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All is fortune.Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 12 / 25 章 · 3'33" · C1
Malvolio Dreams of Marrying Olivia, Explained：the woodcock near the gin
Malvolio, alone, imagines being Count Malvolio and ruling Olivia's household, while Toby's crew hides and watches. "Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him," they sneer, and Toby warns them to wait: "Now is the woodcock near the gin." The prig is walking into their trap.
あらすじ
Alone in Olivia's garden, Malvolio daydreams about becoming Count Malvolio: married to Olivia, ordering servants around, and dressing like a nobleman. Hidden nearby, Sir Toby, Fabian and Sir Andrew watch and mock him, calling him a 'turkey-cock' puffed up by imagination. Toby keeps them quiet because they must not spoil the trick. Then Malvolio finds the planted letter and reads it aloud.
注目の表現
turkey-cockjets under his advanced plumesoverweening rogueimagination blows him
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このシーンの表現
the woodcock near the gin
the fool about to be trapped
As Malvolio falls for the planted letter, Fabian notes that the woodcock is near the gin, meaning the fool is near the trap.
The buyer walked in, a woodcock near the gin, already reaching for his pen.
このシーンの他の表現
- turkey-cock
a strutting, puffed-up man
- jets under his advanced plumes
struts in borrowed finery
- overweening rogue
a wildly conceited knave
- imagination blows him
inflated by his own fantasy
- the humour of state
the mood of high office
このシーンのメモ一覧
59 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
she truly liked me affect is archaic for to feel affection for
Maria once told me she did affect me.if she ever took a fancy
And I've heard herself come thus near that should she fancy it should be one of my complex.inverted conditional: Dropping if and putting should first makes the condition sound formal and hypothetical.
And I've heard herself come thus near that should she fancy it should be one of my complex.elevated regard
Besides, she... she uses me with a more exalted respect than anyone else that follows her.what am I to make of it
What should I think on't?archaic contraction: The contraction packs of it into one syllable, which speeds the line up.
What should I think on't?turns him into a show-off
Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him...thrash the knave
'Slight, I could so beat the rogue.blast it — Archaic mild oath for irritation; not for polite company.
'Slight, I could so beat the rogue.there is precedent
There is example for it.inflated by his own fantasy
While Malvolio behaves as if already married, the watcher's aside exposes the gap between his fantasy and the real garden.
Look how imagination blows him.Link the w in how straight into imagination without a pause.
Look how imagination blows him.the mood of high office
In his daydream Malvolio savors the humour of state, acting out the temper of a man in high office.
And then to have the humour of state.keep to one's station
Imagining himself the master, Malvolio declares he knows his place and lectures others to mind their own.
telling them I know my place as I would they should do theirs, to ask for my kinsmen Toby...elliptical subjunctive: The missing have leaves a wish hanging, so the clause sounds both polite and pompous.
telling them I know my place as I would they should do theirs, to ask for my kinsmen Toby...mend your drinking
You must amend your drunkenness.filthy wretch — A period insult; far too harsh for everyday speech.
Out, scab!the strength of a scheme
Nay, patience or we break the sinews of our plot.Let or shrink to a schwa and run straight into we.
Nay, patience or we break the sinews of our plot.the fool about to be trapped
As Malvolio falls for the planted letter, Fabian notes that the woodcock is near the gin, meaning the fool is near the trap.
Now is the woodcock near the gin.a gullible fool — Old slang for a dupe; teasing rather than formal.
Now is the woodcock near the gin.「Malvolio Dreams of Marrying Olivia」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is an anatomy of a man who mistakes his own fantasy for fact. Nothing has happened — Maria only 'told him' once that she liked him — yet Malvolio builds a whole future on it, right down to his nobleman's clothes. The watchers supply the running commentary: he is a 'turkey-cock,' swelled by 'imagination,' ready to insult his betters. The comedy works because Malvolio's dream is not just silly; it is cruel and class-conscious, imagining him lording it over Sir Toby. Toby's line, 'Now is the woodcock near the gin,' tells us he sees the trap closing, and he holds the others back so the prig walks in on his own. The audience laughs at him and, uncomfortably, recognizes the wish underneath: everyone would like to be Count Malvolio for a day.
Theme
AmbitionMalvolio's fantasy is pure social climbing, imagining himself ordering around the very men watching him.
SatireThe watchers mock a puritan's self-love, turning his daydream into an on-stage comedy of vanity.
このチャプターで学べること
- Malvolio furnishes his fantasy down to the officers.
- The watchers' asides make the dream a trap.
- Turkeys and woodcocks carry the whole insult.
- Vanity is funniest when it is detailed.
発音のポイント
- how imagination — Link the w in how straight into imagination without a pause.
- patience or we — Let or shrink to a schwa and run straight into we.
Contemplation makes a rare turkey-cock of him...Being lost in thought has turned Malvolio into a strutting, self-satisfied bird. It's the watchers' sneer at his vanity.
how he jets under his advanced plumes.He struts about as if wearing fine feathers, showing off a dignity he does not have.
Now is the woodcock near the gin.The trap is about to spring: like a witless bird, Malvolio is walking toward the snare the others have set.
There is example for it.Malvolio justifies his fantasy by pointing to precedent — an earlier case of a servant marrying above himself.
You must amend your drunkenness.Part of his imagined speech to Sir Toby: once in power he would order him to reform. It shows the fantasy's revenge at work.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Malvolio think Olivia loves him?
Maria once said she liked him, and he reads her polite respect as romantic interest. He builds a marriage out of two small hints and his own wish.
Who is watching Malvolio, and why?
Sir Toby, Fabian and Sir Andrew hide and watch him find the letter Maria planted. They set the trick to punish his arrogance and make him a fool.
What does "the woodcock near the gin" mean?
It means a foolish bird is close to the trap. A woodcock is a witless game bird and a gin is a snare, so Toby is saying Malvolio is about to be caught.
What does Malvolio imagine doing as Count?
He imagines marrying Olivia, calling his officers, wearing a branched velvet gown, and telling Sir Toby to mend his drunken ways. His fantasy is really about lording it over others.
Why does Toby stop the others from interrupting?
Because their plan depends on Malvolio reading the letter and believing it. If they break out laughing now, the trick will collapse before he takes the bait.
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第 14 章a corrupter of wordsFeste Spars With Viola About Words
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第 16 章laugh yourself into stitchesMaria's Crew Goes to Watch Malvolio
第 17 章midsummer madnessMalvolio Appears in Yellow Stockings
第 18 章improbable fictionSir Andrew's Challenge Is Read Aloud
第 19 章a pox on'tToby Scares Andrew About the Duel
第 20 章prove trueAntonio Is Arrested, Viola Hopes
第 21 章be well rid ofFeste Torments Malvolio in the Dark
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第 23 章ripe in mischiefOlivia Mistakes Sebastian for Cesario
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