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Lovers' quarrels are swift to heal.Sense and Sensibility · 1995 — 第 19 / 27 章 · 3'55" · B2
Willoughby's Letter to Marianne, Explained：engaged elsewhere
Willoughby's letter returns Marianne's letters and lock of hair and announces that his affections 'have long been engaged elsewhere.' Marianne insists they were never formally engaged — 'It was every day implied, but never declared' — while Mrs. Jennings brings word that he is to marry Miss Grey.
あらすじ
Willoughby's letter is read aloud: he returns Marianne's letters and the lock of hair, says his affections have long been engaged elsewhere, and blames himself for not having been more guarded. Marianne refuses to accept it, insisting they were never engaged. Mrs. Jennings then reports that Willoughby is to marry Miss Grey, who has fifty thousand pounds.
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engaged elsewhereat onceput an end tobroken faith with
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このシーンの表現
engaged elsewhere
promised to someone else
Willoughby's letter uses one polished passive line to announce that he loves someone else.
He said his heart was engaged elsewhere.
このシーンの他の表現
- at once
immediately
- put an end to
end something
- broken faith with
betray someone's trust
- poor thing
poor soul
- worth having
worth keeping
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ
work
That letter will do the trick. Mark my words. I must be off.remember what I say
That letter will do the trick. Mark my words. I must be off.have to leave
That letter will do the trick. Mark my words. I must be off.make someone wait
I do hope he doesn't keep her waiting much longer.what a reception
What a welcome I had from Edward's family.comparison clause: The more than clause compares what she believed with what he actually meant.
but if I have given rise to a belief of more than I felt or meant to express...blame oneself
I shall reproach myself for not having been more guarded.promised to someone else
Willoughby's letter uses one polished passive line to announce that he loves someone else.
My affections have long been engaged elsewhere.Link been and engaged, with the stress on engaged.
My affections have long been engaged elsewhere.very reluctantly
It is with great regret that I return your letters and the lock of hair...cleft sentence: The cleft highlights his regret as the mood of the whole action.
It is with great regret that I return your letters and the lock of hair...give to someone
which you so obligingly bestowed upon me.immediately
Elinor urges Marianne to learn his intentions now rather than guess for months.
It is best to know what his intentions are at once.unreal conditional: The had-continued clause imagines a past that never happened, making the warning vivid.
Think how you would have felt if your engagement had continued for months...end something
Elinor imagines the worse case: the engagement drags for months before he ends it.
before he chose to put an end to it.betray someone's trust
Elinor says Willoughby betrayed not just Marianne but the trust of the whole family.
He's broken faith with all of us! He made us all believe he loved you: He did.Link broken faith, then run faith into with.
He's broken faith with all of us! He made us all believe he loved you: He did.poor soul
Seeing Marianne in tears, someone murmurs poor thing, half sympathy and half spectacle.
Oh, poor thing. She looks very bad.shamefully badly — A dated, emphatic way to say someone was treated shamefully.
who's used my young friend abominably ill...lack
The older woman swears Marianne's looks will always bring her admirers.
With your pretty face, you'll never want for admirers.Want for runs together, almost like wan-for.
With your pretty face, you'll never want for admirers.finish with it
Better let her have her cry out and have done with it.「Willoughby's Letter to Marianne」を読み解く
What's really going on
The letter is the film's cleanest act of cowardice, and the scene around it is about the different ways people refuse to see it. Willoughby writes that his affections 'have long been engaged elsewhere,' which turns a betrayal into a formality, and he offers regret instead of apology. Marianne's response is not denial of his guilt but a defence of her own dignity: she insists they were never engaged, that it was 'every day implied, but never declared,' so that she cannot be said to have been jilted. Elinor will not let her have that comfort — 'He's broken faith with all of us!' — because she can see the plain fact of the abandonment. Then the world arrives with its accounting: Miss Grey has fifty thousand pounds, Marianne has nothing. The chapter holds both truths at once, that Marianne is right about the words and her family is right about what they mean.
Theme
BetrayalWilloughby's letter ends the affair without apology, and Marianne defends herself by denying there was anything to betray.
