have evidence about someone
What else have you got on this man Thorwald?Rear Window · 1954 — 第 10 / 13 章 · 5'03" · B2
Doyle Dismisses Lisa's Clue, Explained：a fairy tale
Lisa has the one piece of physical evidence in the case — a wife's jewelry left behind — and Doyle waves it away as "feminine intuition." He gives her a speech instead of a search: "That feminine intuition stuff sells magazines. But in real life, it's still a fairy tale." The fight is about what counts as proof.
あらすじ
At Jeff's apartment, Lisa presents the case's one solid clue: Thorwald hid his wife's jewelry in his clothes, and women don't leave jewelry behind when they travel. Doyle is unimpressed, dismissing the reasoning as feminine intuition. He says he found the trunk, but only packed clothes inside. The two argue about what evidence means, and Doyle calls it a family problem before leaving.
注目の表現
show upfigure something outas a matter of factin private
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このシーンの表現
a fairy tale
an unrealistic story
Doyle dismisses female intuition, saying in real life it remains a fairy tale.
The promise of overnight success is a fairy tale.
このシーンの他の表現
- show up
arrive
- figure something out
work it out
- as a matter of fact
in fact
- in private
behind closed doors
- what do you say we ...
how about we
このシーンのメモ一覧
87 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
before it is too late
Well, enough to scare me you wouldn't show up in time and we'd lose him.spread out
Look, he's got everything he owns laid out over there in the bedroom, waiting to be packed.weren't you about to
Jeff, aren't you going to tell him about the jewelry?concealed inside
He's got his wife's jewelry hidden in his clothes in the bedroom over there.be owned by
You sure it belonged to his wife?result in
Mr. Doyle, that can only lead to one conclusion.cleft sentence: The it was ... that cleft focuses on who actually left with him.
That it was not Mrs. Thorwald that left with him yesterday morning.take a journey
Well, it's simply that women don't leave their jewelry behind when they go on a trip.happen
You mean to say you can explain everything that's gone on over there, and is still going on?relative clause: The that-clause modifies everything, covering all that happened next door.
You mean to say you can explain everything that's gone on over there, and is still going on?Link mean to with a weak to.
You mean to say you can explain everything that's gone on over there, and is still going on?examine or peer into
That's a secret, private world you're looking into out there.The t in couldn't often drops before possibly.
People do a lot of things in private they couldn't possibly explain in public.getting rid of — Blunt and a little dark; not for polite company.
Like disposing of their wives?must not overlook
You can't ignore the wife disappearing and the trunk and the jewelry.modal deduction: Couldn't have been rules out a past possibility with confidence.
That might have been a woman, but it couldn't have been Mrs. Thorwald.that sort of thing — Casual and slightly dismissive; avoid with elders.
That feminine intuition stuff sells magazines.hunt down
I don't know how many wasted years I've spent tracking down leads based on female intuition.seemed as though
I would say it looked as if she wasn't coming back.past unreal conditional: The past unreal conditional imagines a different wartime outcome.
Look, if I'd have been careful piloting that reconnaissance plane during the war,What do you blurs into whaddaya.
What do you say we all sit down and have a nice, friendly drink, too? Hmm?rest a while
Well, I think I better get home and get some sleep.a small drink — Insider talk for a brandy glass or a small drink.
Not much of a snifter.sent to
Who was that trunk addressed to?Link addressed to smoothly across the d and t.
Who was that trunk addressed to?「Doyle Dismisses Lisa's Clue」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene stages a clash between two kinds of knowing. Lisa reasons from behavior — a woman on a short trip would never leave her jewelry — and she is right, but her evidence is 'feminine intuition,' which Doyle treats as a relic. "That's a secret, private world you're looking into out there," he warns, meaning the neighbors' lives are not his to solve. Yet Doyle's own position is shaky: he did find the trunk, and the clothes inside tell a story he refuses to read. Jeff meanwhile enjoys the fight a little too much, and Lisa is the one who keeps the case alive. The comedy is that the man with the badge is the one being unreasonable.
Theme
JusticeDoyle has the badge but dismisses real evidence, while Lisa's careful reasoning points at a crime the law ignores.
TrustThe argument is about whose judgment to trust: the detective's procedure or the watchers' close reading of behavior.
このチャプターで学べること
- Doyle trusts paper, Lisa trusts what she knows about people.
- A ticket and witnesses still leave a gap no one can close.
- The private world outside a window refuses public explanation.
- The argument ends in drinks, not agreement.
発音のポイント
- mean to — Link mean to with a weak to.
- couldn't possibly — The t in couldn't often drops before possibly.
- What do you — What do you blurs into whaddaya.
- addressed to — Link addressed to smoothly across the d and t.
People do a lot of things in private they couldn't possibly explain in public.Doyle's defense of privacy: what looks sinister through a window may be ordinary. He uses it to argue that Jeff cannot know the truth from watching.
Lars Thorwald is no more a murderer than I am.Doyle's flat denial, stated as an absurd comparison. It shows how completely he rejects the theory, even with a clue in hand.
That's a secret, private world you're looking into out there.Doyle names what Jeff is doing: not detecting but peering into other people's private lives, where appearances mislead.
That's what's known as a family problem.Doyle's brush-off: he classifies the missing wife as a domestic matter, not a police case. It's a way of ending the conversation.
このシーンについての質問
What clue does Lisa find?
She notices Thorwald hid his wife's jewelry in his clothes. Since women don't leave jewelry behind on a trip, she argues the woman who left with him was not Mrs. Thorwald.
Why does Doyle dismiss Lisa's theory?
He calls it feminine intuition and says such hunches sell magazines but are fairy tales in real life. He also insists there is no case, even though he later admits finding the trunk.
What does Doyle find in the trunk?
Mrs. Thorwald's clothes, clean and neatly packed but not stylish. He treats the clothes as ordinary luggage rather than evidence and sends them on without a crime-lab check.
What does "a family problem" mean here?
It means a private domestic matter, not something the police handle. Doyle uses it to close the case he does not want to investigate.
Why does Lisa keep arguing after Doyle leaves?
She is convinced the jewelry proves the wife never went on a trip. As the detective walks out, she asks, 'Who was that trunk addressed to?' — a detail that reopens the case.
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第 3 章seen better daysLisa Brings Dinner to Jeff
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第 6 章cut upJeff Ignores Lisa to Spy on Thorwald
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第 8 章knee-deep inDoyle Won't Search Thorwald's Apartment
第 9 章live out of somethingJeff Spots the Missing Handbag
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