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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 21 / 25 章 · 3'38" · C2

Feste Torments Malvolio in the Dark, Explained：be well rid of

Disguised as Sir Topas the curate, Feste visits the locked-up Malvolio and argues that the room is not dark at all. Malvolio insists, "I am no more mad than you are," but his tormentor has an answer for everything: "there is no darkness but ignorance." The scene is a cruel joke dressed as a theological debate.

あらすじ

Feste puts on a beard and gown and impersonates Sir Topas, a curate, to visit Malvolio in his dark cell. Malvolio protests that he is sane and that the room is pitch-dark, but Feste insists the windows are bright and that 'there is no darkness but ignorance.' Sir Toby, watching, admits he would be happy to be rid of the trick. Feste finally tells Malvolio to stay in darkness.

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dissemblebe well rid ofas lustrous as ebonythat that is, is

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このシーンの表現

be well rid of

glad to be free of

Halfway through the prank, Sir Toby admits he wants out of it.

We will be well rid of that leaking flat by spring.

このシーンの他の表現

  • dissemble

    to disguise or fake

  • as lustrous as ebony

    ironic praise for pitch dark

  • that that is, is

    a tautological word game

  • make him believe

    to make someone believe

  • no way approve

    to not approve at all

このシーンのメモ一覧

62 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B1put on something

to put on clothing or a prop

Nay, I prithee, put on this beard and this gown.
表現 · B1make someone believe something

to make someone believe

Maria tells Feste to make the prisoner believe a real curate has come.

Make him believe thou art Sir Topas the curate.
表現 · C2the whilst / the while

meanwhile, in the meantime

I'll call Sir Toby the whilst.
発音put it on

Blend put it on into one unit, linking the t across words.

I'll put it on.
表現 · C1the first that ever did something

the very first to do something

And I would I were the first that ever dissembled in such a gown.
表現 · B1形容词 + enough to do something

with enough of a quality to do something

I'm not tall enough to become the function well, nor lean enough to be thought a good student.
表現 · B2as + 副词 + as

just as reasonably as

But to be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes as fairly as to say a careful man and a great scholar.
文法 · C1to be said an honest man

infinitive subject: The infinitive to be said is the subject; goes as fairly is the verb.

But to be said an honest man and a good housekeeper goes as fairly as to say a careful man and a great scholar.
表現 · B2bless you / bless thee

bless you

Jove, bless thee master Parson.
表現 · C1what is X but Y

what is it if not

For what is that but that and is but is?
表現 · B1nothing but + 名词

nothing except, only

How vexest thou this man talkest thou nothing but of ladies?
表現 · C1lay someone somewhere

to put or place someone somewhere

They have laid me here in hideous darkness.
表現 · B1complain of something

to complain about something

And yet complainest thou of obstruction?
表現 · C1no X but Y

no X except Y

I say there is no darkness but ignorance in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.
文法 · C1in which thou art more puzzled

relative clause: In which refers back to ignorance and carries the rest of the comparison.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.
発音no darkness but

Run the s of darkness straight into but instead of pausing.

I say there is no darkness but ignorance in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.
表現 · B2no more X than Y

not any more X than Y

I am no more mad than you are.
表現 · C1concerning something

about something

What is the opinion of Pythagoras concerning wild fowl?
発音Fare thee well

Link Fare thee as fer-thee, then let well trail and fall.

Fare thee well.
文法 · C2ere I will allow

time clause: Ere means before and sets the condition for everything after it.

ere I will allow of thy wits and fear to kill a woodcock
文法 · C2lest thou dispossess

lest clause: Lest introduces the bad outcome you act to avoid.

lest thou dispossess the soul of thy grandam.
表現 · C1be for all waters

able to handle any situation literally any water, meaning ready for any role

Nay, I am for all waters.
表現 · B1bring word

to bring word or news

To him in thine own voice and bring me word how thou findest him.
表現 · B2be well rid of something

glad to be free of

Halfway through the prank, Sir Toby admits he wants out of it.

I would we were well rid of this knavery.

「Feste Torments Malvolio in the Dark」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene turns a cruel prank into a parody of religious instruction. Feste, the licensed jester, dresses as a priest and uses theological language to torture a man who is already being punished for vanity. Malvolio's plea — 'I am not mad, Sir Topas' — is true, and that is what makes the scene uncomfortable: everyone knows he is sane, and the joke is to make him doubt it. Feste's line 'there is no darkness but ignorance' sounds profound but is nonsense in context, a deliberate mockery of learned-sounding talk. When Sir Toby says 'I would we were well rid of this knavery,' the play quietly signals that the fun has gone too far. The gulling that began as punishment for Malvolio's pride is becoming cruelty, and the audience is invited to notice it.

Theme

SatireA jester dressed as a priest mocks learning and morality while tormenting a prisoner for fun.
IdentityFeste hides behind a fake curate's beard and gown, using disguise to do cruelty he couldn't do as himself.

このチャプターで学べること

  • But can mean except, not only 'however'.
  • Irony works by praising what the other is complaining about.
  • Infinitive subjects like to be said sound formal and old.
  • Titles stack up in jest: Sir Topas is no real curate.

発音のポイント

  • put it on — Blend put it on into one unit, linking the t across words.
  • no darkness but — Run the s of darkness straight into but instead of pausing.
  • Fare thee well — Link Fare thee as fer-thee, then let well trail and fall.
I say there is no darkness but ignorance in which thou art more puzzled than the Egyptians in their fog.

Feste's fake-profound line: the only real darkness is ignorance, and Malvolio is lost in it — a lecture masking a joke.

I am no more mad than you are.

Malvolio's reasonable protest: he is exactly as sane as his tormentor, who is pretending to be a priest.

I would we were well rid of this knavery.

Sir Toby's wish to be finished with the trick, a sign that even the pranksters sense it has gone too far.

I'm not tall enough to become the function well, nor lean enough to be thought a good student.

Feste jokes that he lacks the build for the role of a proper clergyman, mocking how actors and scholars are supposed to look.

And I say this house is as dark as ignorant, though ignorance were as dark as hell.

Malvolio answers the wordplay with his own: the room is as dark as ignorance is, even if that is as dark as hell.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Feste dress as Sir Topas?

Feste and the others are continuing the trick on Malvolio. Dressing as a curate lets Feste 'visit' the prisoner and torment him under a disguise he cannot see through.

Why does Malvolio insist he is not mad?

He is sane, and he knows the room is dark and that he has been wronged. He tries to prove his sanity by answering questions, such as the one about Pythagoras.

What does "no darkness but ignorance" mean?

It claims that the only real darkness is ignorance, not lack of light. It sounds wise but is nonsense in this situation, used to confuse Malvolio.

What does Sir Toby think of the trick by now?

He says he would be well rid of it, meaning he wants it over. He even suggests letting Malvolio go, because his own quarrel with Olivia makes it unsafe to continue.

How does Malvolio try to prove he is sane?

He offers to be tested with a serious question. Feste asks about Pythagoras and whether souls can pass into birds, and Malvolio gives a sensible answer.

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