a gift from
A roast duck arrives in the cell, and the guard says it is a gift from General Mireau.
This is compliments of General Mireau.Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 12 / 17 章 · 2'18" · B1
The Condemned Men Eat Their Last Meal, Explained：prepare for the worst
On the night before the execution, the three condemned men eat their last meal without knives or forks, joking grimly about being drugged. One watches a cockroach and says it will outlive him and see his family more often than he will. Dax promises to save them, then the priest arrives with the worst news.
あらすじ
The condemned men are given a final dinner from General Mireau, with no knives or forks. They make bitter jokes about being poisoned or drugged, and one compares his brief future to a cockroach that will keep living. Dax says he will see them through, but Father Dupree comes to tell them Dax cannot reach anyone in authority.
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このシーンの表現
prepare for the worst
get ready for bad news
Father Dupree warns the men to brace for the worst and says Dax sent the message.
Prepare for the worst, but keep hoping for the best.
このシーンの他の表現
- compliments of
a gift from
- last meal
a condemned prisoner's final meal
- groggy
dazed and sleepy
- gotta
have got to
- the edge on
have an advantage over
このシーンのメモ一覧
42 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
be supposed to: Be supposed to marks what is expected; here it is pure sarcasm.
Hey, ugly, what are we supposed to eat this with — our fingers?Link eat and this so they sound joined.
Hey, ugly, what are we supposed to eat this with — our fingers?an insult: ugly one — A rude taunt; never use it to someone's face.
Hey, ugly, what are we supposed to eat this with — our fingers?is said to be
It isn't "supposed to be" our last meal. It is our last meal.The t in isn't often disappears in fast speech.
It isn't "supposed to be" our last meal. It is our last meal.add something to it
You suppose they put anything in the food?dazed and sleepy
Arnaud suspects the food is drugged and says whatever it is would make them groggy.
Like, uh — Like something or make us groggy or something.escape from it
Maybe nothing for you, but I'm gonna get out of this somehow...want to — Everyday speech; avoid it in formal settings.
and I don't wanna be drugged.gnaw through it
How are you gonna get out — chew your way through that stone wall?help us get through it
One prisoner stammers out his hope that Colonel Dax will see them through.
Colonel Dax, he'll-he'll — he'll see us through.The t in get flaps between vowels, like ged-out.
Listen, we gotta get out of here. They're gonna kill us in a few hours if we don't.have got to — Spoken shorthand; use have to in writing.
Listen, we gotta get out of here. They're gonna kill us in a few hours if we don't.a few squads
They may have a couple of squads. That's what it sounded like this morning.predicative clause: The clause after that explains what the earlier noise sounded like.
They may have a couple of squads. That's what it sounded like this morning.fool yourself
Why kid yourself? We're not gonna get out of this.have an advantage over
After the cockroach speech, Paris teases Arnaud that at least he has one up on the bug.
Now you got the edge on 'im.him — Casual clipping of him; nonstandard in writing.
Now you got the edge on 'im.unwelcome news
Yes. I'm afraid I bring you very bad news.get ready for bad news
Father Dupree warns the men to brace for the worst and says Dax sent the message.
You must prepare yourselves for the worst. Colonel Dax asked me to tell you so.reflexive pronoun: Yourselves turns the action back onto the men themselves.
You must prepare yourselves for the worst. Colonel Dax asked me to tell you so.holding power
but unable to speak to General Broulard or, for that matter, to anyone in authority.「The Condemned Men Eat Their Last Meal」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene turns waiting for death into ordinary talk, which is what makes it unbearable. The men inspect the food, wonder if it is poisoned, and joke about a cockroach because it is easier than facing the morning: 'Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive.' Their humor is not denial so much as the only language left — they can still choose how to spend the night, though not whether to die. Then the priest arrives and the comedy drains out. His line, that Dax asked him to say 'prepare yourselves for the worst,' is the film's cruelest kind of kindness: the sentence is a courtesy, and everyone in the room understands it as a verdict. The men were waiting for a rescue that was never coming.
Theme
Death & griefThree men wait to be shot, and their talk of food and insects is a way of living the last hours rather than the sentence.
SurvivalOne still insists he will get out, while the priest's news quietly closes off every escape.
このチャプターで学べること
- Black humor lets men talk about death over dinner.
- Gotta and wanna mark how relaxed and how scared they sound.
- The cockroach is the sharpest speech in the cell.
- Prepare for the worst hides the fact that no one can help.
発音のポイント
- eat this — Link eat and this so they sound joined.
- It isn't — The t in isn't often disappears in fast speech.
- get out — The t in get flaps between vowels, like ged-out.
Is this supposed to be our last meal or something?The question that names the occasion: the special dinner tells the men that the execution is real and close.
It isn't "supposed to be" our last meal. It is our last meal.The blunt correction: there is no doubt about what the meal means, and pretending otherwise is useless.
Tomorrow morning, we'll be dead and it'll be alive.His comparison with the cockroach, reducing the difference between them to one night — death as an ordinary, humiliating fact.
It'll have more contact with my wife and child than I will.The most personal version of the joke: the insect will remain in the world he is about to leave, closer to his family than he can be.
You must prepare yourselves for the worst. Colonel Dax asked me to tell you so.The priest's report, framed as a message from Dax, which tells the men their last hope of rescue is gone.
Maybe you're not, but I am. I'll guarantee you of that.One man's stubborn refusal to accept the verdict, insisting he alone will survive when no one else will.
このシーンについての質問
Why are the men given a special dinner?
It is their last meal before the execution, sent as a courtesy from General Mireau. The lack of knives and forks confirms what the meal means.
Why does one man compare himself to a cockroach?
He is pointing out that the insect will survive the night and stay in the world while he is killed — an image of how small and disposable his life has become.
Who is Father Dupree?
A priest sent to the condemned men. He brings the news that Dax has failed to reach anyone in authority, so there will be no reprieve.
What does Dax promise the men?
He says he will see them through and guarantees they will get out. It is a promise he cannot keep, as the priest's news makes clear.
Why does the priest tell them to prepare for the worst?
Because Dax asked him to. Dax could not speak to General Broulard or anyone in authority, so the men must accept that the execution will go ahead.
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第 15 章a perfect tonicDax Bargains for the Condemned Men
第 16 章brace yourselfThe Priest Comforts the Condemned Men
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