watching from the outside
She says looking in while her heels are already on the court floor, so the phrase peels her off the body that is entering.
Outside, looking in. Watching myself.National Theatre Live: Prima Facie · 2022 — 第 12 / 22 章 · 2'25" · C1
Tessa Enters Court Without Armour, Explained：no armour
A barrister walks back into Inner London Crown Court with no lawyer's ID and no easy pass. The alarms, the lift, and a windowless room strip the usual confidence. "Same court, no armour" names what is left once the wig and robe are gone, while she waits to see whether, before the law, there is justice.
あらすじ
Tessa Ensler passes security at Inner London Crown Court with no lawyer's ID. The alarm rings, she removes her shoes, and a handheld detector swipes her. She sees black robes and wigs, puts her head down, then takes the lift with witness support into a windowless room. She waits. Richard Lawson enters in silk robes and a wig to run the case, after adjournments and paperwork that weigh her down.
注目の表現
looking inno easy passno armourbar school
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いま
このシーンの表現
no armour
no work costume left to hide in
No armour is what she calls the missing wig and robe, while the court around her stays the same building.
She walked into the review with no armour, only a notebook.
このシーンの他の表現
- looking in
watching from the outside
- no easy pass
no smooth entry on a credential
- bar school
the training year for barristers
- hold on to
keep a grip on a person or belief
- from this end
as it looks from my side
このシーンのメモ一覧
38 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
naming herself as the picture not a first introduction; she watches herself moving
This is me, moving through the security system.Shorten is so This and me take the weight.
This is me, moving through the security system.no smooth entry on a credential
No easy pass is how she logs the lawyer's lane she no longer has, without arguing at the detector.
This time, no lawyer's ID, no easy pass.passive gerund: It makes the scan something done to her.
This is me being swiped by the handheld metal detector.move closer to speak the wigs stand in for barristers bending together to talk
Horsehair wigs leaning in toward each other.easy talk among people who belong
Paper, folders, confident chatter. Did one of them see me?lower your head to avoid being seen
Oh, God. Head down.staff who escort witnesses through court
This is me, picking up my bag and mobile, walking to the lift with the witness support service.the wig a barrister wears in court
This is me, Tessa Ensler. This time, no barrister's wig, no robe.the feeling of being in it yourself
This is what it feels like. Same court, no armour.Weight no and armour, and let court stay light.
This is what it feels like. Same court, no armour.press nails in to hold a feeling down
This is me, digging my nails into my wrists.the training year for barristers
She counts bar school between university and seven years of practice, like a credential she is afraid to stop trusting.
Three years at university, one year at bar school and seven years of practice.Reduce and to a light nasal and slide into seven.
Three years at university, one year at bar school and seven years of practice.not wrong in that belief
Now, I need to know that I was not mistaken,Keep the end of not against mistaken, with no gap.
Now, I need to know that I was not mistaken,keep a tight grip on that trust you is the law she addresses, not a person beside her
that I can still believe in you, can trust, can still hold on to you.shared subject: Those later cans still take I as their subject.
that I can still believe in you, can trust, can still hold on to you.in the presence of the law
Believe that you will show me that before the law, there is justice.nested clauses: The outer that is what she wants to believe; the inner that is the justice she asks to be shown.
Believe that you will show me that before the law, there is justice.as it looks from my side
From this end seats her in the windowless room and makes the thing she trusted look unfamiliar.
But I am here and you look so different from this end, from this seat in this windowless room.Soften from and leave the pause on end.
But I am here and you look so different from this end, from this seat in this windowless room.held in high regard
Richard Lawson. I'm lucky he is well respected, he knows the law.take charge of the case in court
And here we are, Inner London Crown Court, Richard in his silk robes and wig, ready to run the case.the silk gown of a senior barrister
Silk robes, on Richard, signal rank and that he is ready to run the case, not a comment on shiny cloth.
And here we are, Inner London Crown Court, Richard in his silk robes and wig, ready to run the case.hearing after hearing put off
After all those adjournments. Paperwork.burdened by that pile of delay it is the adjournments and paperwork, not a bag
Yeah. Me, thinking, frustrated, just weighed down by it.「Tessa Enters Court Without Armour」を読み解く
What's really going on
The monologue keeps naming each step, from the bag on the belt to the nails dug into the wrists. The building is the same, and that is the shock. "Same court, no armour" puts the missing wig and robe against the alarm, the shoes coming off, and the witness support service in the lift. Horsehair wigs lean together in confident chatter. One line asks, "Did one of them see me?" The next line is "Head down." Three years at university, one year at bar school and seven years of practice are set beside a need to hold on: "Believe that you will show me that before the law, there is justice." The seat changes the picture. "You look so different from this end, from this seat in this windowless room." Richard Lawson, well respected and knowing the law, comes in wearing silk robes and a wig, ready to run the case. After the adjournments and the paperwork, she is frustrated and weighed down by it.
Theme
JusticeYears of training sit beside a demand to be shown that before the law there is justice, even from a windowless seat where the court looks different.
IdentityThis is me repeats through security with no wig and no robe, a self watched from the outside and from a chair in a windowless room.
発音のポイント
- This is me — Shorten is so This and me take the weight.
- no armour — Weight no and armour, and let court stay light.
- and seven — Reduce and to a light nasal and slide into seven.
- not mistaken — Keep the end of not against mistaken, with no gap.
This is what it feels like. Same court, no armour.The courthouse has not changed, but the wig and robe that once worked as protection are gone. This is the feeling of standing there without that shell.
This is me, Tessa Ensler. This time, no barrister's wig, no robe.She states her name inside the court and marks the change. This time she has neither the barrister's wig nor the robe.
This is me, digging my nails into my wrists.The calm list of movements breaks into a body under strain. Nails in the wrists show the pressure as she heads toward the lift and the floor.
Believe that you will show me that before the law, there is justice.After the years of training, she needs proof she was not mistaken. She asks the law she is facing to show that justice is still there.
But I am here and you look so different from this end, from this seat in this windowless room.From the chair in the windowless room, the law she is addressing no longer matches the view she had when she moved through this building in professional dress.
このシーンについての質問
Why is there no easy pass at security this time?
One line states it plainly: this time there is no lawyer's ID and no easy pass. The alarm rings, the shoes come off, and a handheld metal detector does the check. The same passage also notes there is no barrister's wig and no robe, and the walk to the lift is with the witness support service.
Why does someone look down among the barristers?
Horsehair wigs lean in toward each other among black robes, paper, folders, and confident chatter. One line asks, "Did one of them see me?" The reply is "Head down."
Who comes in ready to run the case?
The prosecutor, named in the room as Richard Lawson. He is called well respected, and the line says he knows the law. He enters in silk robes and a wig at Inner London Crown Court, ready to run the case after the adjournments and the paperwork.
What belief is she still trying to keep?
She needs to know she was not mistaken, that she can still believe, trust, and hold on. One line asks to be shown that before the law there is justice. From the seat in the windowless room, that same you already looks different.
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第 2 章blood in the waterEnsler Corners the Witness
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第 4 章crème de la crèmeThe Dean's Induction Warning
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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
再生中 · 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
第 21 章news to meTessa Loses Faith in the Law
第 22 章litmus testWitness Calls Out the Rape Law第 12 / 22 章 · 残り約 34 分