by mistake.

Impose me to what penance your invention can lay upon my sin, yet sinned I not but in mistaking.
発音people in

Link people in so it sounds like peo-plein.

But I pray you both, possess the people in Messina here how innocent she died.
文法 · C1labour aught

archaic pronoun: Aught is the archaic anything, so labour aught means to do anything at all.

And if your love can labour aught in sad invention,
表現 · C1to someone's bones

at someone's grave

hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, and sing it to her bones.
発音an epitaph

Link an epitaph so it sounds like a-nepitaph.

hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, and sing it to her bones.
表現 · B2the copy of someone

a double of someone

Almost the copy of my child that's dead.
表現 · B2heir to something

inheritor of something

And she alone is heir to both of us.

「Borachio Confesses to Leonato」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is less about exposing Don John than about what Leonato can do with the confession. He can't bring Hero back — "I cannot bid you bid my daughter live. That were impossible" — so he converts grief into obligation. Claudio and Don Pedro are made to accept his terms, and his terms are all about reputation: tell Messina she died innocent, hang a poem on her tomb, and let the story be corrected in public. His sarcasm does the real work. "I thank you for my daughter's death" and "Record it with your high and worthy deeds" shame the two men more effectively than any demand for blood would. It's a reminder that in this world a woman's name, once spoken against, has to be repaired out loud.

Theme

Death & griefLeonato can't undo his daughter's death, so he turns mourning into demands: public penance, an epitaph, and a name cleared.
JusticeInstead of revenge, Leonato asks for truth: that the city be told Hero died innocent and the men admit their wrong.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A fool's evidence can open the whole case.
  • Leonato trades revenge for reparation.
  • Sarcastic thanks cut deeper than shouting.
  • The demand for a public song restores her name.

発音のポイント

  • deceived even — Link deceived even so it sounds like deceive-deven.
  • people in — Link people in so it sounds like peo-plein.
  • an epitaph — Link an epitaph so it sounds like a-nepitaph.
I have deceived even your very eyes.

Borachio admits the deception was complete: the same eyes that witnessed Hero's 'betrayal' were fooled. It's the confession that the evidence was staged.

If you would know your wronger, look on me.

Borachio offers himself as the guilty man, directly answering Leonato's demand to see the villain's eyes. A confession and a challenge at once.

But I pray you both, possess the people in Messina here how innocent she died.

Leonato asks the two men to tell all of Messina that Hero died innocent — his real demand for reparation is a public correction of her name.

hang her an epitaph upon her tomb, and sing it to her bones.

He wants a poem hung at her tomb and sung over her remains: mourning turned into ceremony, so the city hears how wronged she was.

I thank you for my daughter's death.

Leonato's sarcasm at its coldest. He 'thanks' the men for killing his daughter, making gratitude carry the full weight of blame.

No, not so, villain. Thou beliest thyself.

Leonato corrects Borachio's claim to be solely guilty: he isn't taking all the blame. The line insists the guilt is shared.

このシーンについての質問

Why doesn't Leonato take revenge on Claudio?

Because revenge can't fix the loss, and Claudio sinned 'but in mistaking.' Leonato says, "I cannot bid you bid my daughter live," so he asks for what's still possible: public penance and a cleared name.

What penance does Leonato impose?

Three things: tell the people of Messina that Hero died innocent, hang and sing an epitaph at her tomb that night, and come to his house the next morning, where Claudio will marry his niece.

Why does Leonato call Hero's cousin his "niece"?

It's a set-up. The 'niece' is Hero herself, disguised and believed dead. Leonato is arranging for Claudio to marry her again before revealing she never died.

What does Borachio confess?

That Don John incensed him to slander Hero, that he and his master wrongly accused her, and that the deception fooled even the accusers' eyes.

What does "possess the people" mean here?

It means to inform or convince them — not to own them. Leonato wants Messina told the truth about Hero, so her reputation is repaired publicly.

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