concessive clause: Much as means although, conceding a point before the turn.
You know, much as I hate to give ThomasRear Window · 1954 — 第 11 / 13 章 · 5'03" · B2
The Neighbor's Dog Is Killed, Explained：love thy neighbor
Jeff and Lisa sit with their guilt while a small murder happens outside: the courtyard's dog is found strangled. A grieving neighbor turns on everyone at once — "Neighbors like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies. But none of you do!" — and the speech lands on Jeff, who has been watching all of them.
あらすじ
Jeff and Lisa debate the ethics of spying on neighbors, then the courtyard turns grim: a little dog is found dead, strangled. A woman whose dog it was shouts at the whole building about what neighbors owe each other. Jeff notices that Thorwald is the only person who did not come to the window, and later watches him washing down the bathroom walls.
注目の表現
I wonder if ...not much on somethinglove thy neighborrephrase the question
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このシーンの表現
love thy neighbor
love those around you
Lisa half jokes that the old command to love one's neighbor has gone missing.
The sermon reminded everyone to love thy neighbor.
このシーンの他の表現
- I wonder if ...
I am not sure whether
- not much on something
not good at or keen on
- rephrase the question
ask it differently
- so low
low enough to
- clean up
remove the mess
このシーンのメモ一覧
63 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
ask oneself whether
I wonder if it's ethical to watch a man with binoculars and a long-focus lens.concessive conditional: Even if grants the best case before asking whether the act is still ethical.
Do you... Do you suppose it's ethical, even if you prove that he didn't commit a crime?Link suppose and it's, with a weak it's.
Do you... Do you suppose it's ethical, even if you prove that he didn't commit a crime?exposed like a specimen
Watch me like a bug under a glass, if they want to.could not believe
Jeff, you know, if someone came in here, they wouldn't believe what they'd see.a glum look
You and me with long faces.discover
Plunged into despair because we find out a man didn't kill his wife.people who feast on horror — Self-mocking; too harsh aimed at others.
We're two of the most frightening ghouls I've ever known.unreal modal: You'd think imagines an expectation that the facts clearly contradict.
You'd think we could be a little bit happy that the poor woman is alive and well.an old proverb
Whatever happened to that old saying, "Love thy neighbor"?start with
Yeah, I'll begin with Miss Torso.on the other side
Not if I have to move into an apartment across the waywhat is wrong
What's the matter?drop out of
What's the trouble? Somebody fall out a window?It's been reduces to a light, quick beat.
It's been strangled. The neck is broken.one another
Neighbors like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies.noun clause object: The if-clause acts as the object of care, meaning whether anyone lives or dies.
Neighbors like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies.Link lives and or, and slow down on lives or dies.
Neighbors like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies.despicable — A heavy charge used in anger; not for polite talk.
But I couldn't imagine any of you being so low that you'd kill a little helpless, friendly dog.made me believe
You know, for a minute, that Tom Doyle almost had me convinced I was wrong.approach the window
In the whole courtyard, only one person didn't come to the window.hose off
He's washing down the bathroom walls.splashed around — Blunt and physical; fine between friends.
Must have splattered a lot.remove the mess
Stella reasons that Thorwald must clean up the stains before he can leave.
He killed her in there, he has to clean up those stains before he leaves.a nice way to say it
Lisa flinches at Stella's blunt wording, and Stella answers that no polite name exists for it.
Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.over behind you
Lisa? Lisa, back there, on that shelf, there's a little yellow box. You see it?There's a squeezes into a single unstressed beat.
Lisa? Lisa, back there, on that shelf, there's a little yellow box. You see it?「The Neighbor's Dog Is Killed」を読み解く
What's really going on
The dog's death is the scene's turning point, and it is built on a moral irony. Jeff and Lisa have been fretting about whether watching is ethical — "I wonder if it's ethical to watch a man with binoculars and a long-focus lens" — and the film answers with a neighbor who says the opposite: not watching is the sin. "You don't know the meaning of the word 'Neighbors,'" she shouts, listing what neighbors are supposed to do. Her grief is real, and it makes the courtyard's silence look like neglect. For Jeff, though, the death is also evidence: if Thorwald killed the one creature that liked people, he had something to hide. The scene lets both readings stand — the moral one and the detective one — and they point in the same direction.
Theme
LonelinessThe dog was the only creature in the courtyard who liked anyone, and the neighbors barely know each other.
GuiltJeff questions whether watching is ethical, then the film shows a neighborhood that fails to care at all.
このチャプターで学べること
- The watchers turn the lens on their own ethics.
- Self-mockery is how Jeff and Lisa handle guilt.
- One strangled dog proves the building knows nothing of neighbors.
- The sharpest line here is about euphemism, not murder.
発音のポイント
- suppose it's — Link suppose and it's, with a weak it's.
- It's been — It's been reduces to a light, quick beat.
- lives or dies — Link lives and or, and slow down on lives or dies.
- there's a — There's a squeezes into a single unstressed beat.
Neighbors like each other, speak to each other, care if anybody lives or dies.The grieving neighbor defines what neighbors should be: people who notice and care. Her speech exposes how little the courtyard actually knows about one another.
Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.Stella's blunt reply after being scolded for her wording: there is no gentle way to say someone was killed, so she won't pretend otherwise.
You don't know the meaning of the word "Neighbors."The accusation that opens her speech. She turns the word 'neighbors' into an insult by saying none of them deserve it.
I'm not much on rear-window ethics.Jeff's dodge: he admits he has no strong view on the morality of watching, because he wants to keep doing it.
このシーンについての質問
Why is the dog's death important?
It gives Jeff new proof. The dog was strangled, and Thorwald is the only neighbor who did not come to the window; Jeff concludes he killed it because it knew too much.
What does the neighbor's speech mean?
She is grieving and accusing the whole courtyard of indifference. She says neighbors should like each other, speak to each other and care whether anyone lives or dies — and none of them do.
Why does Jeff question the ethics of watching?
He uses binoculars and a long lens to observe private lives, and wonders if it is moral even when it might prove a crime. Lisa pushes him on the same question.
What does "love thy neighbor" refer to?
It's the biblical command to love your neighbor as yourself. Lisa quotes it to point out how far the courtyard is from that idea.
What is Thorwald doing at the end of the scene?
He is washing down the bathroom walls. Jeff and Stella read it as cleaning up blood stains before he leaves, which strengthens their suspicion.
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第 1 章go up in smokeJeff Argues with His Editor
第 2 章call the whole thing offStella Warns Jeff, Then Talks Marriage
第 3 章seen better daysLisa Brings Dinner to Jeff
第 4 章in the palm of your handJeff and Lisa Argue About His Life
第 5 章run out onJeff and Stella Watch the Neighbors
第 6 章cut upJeff Ignores Lisa to Spy on Thorwald
第 7 章jump at the chanceJeff Calls Doyle About a Murder
第 8 章knee-deep inDoyle Won't Search Thorwald's Apartment
第 9 章live out of somethingJeff Spots the Missing Handbag
第 10 章a fairy taleDoyle Dismisses Lisa's Clue
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第 12 章since when ...?Jeff Spots the Disturbed Flower Bed
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