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Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 17 / 17 章 · 4'14" · C1

Broulard Makes Mireau the Goat, Explained：make me the goat

After the executions, Broulard praises the affair as a success, then quietly turns on Mireau with the charge Dax brought, and offers Dax Mireau's command. Dax sees the trap — "You're making me the goat" — and refuses, tearing into Broulard before he leaves.

あらすじ

With the executions over, Broulard congratulates Mireau on how well the men died, then confronts him with Dax's evidence that he ordered artillery fire on his own troops. Broulard next offers Dax Mireau's command. Dax refuses and attacks him, calling it a betrayal and ending the meeting in open contempt.

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leave a bad tastedied wonderfullycouldn't ask for betterclear your name

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このシーンの表現

make me the goat

the fall guy

Dax sees that Broulard means to pin the whole affair on him and says so to his face.

Don't make me the goat just because I signed the form.

このシーンの他の表現

  • leave a bad taste

    leave a sour feeling

  • died wonderfully

    a callous, ironic praise

  • couldn't ask for better

    as good as it gets

  • clear your name

    prove you are innocent

  • not your boy

    refusing a patronizing label

このシーンのメモ一覧

70 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · B1be awfully glad to do something

really pleased

I'm awfully glad you could be there, George.
スラング · B1awfully

very, really — Spoken intensifier; rare in formal writing.

I'm awfully glad you could be there, George.
表現 · B2an affair of this sort

this kind of thing

I have never seen an affair of this sort handled any better.
表現 · B2couldn't ask for better

as good as it gets

Mireau rates the execution flawless, saying nothing could have gone better.

This time, you couldn't ask for better.
発音ask for

Link ask and for, with for reduced to fer.

This time, you couldn't ask for better.
表現 · B2fire on someone

shoot at

that you ordered your artillery to fire on your own men during the attack on the Anthill.
表現 · B1never dreamed (that) ...

never imagined

but I never dreamed that you would stoop to anything so low as this.
表現 · B2come through something

get through safely

I'm certain that you'll come through it all right.
表現 · B2clear one's name

prove you are innocent

Broulard dresses his offer as a right to clear your name, which really means stay quiet.

You've got to have the right to clear your name.
表現 · B2make someone the goat

the fall guy

Dax sees that Broulard means to pin the whole affair on him and says so to his face.

You're making me the goat — the only completely innocent man in this whole affair.
文法 · C1the only completely innocent man in this whole affair

appositive: The phrase after the dash renames me and sharpens the charge.

You're making me the goat — the only completely innocent man in this whole affair.
発音me the

Run me and the together, with the reduced.

You're making me the goat — the only completely innocent man in this whole affair.
表現 · B2stab someone in the back

betray someone

The man you stabbed in the back is a soldier.
表現 · B2bring something to someone's attention

point something out

I'm grateful to you, Dax, for having brought this matter to my attention.
表現 · A2from the start

from the beginning

You've been after the job from the start. We all know that, my boy.
文法 · B2You've been after

present perfect continuous: The perfect continuous stresses that the chasing has gone on all along.

You've been after the job from the start. We all know that, my boy.
スラング · B1my boy

a patronizing address — Patronizing; avoid unless you mean to put someone down.

You've been after the job from the start. We all know that, my boy.
発音not your

Not your can blur into no-cher in fast speech.

I may be many things, sir, but I'm not your boy.
文法 · B2It would be a pity to lose

dummy subject: It stands in for the to-infinitive, softening the warning.

It would be a pity to lose your promotion before you get it...
文法 · B2that you're a degenerate, sadistic old man

object clause: The that-clause is the object of telling, revealing what Dax apologizes for.

that you're a degenerate, sadistic old man...
発音go to

Reduce to so go to sounds like go-ta.

and you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!
スラング · B2go to hell

a heavy curse — A furious curse; never use it in polite speech.

and you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!
表現 · C1wallow in something

indulging in

You've spoiled the keenness of your mind by wallowing in sentimentality.
表現 · C1angle for something

scheming for

and you were not angling for Mireau's command.
表現 · B2bring charges against someone

accuse someone officially

You bring charges against General Mireau, so I insist that he answer them.

