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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 2 / 25 章 · 3'34" · C1

Viola Disguises Herself as a Man, Explained：word for word

Viola has survived a shipwreck and now needs a new identity. She begs the captain, "conceal me what I am," and asks him to present her to the Duke as a eunuch. Meanwhile, at Olivia's house, Sir Toby drinks, insults Sir Andrew, and the word 'accost' becomes a running joke.

あらすじ

Two plots share the scene. On the shore, Viola asks the ship captain to hide her identity and pass her off as a eunuch so she can serve the Duke. At Olivia's house, Sir Toby Belch defends his drinking and mocks Sir Andrew Aguecheek, while the word 'accost' gets mistaken for a woman's name.

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このシーンの表現

word for word

exactly as spoken or written

Toby boasts that Andrew can recite several languages word for word.

She repeated the instructions word for word so nothing was lost.

このシーンの他の表現

  • eunuch

    a castrated male servant

  • the gift of a coward

    a natural talent for cowardice

  • coystrill

    a low-born coward

  • fair shrew

    a pretty but sharp-tongued woman

  • accost

    to approach and speak to someone

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 18 件のメモ

表現 · C1conceal what one is

to hide who one really is

conceal me what I am and be my aid
表現 · C1the form of one's intent

the shape of one's plan

for such disguise as haply shall become the form of my intent.
表現 · C2what a plague means ...

what on earth does it mean

What a plague means my niece to take the death of her brother thus?
表現 · B2take exception to something

to object strongly to something

Your cousin, my lady, takes great exception to your ill hours.
発音takes great exception to

Stress great and exception; let the to slide by almost unheard.

Your cousin, my lady, takes great exception to your ill hours.
表現 · C1within the limits of something

inside the bounds of something

Ay, but you must confine yourself within the modest limits of order.
表現 · C2hang oneself in one's own straps

to be undone by one's own doing

And they be not let them hang themselves in their own straps.
表現 · B1word for word

exactly as spoken or written

Toby boasts that Andrew can recite several languages word for word.

He speaks three or four languages word for word without book and hath all the good gifts of nature.
表現 · C1the gifts of nature

natural talents

He speaks three or four languages word for word without book and hath all the good gifts of nature.
表現 · C1the gift of something

a natural talent for cowardice

Toby mocks Andrew, saying his cowardice is a gift that tempers his love of quarrels.

And but that he hath the gift of a coward to allay the gust he hath in quarrelling, 'tis thought among the prudent
文法 · C2but that he hath the gift of a coward

conditional clause: But that means if it were not for this, setting up the exception before the main thought.

And but that he hath the gift of a coward to allay the gust he hath in quarrelling, 'tis thought among the prudent
表現 · B2drink a health to someone

to toast someone

With drinking health to my niece.
表現 · B2as long as there's ...

for as long as something lasts

Oh, I'll drink to her as long as there's a passage in my throat and drink in Illyria.
表現 · C2spin like a parish-top

spinning like a whipped top

He's got a coward and a coystrill that will not drink to my niece till his brains turn of the toe like a parish-top?
スラング · C2coystrill

a low coward — An obsolete insult from old comedies, not usable today.

He's got a coward and a coystrill that will not drink to my niece till his brains turn of the toe like a parish-top?
表現 · C2fair shrew

a pretty but sharp-tongued woman

Andrew greets Maria as a fair shrew, praising her looks while needling her sharp tongue.

Oh, bless you, fair shrew.
表現 · B2desire better acquaintance

to want to know someone better

I desire better acquaintance.
表現 · C1board someone

to approach someone closely

Accost is front her, board her, woo her, assail her.

「Viola Disguises Herself as a Man」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene sets up the play's engine: disguise. Viola's plan is not a whim but a survival strategy — shipwrecked and alone, she needs to disappear into a servant's identity. Her request is blunt: "conceal me what I am and be my aid." The captain's answer turns secrecy into a little ceremony of loyalty: "Be you his eunuch, and your mute I'll be." Against that quiet vow, the Toby material is pure comedy. Sir Toby drinks, ignores Maria's warnings, and calls Sir Andrew a fool and a prodigal to his face, all in the name of good cheer. The 'accost' mix-up lands because it shows how easily these characters misread the world: a word of instruction becomes a person, and courtship becomes slapstick. Two kinds of performance — one necessary, one careless — open the play.

Theme

IdentityViola hides who she is by becoming a servant in disguise, trading her real self for a role.
DeceptionThe whole plot turns on a disguise kept with a servant's vow of silence, while others misread everything.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Viola trades her name for a disguise to reach the Duke.
  • Andrew hears 'accost' as a person and greets Maria by mistake.
  • Toby's word for word boast makes Andrew sound learned on credit.
  • Fair shrew praises and needles in one breath.

発音のポイント

  • takes great exception to — Stress great and exception; let the to slide by almost unheard.
conceal me what I am and be my aid

Viola asks the captain to hide her true identity and help her. It's the vow that launches her male disguise.

I'll confine myself no finer than I am.

Sir Toby refuses to dress up or behave better: he will not pretend to be finer than he is. It's his whole philosophy of comfort.

Oh, I'll drink to her as long as there's a passage in my throat and drink in Illyria.

Sir Toby jokes that he will keep toasting his niece as long as he can swallow and there is wine in the country.

I am sure care is an enemy to life.

His cheerful maxim: worrying kills you. He uses it to justify drinking and ignoring Maria's scolding.

These clothes are good enough to drink in.

He defends his rough outfit by its only test that matters to him: it works for drinking.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Viola disguise herself as a man?

She is shipwrecked in Illyria and needs safety and work. Serving the Duke disguised as a eunuch lets her survive without revealing who she really is.

Who is Sir Andrew Aguecheek?

A wealthy, foolish knight Sir Toby keeps around as a suitor for Olivia. Toby calls him a fool and a prodigal, and Andrew misunderstands the word 'accost.'

What does "conceal me what I am" mean?

It means 'hide what I am' — keep my true identity secret. Viola asks the captain not to reveal that she is a woman.

Why does Sir Toby drink so much?

He treats drinking as the point of life, toasting his niece endlessly. He dismisses Maria's warnings and refuses to change his habits or clothes.

What is the joke about 'accost'?

Toby tells Sir Andrew to 'accost' Maria, meaning to approach and speak to her. Andrew mistakes the instruction for a name and greets her as 'Mistress Accost.'

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