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Paths of Glory · 1957 — 第 7 / 17 章 · 3'51" · C1

Generals Choose Three Scapegoats, Explained：set an example

The meeting after the failed attack turns into a fight over blame. Mireau wants the whole regiment punished; Dax defends the men as not cowards. Broulard ends the argument with a compromise: "All we want to do is to set an example," settling on three soldiers to be tried and shot.

あらすじ

After the attack fails, Broulard and Mireau meet with Colonel Dax to fix responsibility. Mireau calls the troops cowards who never left the trenches; Dax insists they attacked but could make no headway, and that some were pinned down. Broulard rejects mass punishment, then proposes an example: three men, one from each company.

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このシーンの表現

set an example

act or punish to warn others

Broulard plays it down, saying the executions are meant to set an example, not to slaughter.

The manager set an example by arriving first.

このシーンの他の表現

  • make no headway

    make no progress

  • pinned down

    unable to move under fire

  • mince words

    soften what one says

  • once and for all

    finally, with no more doubt

  • settle for

    accept something less

このシーンのメモ一覧

69 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2make no headway

make no progress

Defending his men, Dax admits they attacked but could not move forward.

Our troops did attack, sir, but they could make no headway.
表現 · B2be pinned down

unable to move under fire

Explaining the losses, Dax says a third of his men were pinned down by heavy fire.

A third of my men were pinned down because the fire was so intense.
表現 · B2not mince words

soften what one says

Needled by Dax, Mireau snaps that he will not soften his words or stand on ceremony.

-That's just about enough out of you, Colonel! -I'm not gonna mince words and stand on protocol — Colonel Dax, if you continue in this manner, I shall have to place you under arrest.
発音gonna mince

Gonna drops its t sound; stress mince after it.

-That's just about enough out of you, Colonel! -I'm not gonna mince words and stand on protocol — Colonel Dax, if you continue in this manner, I shall have to place you under arrest.
スラング · A2gonna

going to — Spoken shorthand; avoid it in formal writing.

-That's just about enough out of you, Colonel! -I'm not gonna mince words and stand on protocol — Colonel Dax, if you continue in this manner, I shall have to place you under arrest.
表現 · B2cast someone in the role of

given the part of

And Colonel Dax, technically, is cast in the role ofthe defense.
文法 · B2In view of

in view of: In view of means considering; it takes a noun, not a clause.

In view ofthe gravity of the charges...
文法 · B2would grant

conditional would: Would marks the imagined result of a condition stated just before.

a court of law would grant him all possible latitude in presenting his case.
表現 · B1remind someone of something

bring something back to someone

My only aim is to remind you ofthe heroism these men have shown...
表現 · B1leave something up to someone

let someone else decide

We can't leave it up to the men to decide when an order is possible or not.
文法 · B2lying at the bottom

participial phrase: The -ing phrase modifies bodies and tells us where they lie.

would be their dead bodies lying at the bottom of the trenches.
スラング · C1scum

worthless people — A harsh insult; saying it to someone starts a fight.

They're scum, Colonel.
表現 · B2a pack of something

a group of, disapproving

The whole rotten regiment — a pack ofsneaking, whining, tail-dragging curs.
スラング · C1curs

mongrels, as an insult — A vulgar insult; keep it out of polite talk.

The whole rotten regiment — a pack ofsneaking, whining, tail-dragging curs.
表現 · B1set an example

act or punish to warn others

Broulard plays it down, saying the executions are meant to set an example, not to slaughter.

We don't want to slaughter the French army. All we want to do is to set an example.
表現 · B1responsible for something

answerable for something

The logical choice is the officer most responsible for the attack.
表現 · B2haggle over something

argue about a price or terms

Paul, let's not haggle over this thing anymore!
表現 · B2once and for all

finally, with no more doubt

Tired of haggling, Broulard urges Mireau to settle the matter for good.

Let's get it settled once and for all so that we can all live with it.
発音once and for all

Link once and into once-an, then slow down at for all.

Let's get it settled once and for all so that we can all live with it.
表現 · B1settle for something

accept something less

Broulard gives ground and accepts a compromise: one man from each company in the first wave.

I'll settle for this — have the company commanders select one man from each company in the first wave...
表現 · A2on one's own

without help

No, I think it best that you handle this matter on your own.
表現 · B2take something into consideration

weigh something before deciding

I'll take the matter into consideration.
表現 · B1look forward to something

await with pleasure

As the meeting ends, Broulard politely says he looks forward to seeing Dax again.

Of course, Colonel. I shall look forward to the pleasure of seeing you again.
発音forward to

To weakens to tə; keep the stress on forward.

Of course, Colonel. I shall look forward to the pleasure of seeing you again.

「Generals Choose Three Scapegoats」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene stages the difference between an army's two jobs: winning and covering itself. Mireau needs the failure to be cowardice, because otherwise it is his plan that failed; that is why he calls the men scum and insists the trenches were full of shirkers. Dax answers with facts and then with sarcasm, asking why, if everyone is a coward, they should not shoot the entire regiment. Broulard, who cares only about appearances, cuts the argument short: "All we want to do is to set an example." The number shrinks from a whole regiment to twelve to three, as if justice were a matter of haggling. What is settled is not truth but the story that can be lived with.

Theme

JusticePunishment is decided by bargaining, not evidence: the number of men to execute shrinks from a regiment to three.
PowerMireau needs the men blamed for his failure, and Broulard ends the debate with the authority of a compromise.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Dax argues about character; the generals argue arithmetic.
  • The phrase 'set an example' hides a decision to kill.
  • Calling his men scum is Mireau's real confession.
  • Once and for all means someone stops listening.

発音のポイント

  • gonna mince — Gonna drops its t sound; stress mince after it.
  • once and for all — Link once and into once-an, then slow down at for all.
  • forward to — To weakens to tə; keep the stress on forward.
They have skimmed milk in their veins instead of blood.

Mireau's contempt for the soldiers: he calls them bloodless cowards to justify punishing them.

We can't leave it up to the men to decide when an order is possible or not.

Broulard's rule of the system: soldiers must obey regardless of whether an order is actually possible.

We don't want to slaughter the French army. All we want to do is to set an example.

Broulard's stated aim: not to punish the army wholesale but to make an example of a few.

one man will do as well as a hundred.

Dax's sarcastic logic: if the goal is an example, the number hardly matters, which exposes how arbitrary the choice is.

Oh, well, if it's an example you want, then take me.

Dax volunteering to be shot, to show that the executions are theater rather than justice.

We're not talking about the past. We're talking about the present.

Broulard dismissing the men's past courage as irrelevant to the failure of today's attack.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Mireau want the soldiers punished?

He blames the failure on cowardice, claims half the men never left the trenches, and calls the regiment scum rather than take responsibility for the plan.

What does Dax argue in defense of the men?

That they did attack but could make no headway under heavy fire, that some were pinned down, and that if they were not cowards, staying in the trenches must have been necessary.

Why does Broulard settle on only three men?

He wants an example, not a massacre, and says they should not overdo it. The number is whittled down until one man from each of three companies is chosen.

What does "set an example" mean here?

It means punishing a few soldiers to warn the rest of the army, rather than for the sake of justice. Broulard uses it to justify selecting scapegoats.

Why does Dax volunteer to be the example himself?

To expose the logic of the meeting: if the point is an example and one man serves as well as a hundred, then the officer who ordered the attack is the more logical choice.

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