「Broulard Makes Mireau the Goat」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is the machine closing itself. Broulard begins with the language of a dinner party — 'This time, you couldn't ask for better' — because for him the executions really were a success: they were carried off cleanly and nobody embarrassed the army. Then, in the same calm voice, he uses Dax's evidence to put Mireau in the frame, and Mireau's loud, insulted denial is exactly the reaction of a man who knows he is finished. Broulard's last move is the most revealing: he offers Dax Mireau's command, assuming that the accusation was ambition in disguise. Dax's answer — 'I may be many things, sir, but I'm not your boy' — refuses both the promotion and the whole logic of the game. He ends by calling Broulard a degenerate, sadistic old man, and Broulard replies that he pities him as he would the village idiot.

Theme

PowerBroulard disposes of Mireau and tries to buy Dax with a promotion, treating the executions as a problem of appearances.
BetrayalDax accuses Broulard of stabbing a soldier in the back, refusing the reward for his own comrade's ruin.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Polite praise can be the coldest insult.
  • A promotion here is a bribe to stay quiet.
  • Repeating 'I apologize' can be pure attack.
  • Rank protects the men who give the orders.

発音のポイント

  • ask for — Link ask and for, with for reduced to fer.
  • me the — Run me and the together, with the reduced.
  • not your — Not your can blur into no-cher in fast speech.
  • go to — Reduce to so go to sounds like go-ta.
This time, you couldn't ask for better.

Broulard's verdict on the executions, delivered like a compliment to a host: the killing went off perfectly.

You're making me the goat — the only completely innocent man in this whole affair.

Mireau's complaint that he is being set up to take the blame, though he insists he is innocent.

The man you stabbed in the back is a soldier.

Dax's parting shot to Broulard: the man he sacrificed is a soldier, not a pawn.

I may be many things, sir, but I'm not your boy.

Dax rejecting the old-boy familiarity Broulard uses to recruit him, refusing to be owned.

Sir, would you like me to suggest what you can do with that promotion?

Dax's barely coded insult, offering to tell Broulard where he can put his promotion.

and you can go to hell before I apologize to you now or ever again!

Dax's final refusal: he will not apologize, now or ever, and tells Broulard to go to hell.

You're an idealist, and I pity you as I would the village idiot.

Broulard's last word, dismissing Dax's decency as stupidity while admitting he is sincere.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Broulard turn on Mireau?

Because Dax brought evidence that Mireau ordered artillery fire on his own troops. Broulard needs the scandal to land on someone, and Mireau is the easier target.

Why does Broulard offer Dax Mireau's command?

He assumes Dax made the accusation to advance his own career, so he offers the promotion as a reward. Dax refuses it as an insult.

Why does Dax refuse the promotion?

He never wanted Mireau's command. He attacked Broulard for betraying a soldier and for treating the deaths as a matter of appearances, not justice.

What does "make me the goat" mean?

It means to make someone the scapegoat who takes the blame. Mireau says he is being turned into the goat although he is innocent.

What does Broulard say about Dax at the end?

He calls Dax an idealist and says he pities him as he would the village idiot, then insists Mireau still has to answer the charges.

突撃 · 全 17 章

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第 1 章out of the questionBroulard Pitches the Anthill Offensive第 2 章armchair officerBroulard Visits Dax at the Front第 3 章the last refuge of a scoundrelMireau Orders Dax to Take the Anthill第 4 章my word against yoursParis Accuses Roget After the Patrol第 5 章as clear as mudThe Night Before the Attack第 6 章take responsibility forMireau Orders Fire on His Own Men第 7 章set an exampleGenerals Choose Three Scapegoats第 8 章draw lotsDax Prepares the Accused Soldiers第 9 章no-man's-landFerol Testifies at the Court-Martial第 10 章you mean to tell meArnaud Testifies at His Court-Martial第 11 章a stain on somethingDax's Final Plea at the Court-Martial第 12 章prepare for the worstThe Condemned Men Eat Their Last Meal第 13 章harden your heartFather Dupree Visits the Condemned第 14 章nothing to itDax Makes Roget Command the Firing Squad第 15 章a perfect tonicDax Bargains for the Condemned Men第 16 章brace yourselfThe Priest Comforts the Condemned Men再生中 · 第 17 章make me the goatBroulard Makes Mireau the Goat
この作品の 17 章はここまでです