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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 7 / 25 章 · 3'38" · C2

Sebastian's Story and Olivia's Ring, Explained：could not but

Two farewells, one grief. Sebastian tells Antonio how his twin sister drowned, praising her mind so that "envy could not but call fair." Antonio refuses to leave him: "If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant." Then Olivia's ring returns to Viola, and she realizes the lady loves her.

あらすじ

On a street in Illyria, Sebastian tells Antonio his life story: his father left him and a twin sister, born in the same hour, and the sister drowned at sea. He praises her mind so highly that 'envy could not but call fair.' Antonio insists on following him into danger. Later, Malvolio returns Olivia's ring to the disguised Viola, who realizes Olivia has fallen for her.

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left behindaccounted beautifulcould not buttell tales

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このシーンの表現

could not but

could only; could not help but

Sebastian says even envy had to call his dead sister's mind fair.

We could not but admire the way she handled the crowd.

このシーンの他の表現

  • left behind

    survived by

  • accounted beautiful

    counted as beautiful

  • tell tales

    to give one away; betray feelings

  • come what may

    whatever happens

  • saved me my pains

    spared me the trouble

このシーンのメモ一覧

55 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

発音name is

Link 'name' into a weak 'is' so it sounds like 'nay-miz'.

My name is Sebastian, which I called Roderigo.
表現 · B1leave someone behind

survived by

Sebastian says his dead father left behind a son and a daughter.

He left behind him myself and a sister.
表現 · B2born in an hour

born within the same hour

Both born in an hour.
文法 · C2would we had so ended

inverted wish: An old inverted wish: had the heavens pleased, we would have ended together.

If the heavens had been pleased would we had so ended.
表現 · C2the breach of the sea

the breaking waves

For some hour before you took me from the breach of the sea, was my sister drowned.
表現 · C1be accounted something

to be counted as beautiful

A lady, sir, though it was said she much resembled me was yet, of have many accounted, beautiful.
表現 · C1boldly publish someone

to proclaim her worth

Yet, thus far, I will boldly publish her.
表現 · C1could not but do something

could only; could not help but

Sebastian says even envy had to call his dead sister's mind fair.

She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.
文法 · C2that envy could not but call fair

relative clause: The 'that' clause describes the mind and nests the could-not-but pattern inside.

She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.
表現 · B2tell tales of someone

to betray someone's feelings

And I'm yet so near the manners of my mother that upon the least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me.
文法 · C1so near the manners of my mother that

result clause: The so...that frame links his likeness to his mother with the tears it causes.

And I'm yet so near the manners of my mother that upon the least occasion more, mine eyes will tell tales of me.
表現 · B2be bound to somewhere

headed for; obliged to go to

I am bound to the Count Orsino's court.
表現 · B2come what may

whatever happens

Told there are enemies at court, Antonio vows to follow anyway.

Oh, but come what may.
表現 · C1seem sport

to feel like play

I do adore thee so that danger shall seem sport, and I will go.
発音do adore

Glide 'do' into 'adore' and stress the verb.

I do adore thee so that danger shall seem sport, and I will go.
表現 · C1save someone the pains

spared me the trouble

The messenger is scolded for a trip that could have been avoided.

You might have saved me my pains to have taken it away yourself.
表現 · C1have none of someone

to want nothing to do with someone

She adds, more over, that you are to put your own lord into a desperate assurance she'll none of him.
表現 · B2have none of it

to refuse it entirely

I'll none of it.
表現 · B2be worth stooping for

worth bending down to pick up

She throws down the ring and tells him to decide if it is worth picking up.

If it be worth stooping for, there it lies in your eye.
発音lies in your eye

Run 'lies in your' together as 'lie-zin-yer'.

If it be worth stooping for, there it lies in your eye.
表現 · C2Fortune forbid (that) ...

heaven forbid

Fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her.
文法 · C2Fortune forbid

optative subjunctive: A bare-subjunctive wish that fate may not let it be so.

Fortune forbid my outside have not charmed her.
表現 · B2lose one's tongue

struck dumb; speechless

The page recalls Olivia gazing so hard that her eyes spoke while her tongue failed.

Indeed, so much that me thought her eyes had lost her tongue.

「Sebastian's Story and Olivia's Ring」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene pairs two kinds of love that both risk everything. Sebastian's grief for his sister is formal and measured — he will not overstate her beauty, but he will 'boldly publish' her mind, which even envy had to call fair. Antonio's devotion is more reckless: he offers to trade his life for the right to serve, asking not to be 'murdered' for his love, and says danger will 'seem sport.' Their farewell sets the play's theme of love as devotion that ignores safety. Then the tone flips to comedy: a ring Sebastian never gave becomes proof that Olivia loves the disguised Viola, and Viola's only worry is that her borrowed looks have 'charmed' a lady. The scene turns one character's heroic love into another's mistaken identity.

Theme

Death & griefSebastian mourns a twin sister lost at sea, and his tears keep 'telling tales' of him.
IdentityViola, disguised as Cesario, is loved without being known, and only a ring reveals it.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Grief can be praise when it is kept quiet.
  • Come what may signals resolve, not surrender.
  • Tell tales can mean leaking feelings, not snitching.
  • A vow lands harder when danger sounds like sport.

発音のポイント

  • name is — Link 'name' into a weak 'is' so it sounds like 'nay-miz'.
  • do adore — Glide 'do' into 'adore' and stress the verb.
  • lies in your eye — Run 'lies in your' together as 'lie-zin-yer'.
She bore a mind that envy could not but call fair.

Sebastian's tribute to his sister: her character was so good that even envy could only call it fair.

If you will not murder me for my love, let me be your servant.

Antonio's plea: if Sebastian won't kill him for loving him, he should at least let him serve.

I do adore thee so that danger shall seem sport, and I will go.

Antonio declares that his devotion makes danger feel like play, so he will follow Sebastian anyway.

I have many enemies in Orsino's court, else would I very shortly see thee there.

He admits why he can't openly visit Sebastian: he has enemies at Orsino's court.

She is drowned already, sir, with salt water.

Sebastian says the sister is already drowned in salt water, meaning his tears; grief keeps drowning her memory.

このシーンについての質問

Who are Sebastian and Antonio to each other?

Antonio saved Sebastian from the sea and has refused to leave him since. He offers to be Sebastian's servant; Sebastian calls him a good friend and accepts his company.

How did Sebastian's sister die?

She drowned in the shipwreck that separated them. Sebastian says she was lost at sea about an hour before he was rescued, so he believes his twin is dead.

Why does Malvolio return a ring to Viola?

Olivia has fallen for the young messenger and sends her ring back as a pretext to draw 'him' closer. Malvolio thinks the messenger left it, while Viola knows she never did.

Why does Viola say 'Fortune forbid'?

She is alarmed that her male disguise may have 'charmed' Olivia. 'Fortune forbid' is her wish that this bad turn not be true.

What does 'come what may' mean here?

It means whatever happens, or no matter what. Antonio says it as he decides to follow Sebastian despite the danger waiting in Orsino's court.

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