concession clause: Even though admits his signal to stop, then she speaks anyway.
I go on. Even though the QC is intimating he doesn't need me to, I speak over him.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 21 / 22 章 · 3'14" · C1
Tessa Loses Faith in the Law, Explained：news to me
The QC is not asking about office space. A larger room, then higher income, is his way of calling her account a calculated move. She said Julian's version to colleagues was news to her. Underneath sits one line: "But most of all, I have lost my faith in this, the law," after dignity, self, and peace of mind are gone.
あらすじ
In court she says she never applied for the large room. A QC treats the move as prestige, then as a way to raise her income. She says what Julian told colleagues is news to her. She says she moved chambers to get away and work without fear, and that her police statement came the same night. Told to refrain from elaboration, she ends on her faith in the law.
注目の表現
speak overat any costenjoying that roomnews to me
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このシーンの表現
news to me
I had never heard this
News to me is her shock that a version of her private life was already circulating while she was the last to hear it.
The rumor about my transfer is news to me. Nobody on the team mentioned it.
このシーンの他の表現
- speak over
keep talking across someone
- at any cost
no matter how high the price
- enjoying that room
a jab dressed up as noticing
- turned inside out
exposed and emptied by force
- about turn
a sudden reversal of line
このシーンのメモ一覧
51 行のセリフに 32 件のメモ
Let need me to run together and do not park on to.
I go on. Even though the QC is intimating he doesn't need me to, I speak over him.a quick change of mind
I notice the tiniest moment when the QC does a mental shift.no matter how high the price
At any cost is his motive for her, not her slogan: he prices the bigger room as ambition without scruple.
He assumed, as a successful barrister, that I wanted the larger room, the more prestigious chambers at any cost.parenthetical aside: The aside supplies the bias behind his guess about the room.
He assumed, as a successful barrister, that I wanted the larger room, the more prestigious chambers at any cost.rely on a gut feeling
'Don't ever trust your own instincts, sir,' I want to say.judgment trained by the law
'Day one law school. Only trust your legal instincts.'right at the very start — Fine in casual talk; formal prose would say the first day.
'Day one law school. Only trust your legal instincts.'Stress enjoying and let the rest of the jab stay light.
'But I see you're enjoying that room now, aren't you, Ms Ensler?' No time to answer.hide a miss with the next move not hiding a scene; blocking a surprise with a new question
The next question comes fast to cover up for what he didn't see coming.failed to anticipate it not someone arriving; an unexpected hit
The next question comes fast to cover up for what he didn't see coming.invented rather than reported not cosmetics; the account is called invented
He implies that I made up the story of raperevenge, getting someone back — Everyday word for revenge; keep it out of a formal filing.
as payback to Julian for telling his friends and colleaguesI had never heard this
News to me is her shock that a version of her private life was already circulating while she was the last to hear it.
This is news to me! This is what Julian was telling peoplepause to steady oneself
I fade just a little. I catch my breath. I find my way.relative clause: It identifies which testimony, not evidence in general, did this.
My body has been turned inside out by the evidence I have had to give,Keep And short, then move straight into the interruption.
I tell him I was offered this new room with a QC I admire. And he cuts me off.leave so as to escape someone
I interrupt. 'I moved chambers to get away from Julian, to work without fear.gave a formal account to police not a grammar term; a formal report to police
'Do not forget I made my statement to the policehold yourself back from doing it
'please refrain from elaboration.'enjoyed each other's company
'with all witnesses saying how much we talked together, laughed and got along...'the objection is upheld not a saved file; the judge allows the objection
'I submit, Your Honour.' 'Submission sustained.'arrange an event for show not a play; setting the harm up in advance
'If you are implying that I planned the entire night 'to stage something like this, I have no words.accused of a personal feud
'For you to stand there and suggest to me that I am in any way holding a vendettainfinitive subject: His standing there and suggesting becomes the thing she judges.
'For you to stand there and suggest to me that I am in any way holding a vendettaKeep have light so lost can carry the contrast.
'what Mr Brookes might have lost, but I will tell you what I have lost.a mind free of constant fear
'I have lost my career path, friends, peace of mind, safety,above everything already listed
'But most of all, I have lost my faith in this, the law,stopped trusting an institution not religious faith; trust that the law would protect her
'But most of all, I have lost my faith in this, the law,Soften of so most and all land as one beat.
'But most of all, I have lost my faith in this, the law,nested relative: The omitted which makes the system what she once believed would protect her.
'the system I believed would protect me.gave my working life to it
Dedicated my life to aims the whole list back at the legal system she is standing inside.
