a shocked exclamation — A spoken gasp, not a phrase for a formal report.
Good heavens, Anne.Persuasion · 2007 — 第 2 / 7 章 · 2'54" · C1
She Was Persuaded Eight Years Ago, Explained：throwing yourself away
On the surface someone is only asking why Admiral Croft's name left her shaken. Underneath, a godmother is defending an old refusal: a nineteen-year-old match with a fortuneless officer would have been "throwing yourself away," and breaking it off was "entirely prudent." The reply is that eight years later the judgment no longer holds.
あらすじ
In the house, someone asks why Admiral Croft left her out of countenance. Mrs Croft is Captain Wentworth's sister, so he may soon walk through this house. A godmother defends breaking their engagement eight years ago: nineteen, a war, no fortune, no expectations, throwing herself away. The reply grants it was prudent, then says he is wealthy and that the old view has changed.
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out of countenanceso degradingthrowing yourself awaybreak off the understanding
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throwing yourself away
wasting yourself on someone
The adviser calls the old engagement a waste of Anne, in a past-unreal tone.
Don't throw yourself away on someone who doesn't respect you.
このシーンの他の表現
- out of countenance
visibly unsettled
- so degrading
lowering one's standing
- break off the understanding
end an informal engagement
- think very differently
one's mind has changed
- as you deserve
in the way you merit
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34 行のセリフに 17 件のメモ
visibly unsettled
Someone asks why a name was enough to unsettle her face.
Who is Admiral Croft, and why did he cause you to be out of countenance so?a match judged unfit
Anne, you know that your father thought it a most unsuitable match.lowering one's standing
A father's refusal is recalled as a fear of a degrading alliance.
He would never have countenanced an alliance he deemed so degrading.agree to marry
To become engaged at 1 9,no likely inheritance or rise
in the middle of a war, to a young naval officer who had no fortune and no expectations,relative clause: Who attaches both the lack of money and the lack of prospects to the officer.
in the middle of a war, to a young naval officer who had no fortune and no expectations,wasting yourself on someone
The adviser calls the old engagement a waste of Anne, in a past-unreal tone.
you would, indeed, have been throwing yourself away.Keep throwing and yourself together, with the weight on throw.
you would, indeed, have been throwing yourself away.end an informal engagement
Breaking off the understanding is defended as prudence, not cruelty.
You were young, and it was entirely prudent to break off the understanding.become wealthy
Prudent it may have been and yet, Captain Wentworth has made his fortune in the war and is now extremely wealthy.genuine, not pretended
Then...if his intentions towards you had been truly sincere,once one's situation changes
would he not have contacted you when his circumstances changed?one's mind has changed
She refuses blame, then says her judgment is no longer the persuaded one.
But nevertheless, I think very differently now from what I was persuaded to think eight years ago.noun clause: The what-clause is the thing her present view is different from.
But nevertheless, I think very differently now from what I was persuaded to think eight years ago.Let to stay light and close to persuaded.
But nevertheless, I think very differently now from what I was persuaded to think eight years ago.in the way you merit
The comfort is a promise that someone will love her as she deserves.
one day you will find someone to love you as you deserve.「She Was Persuaded Eight Years Ago」を読み解く
What's really going on
Someone asks why Admiral Croft left her "out of countenance." Mrs Croft is "the sister of Captain Frederick Wentworth," so he may soon be "walking through this house." The father saw "a most unsuitable match" and would never have "countenanced an alliance he deemed so degrading." Engaged at nineteen, "in the middle of a war," to an officer with "no fortune and no expectations," one line calls it "throwing yourself away." Staying silent would have meant "failing in my duty as your godmother," and it was "entirely prudent to break off the understanding." "Prudent it may have been," yet he "has made his fortune" and is "extremely wealthy." There has been "never a word," only the newspapers. Had his intentions been "truly sincere," he would have written once "his circumstances changed." Blame is set aside. The turn is this: "I think very differently now from what I was persuaded to think eight years ago." Love "as you deserve" is promised, and the answer is "I'm 27."
Theme
ClassThe father calls the match unsuitable and the alliance so degrading, because the officer has no fortune.
MemoryEight years later the reply is that she thinks very differently from what she was persuaded to think.
発音のポイント
- throwing yourself — Keep throwing and yourself together, with the weight on throw.
- persuaded to — Let to stay light and close to persuaded.
you would, indeed, have been throwing yourself away.Said of the engagement at nineteen, in wartime, to an officer with no fortune and no expectations: it would have wasted her.
But nevertheless, I think very differently now from what I was persuaded to think eight years ago.The person who was led into the break says the prudent view of eight years ago is no longer hers.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Admiral Croft's name leave her out of countenance?
Mrs Croft is the sister of Captain Frederick Wentworth. Once that is said, someone realizes he may soon be walking through this house.
Why was the old engagement called unsuitable?
Her father thought it a most unsuitable match and would never have countenanced an alliance he deemed so degrading. The officer had no fortune and no expectations, it was the middle of a war, and she was nineteen.
Why does the godmother say she had to speak?
Her line is that she would have been failing in her duty as godmother if she did not counsel against it, and that it was entirely prudent to break off the understanding.
Has Captain Wentworth written to her?
The answer in the room is "No, never a word." The only authority named is the newspapers. Another voice asks whether truly sincere intentions would not have made him write when his circumstances changed.
What does she think of that old advice now?
She does not blame the person who led her, or herself for having been led. She thinks very differently now from what she was persuaded to think eight years ago. Promised love as she deserves, she answers, "I'm 27."
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