ClassThe marriage to Miss Grey and her fifty thousand pounds reframes the abandonment as a transaction, leaving Marianne penniless.
このチャプターで学べること
- A flawless letter can be crueler than silence.
- Marianne defends a love that was never declared.
- Money, fifty thousand pounds, decides the marriage.
- The passive voice lets him leave without saying he chose to.
発音のポイント
- been engaged — Link been and engaged, with the stress on engaged.
- broken faith — Link broken faith, then run faith into with.
- want for — Want for runs together, almost like wan-for.
My affections have long been engaged elsewhere.Willoughby's formal declaration that he loves someone else, phrased to sound like a fact rather than a confession.
It was every day implied, but never declared.Marianne's careful account of their courtship: he showed love constantly but never put it into words she could hold him to.
He's broken faith with all of us! He made us all believe he loved you: He did.Elinor's outburst at Marianne's defence, insisting that the family was deceived and that Willoughby is to blame.
He loved me as I loved him.Marianne's refusal to believe the worst, holding to the love she felt even after the letter.
He's not the only young man worth having.Mrs. Jennings's blunt consolation, treating marriage as a market in which Marianne still has value.
With your pretty face, you'll never want for admirers.Her further comfort, well meant and entirely beside the point of Marianne's grief.
It is perhaps fortunate that none of them knows of your engagement.A line that quietly acknowledges the secret engagement and the trouble it could bring if exposed.
このシーンについての質問
What does Willoughby's letter actually say?
He says he cannot understand how he offended her, that he regrets not being more guarded, that his affections have long been engaged elsewhere, and that he returns her letters and the lock of hair.
Were Marianne and Willoughby engaged?
No. Marianne insists they were never formally engaged, that his love was every day implied but never declared, so there was no vow for him to break.
Why does Elinor still blame Willoughby?
Because he made the whole family believe he loved Marianne. She says he has broken faith with all of them, regardless of any formal engagement.
Who is Willoughby going to marry?
Miss Grey, a woman with fifty thousand pounds. Mrs. Jennings brings the news, comparing her wealth with Marianne's poverty.
How does Mrs. Jennings try to comfort Marianne?
Clumsily. She tells her that Willoughby is not the only young man worth having and that with her pretty face she will never want for admirers.
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第 3 章by any chanceEdward Ferrars Visits Norland
第 4 章do me the honourEdward and Elinor Talk of Their Futures
第 5 章formed an attachmentMarianne and Elinor Debate Love
第 6 章eligible bachelorMrs. Jennings Teases Marianne at Dinner
第 7 章on what groundsMrs. Jennings Tells Brandon's Story
第 8 章at death's doorMarianne Falls in the Rain
第 9 章set your cap atWilloughby Rescues Marianne
第 10 章crawling withWilloughby Visits Barton Cottage
第 11 章set something at naughtBrandon Invites Them to Delaford
第 12 章swallow one's bonnetColonel Brandon Leaves the Picnic
第 13 章force a confidenceWilloughby's Abrupt Farewell
第 14 章the whip handLucy Tells Elinor Her Secret
第 15 章brook no refusalLucy Reveals Her Secret Engagement
第 16 章once and for allBrandon Asks About Willoughby
第 17 章set her heart at restMrs. Jennings Presents Robert Ferrars
第 18 章confide inWilloughby Snubs Marianne at the Ball
再生中 · 第 19 章engaged elsewhereWilloughby's Letter to Marianne
第 20 章imagine the worstBrandon Confesses His Past to Elinor
第 21 章take a fancy toBrandon Tells Elinor the Truth
第 22 章take my leaveEdward Calls on the Dashwood Sisters
第 23 章break one's wordElinor's Secret Finally Comes Out
第 24 章only too delightedBrandon Offers Edward a Living
第 25 章stroke of luckMarianne Walks Out Before the Storm
第 26 章does it follow thatMarianne Revisits Where She Fell
第 27 章not a wordA Visitor Arrives at Barton Cottage第 19 / 27 章 · 残り約 23 分