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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 23 / 25 章 · 2'55" · C2

Olivia Mistakes Sebastian for Cesario, Explained：ripe in mischief

Olivia finds who she thinks is Cesario and scolds him for breaking his promise, then declares her love and will not let him go. The man is really Sebastian, who has no idea what is happening but happily follows: "After him I love more than I love these eye, more than my life."

あらすじ

Sebastian arrives in Illyria and is greeted by Olivia, who mistakes him for Cesario. She accuses him of breaking his promise and declares her love before everyone. Confused but charmed, Sebastian goes along with it, wondering if he is dreaming or mad, and follows her home. He even says he would die a thousand deaths for her.

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keep companykeep promise withhad I the heart tominion

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このシーンの表現

ripe in mischief

ready to do harm

The duke admits his violent plan has fully ripened and he is ready to act.

The children were ripe in mischief before the party began.

このシーンの他の表現

  • keep company

    to spend time together

  • keep promise with

    to keep one's word to someone

  • had I the heart to

    if I had the courage to

  • minion

    a favourite, a darling

  • sacrifice the lamb

    to destroy what one loves out of spite

このシーンのメモ一覧

51 行のセリフに 23 件のメモ

表現 · B2keep someone company

to spend time together

Olivia insists the youth has stayed at her side for months, day and night.

And for three months before no interim, not a minute's vacancy, both day and night did we keep company.
表現 · C1but for someone

only because of someone

Now, heaven walks on Earth but for thee, fellow.
表現 · C1tend upon someone

to attend on someone

Three months this youth hath tended upon me.
表現 · C2more of that anon

more on that later

But more of that anon.
表現 · C2what would X

what more does my lord want

What would my lord, but that he may not have wherein Olivia may seem serviceable?
表現 · B1keep promise with someone

to keep one's word to someone

The duke accuses Cesario of breaking a promise made on his behalf.

Cesario, you do not keep promise with me.
発音Still so

Link Still so as stil-so and hold the so a moment.

Still so cruel?
表現 · B2still so X

still as X as ever

Still so constant, lord.
表現 · C1breathe out something

to breathe out, to utter

my soul the faithfullest offerings hath breathed out that e'er devotion tendered.
文法 · C2that e'er devotion tendered

relative clause: The clause describes the offerings; e'er is just ever.

my soul the faithfullest offerings hath breathed out that e'er devotion tendered.
表現 · C1had I the heart to do something

if I had the courage to

The duke asks himself why he could not do it, if only he had the heart.

But why should I not had I the heart to do it?
文法 · C2had I the heart to do it

inverted conditional: Dropping if and fronting had makes the condition sound formal and old.

But why should I not had I the heart to do it?
表現 · C1at the point of death

on the point of death

Like to the Egyptian thief at point of death kill what I love?
表現 · C1cast something aside

to cast one's faith away

But hear me this, since you to non-regardance cast my faith and that I partly know the instrument that screws me from my true place in your favour,
文法 · C2since you to non-regardance cast my faith

causal clause: Since gives the reason, and the object is fronted before cast.

But hear me this, since you to non-regardance cast my faith and that I partly know the instrument that screws me from my true place in your favour,
表現 · B2tear something out of something

to tear out of

I swear I tender dearly, him will I tear out of that cruel eye
発音tear out of

Run tear out of together as tea-rou-tof.

I swear I tender dearly, him will I tear out of that cruel eye
表現 · C1ripe in mischief

ready to do harm

The duke admits his violent plan has fully ripened and he is ready to act.

My thoughts are ripe in mischief.
発音ripe in

Link ripe in as ri-pin, then stress the first syllable of mischief.

My thoughts are ripe in mischief.
表現 · C2a raven's heart within a dove

a cruel heart hidden in a gentle form

I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love to spite a raven's heart within dove.
表現 · C1a thousand deaths would die

to die a thousand deaths gladly

And I, most jocund apt and willingly, to do you rest a thousand deaths would die.
表現 · C1taint something

the tainting of something

If I do feign, you witnesses above, punish my life for tainting of my love!
文法 · C2If I do feign

conditional clause: The emphatic do stresses the oath: if I am in fact lying.

If I do feign, you witnesses above, punish my life for tainting of my love!

「Olivia Mistakes Sebastian for Cesario」を読み解く

What's really going on

This is the plot's engine firing at last: the twin brother appears just as everyone is looking for the sister, and Olivia seizes the wrong man. The comedy is that Sebastian has no context at all — he does not know Olivia, does not know why she loves him, and simply accepts the good fortune: "After him I love more than I love these eye, more than my life." His earlier speech about 'savage jealousy' belongs to Olivia's devotion in his mind, but he is really just adrift in someone else's story. Olivia, meanwhile, is entirely serious: she calls him 'Cesario,' demands he keep his promise, and takes his willingness as proof. Both characters act on wrong information, and neither is lying, which is what makes the scene work as both romance and farce. Sebastian's wonder — 'How am I beguiled!' — could describe the whole play.

Theme

IdentityOlivia loves the wrong twin, and Sebastian accepts a role in a story that isn't his.
RomanceOlivia's sudden passion is answered by a stranger's willing 'yes,' turning mistaken identity into a match.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Jealousy can be dressed up as noble feeling, and the play shows how.
  • The inverted 'had I the heart' drops if for a formal tone.
  • Ripe imagery makes a decision sound inevitable.
  • A minion is a pampered favourite, usually said with a sneer.

発音のポイント

  • Still so — Link Still so as stil-so and hold the so a moment.
  • tear out of — Run tear out of together as tea-rou-tof.
  • ripe in — Link ripe in as ri-pin, then stress the first syllable of mischief.
A savage jealousy that sometimes savours nobly.

Sebastian's comment on Olivia's fierce love: it is wild and possessive, yet there is something noble in its intensity.

My thoughts are ripe in mischief.

Olivia declares her scheme is ready: she has decided to act, and there is no stopping her.

I'll sacrifice the lamb that I do love to spite a raven's heart within dove.

She would destroy the one she loves to punish someone who hides a cruel heart under a gentle look.

Fellow, thy words are madness.

Olivia tells Antonio that his claims sound like insanity. It shows how completely Sebastian's arrival upends everyone's reason.

Who does do you wrong?

A blunt question asking who has harmed someone. It demands a name and a reason, refusing vague complaints.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Olivia think Sebastian is Cesario?

The twins look identical. Olivia has only ever seen Cesario, so when Sebastian appears she naturally takes him for the same young man and acts on it.

Why does Sebastian go along with Olivia?

He is confused but struck by her and decides not to resist his luck. Not knowing her story, he accepts the sudden affection and follows her.

What does 'savage jealousy' mean in the scene?

It describes Olivia's wild, possessive love. Sebastian calls it savage yet noble, because even a jealous passion can seem impressive in its intensity.

Why does Sebastian say he has been beguiled?

He is swept up in Olivia's sudden love and cannot explain it. 'Beguiled' means charmed and deceived at once, so he feels carried along without understanding why.

What is about to happen after Sebastian follows Olivia?

He goes with her, and she takes him as her love. This mistake will drive the plot's ending, where the twins are finally sorted out.

Twelfth Night · 全 25 章

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