'It was the system I dedicated my life to.'「Tessa Loses Faith in the Law」を読み解く
What's really going on
The cross-examination keeps renaming one decision. A bigger room is cast as appetite for prestige, as payback against Julian, and as a plan to increase income. "I never applied for that room" undercuts the idea that she chased the space. "This is news to me" meets a separate shock: Julian has already told colleagues his version, while she was talking to Mia about a possible relationship. The narration marks an about turn, and the next question leaves that revelation to ask if the new room was meant to increase her income. She says she moved to get away and work without fear, and that the police statement was made the same night. The reply shuts the supplement down: "please refrain from elaboration," because it is not relevant to the question. Allowed to continue, she counts dignity, sense of self, career path, friends, peace of mind, and safety. Most of all she has lost faith in the law, "the system I dedicated my life to."
Theme
JusticeA larger room is handled as motive. She answers by naming the law she once believed would protect her.
FaithAfter dignity, self, career, friends, peace of mind, and safety, she says her faith in the law is what she has lost.
発音のポイント
- need me to — Let need me to run together and do not park on to.
- enjoying that room — Stress enjoying and let the rest of the jab stay light.
- And he cuts — Keep And short, then move straight into the interruption.
- might have lost — Keep have light so lost can carry the contrast.
'I never applied for that room.She rejects the idea that she sought the larger room. It answers his assumption that she would want more prestigious chambers at any cost.
'Day one law school. Only trust your legal instincts.'She does not speak this. It is what she wants to tell him: do not trust a personal hunch about her, only the instinct trained in law school.
'If you are implying that I planned the entire night 'to stage something like this, I have no words.She is answering the suggestion that she planned the night in order to stage the allegation. The line breaks off on having no words.
'I have lost my sense of self.One loss on the list she insists on giving the jury: her sense of self, named beside dignity.
'But most of all, I have lost my faith in this, the law,She marks this as the greatest loss, after dignity, self, career, friends, peace of mind, and safety. The thing she has lost faith in is the law.
'It was the system I dedicated my life to.'She names the law as the system she dedicated her life to, the same system she believed would protect her.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the QC keep returning to the new room?
He assumes she wanted the more prestigious chambers at any cost. He asks if she is enjoying that room, and he implies the allegation is payback for what Julian told colleagues. After she says that account is news to her, he asks if the new room was a move to increase her income, then implies she discredited Julian to be offered the tenancy.
What has Julian been telling people, in this cross-examination?
The QC implies she made up a rape story as payback because Julian told friends and colleagues that she had sex with him on his sofa at chambers. She says that is news to her. She had no idea he had spoken about her like that, and she had been talking to Mia about a possible relationship.
What happens at the about turn?
The words are narration, not something the QC says aloud. She has just said she had no idea Julian had spoken about her that way. The next question leaves that subject and asks whether the new room was a strategic move to increase her income. It is the questioning changing road, not a body turning in the room.
Why does he tell her to refrain from elaboration?
She says she moved chambers to get away from Julian and to work without fear, and that she made her police statement the night of the assault, hours after it happened. He replies that this is not relevant to his question and tells her to refrain from elaboration.
Why does she say she has lost her faith in the law?
She lists dignity, sense of self, career path, friends, peace of mind, safety, and joy in her sexuality. Most of all, she has lost her faith in the law, the system she believed would protect her and the system she dedicated her life to.
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第 2 章blood in the waterEnsler Corners the Witness
第 3 章What's new?Tessa Comes Home After the Win
第 4 章crème de la crèmeThe Dean's Induction Warning
第 5 章manoeuvred his way aroundEveryone Is Watching at the Party
第 6 章ethical tightropeSophie Walks the Tightrope
第 7 章burn the midnight oilAfter Hours in Chambers
第 8 章get under their skinTessa Baiting the Sergeant
第 9 章her word against hisJenna's Word on Trial
第 10 章justify the costTessa's Date Ends in Vomit
第 11 章legal truthTessa Asks for the Police Station
第 12 章no armourTessa Enters Court Without Armour
第 13 章get someone offsideTessa's Police Interview
第 14 章in the hands ofTessa Agrees to Testify
第 15 章psyche myself upTessa Is the One on Trial
第 16 章go through with thisUp to the Witness Stand
第 17 章put it down toTessa Runs into Julian
第 18 章cross-examining myselfCross-Examining Herself in Court
第 19 章in the darkWitness Faces the Cross-Examination
第 20 章fall for itTessa Remembers on the Stand
再生中 · 第 21 章news to meTessa Loses Faith in the Law
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