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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 9 / 25 章 · 3'33" · C2

Malvolio Scolds Sir Toby's Party, Explained：cakes and ale

Malvolio breaks up the party and gets a famous answer. "Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?" Sir Toby mocks him as a mere steward and a would-be Puritan, and Maria promises to gull him for everyone's amusement.

あらすじ

Malvolio barges into Sir Toby's late-night drinking and demands to know why there is no 'respect of place, persons, nor time.' Toby answers with his famous line about cakes and ale, and belittles Malvolio as no more than a steward. When Malvolio threatens to tell Olivia, Maria promises to gull him and make him a public joke.

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be round withmisdemeanourscakes and alecrumbs

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このシーンの表現

cakes and ale

merry living; good cheer

Sir Toby fires back that one man's virtue does not cancel everyone's good cheer.

Life is not all cakes and ale, you know.

このシーンの他の表現

  • be round with

    to speak plainly and firmly

  • misdemeanours

    minor misdeeds

  • crumbs

    bread crumbs; petty scraps

  • shake your ears

    go away; shake yourself off

  • gull him

    to trick or dupe him

このシーンのメモ一覧

50 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ

表現 · C1no respect of place or time

no regard for place or time

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?
表現 · B2keep time

to stay in rhythm

We did keep time, sir, in our catches.
発音Sneck up

Snap the two words together so the k runs into up.

Sneck up.
スラング · C2Sneck up

shut up; go hang — A curt, coarse dismissal; keep it out of polite talk.

Sneck up.
表現 · C1be round with someone

to be blunt with someone

Sir Toby, I must be round with you.
表現 · C1be nothing allied to something

to have no part in something

My lady bade me tell you that though she harbours you as her kinsmen, she is nothing allied to your disorders.
表現 · B2separate oneself from something

to cut oneself off from something

If you are going to separate yourself and your misdemeanours, you are welcome to the house.
文法 · B2If you are going to separate yourself

conditional clause: The if-clause sets the condition for staying, then the main clause grants it.

If you are going to separate yourself and your misdemeanours, you are welcome to the house.
表現 · B2dear heart

dear one; sweetheart

Farewell, dear heart, since I must needs be gone.
表現 · C1be much credit to someone

a fine thing for you (ironic)

This is much credit to you.
表現 · B2any more than something

nothing more than

Art any more than a steward?
表現 · B2cakes and ale

merry living; good cheer

Sir Toby fires back that one man's virtue does not cancel everyone's good cheer.

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
文法 · C2because thou art virtuous

reason clause: The because clause interrupts think and its object, framing virtue as the false reason.

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
発音Dost thou

Blend 'Dost thou' into 'dos-tou' instead of two clear words.

Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?
表現 · C1hot in the mouth

sharp and fiery on the tongue

By Saint Anne and ginger shall be hot in the mouth, too.
表現 · C2rub one's chain with crumbs

to polish one's chain with scraps

Rub your chain with crumbs.
表現 · C2a stoup of wine

a large cup of wine

A stoup of wine, Maria?
表現 · C1shake your ears

go away; shake yourself off

When the steward threatens to tell the lady, Sir Toby waves him off like an animal.

Go shake your ears.
表現 · B2by word of mouth

spoken rather than written

Or I'll deliver thy indignation to him by word of mouth.
表現 · B2leave me alone with someone

let me handle him

For Monsieur Malvolio, let me alone with him.
文法 · C1If I do not gull him

negative condition: A negative condition sets up a vow that the next line completes.

If I do not gull him into nayword and make him a common recreation,
表現 · C1have wit enough to do something

to be clever enough to

do not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed.
文法 · B2I have wit enough to lie straight

object clause: Think takes a that-clause, with the connector dropped in speech.

do not think I have wit enough to lie straight in my bed.
表現 · B2a kind of something

something of a puritan

Maria labels the steward a sort of Puritan, and Sir Andrew fumes at once.

Marry, sir, sometimes he is a kind of Puritan.
発音kind of

Relax 'of' so 'kind of' sounds like 'kind-a'.

Marry, sir, sometimes he is a kind of Puritan.

「Malvolio Scolds Sir Toby's Party」を読み解く

What's really going on

The quarrel is about who gets to decide what fun is allowed. Malvolio speaks for order and self-control, asking whether there is any 'respect of place, persons, nor time' left, and threatening to report the party to Olivia. Sir Toby's reply is the play's most quoted line: 'Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?' It is both a defense of pleasure and a put-down, because it treats Malvolio's virtue as mere vanity. Toby presses the insult by reducing him to 'a steward,' a servant giving orders above his rank. And the scene's real turn is Maria's: instead of just arguing, she starts writing a plot. Offering to 'gull him into a nayword,' she turns resentment into a scheme, and the comedy shifts from bickering to conspiracy.

Theme

SatireToby's 'cakes and ale' line mocks Malvolio's puritan virtue and the people who police everyone's pleasure.
ClassToby deflates Malvolio by reminding him he is only a steward, a servant giving orders above his rank.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Cakes and ale stands for innocent good cheer.
  • Rank is no argument: 'Art any more than a steward?'
  • By word of mouth means spoken, not written.
  • A kind of Puritan softens a sharp label.

発音のポイント

  • Sneck up — Snap the two words together so the k runs into up.
  • Dost thou — Blend 'Dost thou' into 'dos-tou' instead of two clear words.
  • kind of — Relax 'of' so 'kind of' sounds like 'kind-a'.
Dost thou think, because thou art virtuous, there shall be no more cakes and ale?

Toby's famous retort: Malvolio's self-righteousness doesn't give him the right to ban everyone else's pleasures.

This is much credit to you.

A sarcastic line: the speaker means the opposite, that the behavior being discussed brings no credit at all.

But I will never die.

A joking boast from the drinking song, refusing the song's claim that the singer's days are almost done.

Is there no respect of place, persons, nor time in you?

Malvolio's scolding question: the party ignores where it is, whom it disturbs, and how late it is.

Farewell, dear heart, since I must needs be gone.

A line from the song the revellers are singing, a farewell full of mock sorrow.

このシーンについての質問

Why is Malvolio angry at Sir Toby?

Toby and his friends are drinking and singing late at night, and Malvolio thinks they show no respect for the time, the place, or Olivia. He warns that she is not allied to their disorder.

What does 'cakes and ale' mean?

It stands for food, drink and good cheer — the simple pleasures of life. Toby's line means that one person's virtue is no reason to ban everyone else's fun.

How does Sir Toby insult Malvolio?

He calls him 'a steward,' a mere servant, and asks whether he thinks his virtue should end everyone's cakes and ale. He treats Malvolio's morality as vanity.

What does Maria plan to do?

She plans to gull Malvolio and make him 'a common recreation' — a public joke. She says she knows she can do it, and describes him as 'a kind of Puritan.'

What does Malvolio threaten at the end?

He says 'she shall know of it by this hand,' meaning he will report the party to Olivia himself.

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