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Twelfth Night · 2012 — 第 13 / 25 章 · 3'26" · C2

Malvolio Reads Maria's Letter, Explained：have greatness thrust upon them

Malvolio finds the letter Maria planted and reads it as a love note from Olivia. He works the puzzle over letter by letter, then speaks the play's famous line: "Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them." By the end he resolves to be proud.

あらすじ

Hidden in the garden, Sir Toby and his friends watch Malvolio pick up Maria's forged letter. He puzzles out the anagram until the letters spell his own name, decides Olivia loves him, and reads the great line about some being born great and some having greatness thrust upon them. The letter tells him to wear yellow stockings and be proud.

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A should follow, but O doesit would bow to meafraid of greatnesshave greatness thrust upon them

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have greatness thrust upon them

have greatness forced upon one

Of the three kinds of greatness, this one flatters Malvolio most: he expects the title to be pushed into his hands.

Some people have greatness thrust upon them without ever asking for it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • A should follow, but O does

    the wrong letter turns up

  • it would bow to me

    even letters obey me

  • afraid of greatness

    fearing one's own potential

  • cast thy humble slough

    shed the humble old self

  • the trick of singularity

    the habit of being singular

このシーンのメモ一覧

52 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B2work something out

figure it out

Did not I say he would work it out?
スラング · C1cur

a mongrel, a wretch — A period insult for a low man; too harsh for daily speech.

The cur is excellent at faults.
表現 · C2no consonancy in something

the sequence does not agree

M... but then there's no consonancy in the sequel.
表現 · C1at someone's heels

right behind you

Ay, and you had any eye behind you, you might see more detraction at your heels than fortunes before you.
表現 · C1bow to someone

submit to someone

And yet to crush this a little, it would bow to me,
文法 · B2every one of these letters are

collective agreement: Modern English wants is, but the older text lets the plural pull the verb.

for every one of these letters are in my name.
表現 · B2fall into one's hands

come into one's hands

"If this fall into thy hand, revolve.
表現 · C2in my stars

by my destiny

In my stars, I am above thee.
発音I am above

Link I am into one glide and stress above.

In my stars, I am above thee.
表現 · C2have something thrust upon one

have greatness forced upon one

Of the three kinds of greatness, this one flatters Malvolio most: he expects the title to be pushed into his hands.

And some have greatness thrust upon them.
表現 · C2cast one's slough

shed the humble old self

The letter tells Malvolio to cast his humble slough so he can look the part of the nobleman he expects to become.

And to inure thyself to what thou art like to be, cast thy humble slough and appear fresh.
文法 · C2to what thou art like to be

nominal clause: The what-clause names an unknown future self, standing as the object of to.

And to inure thyself to what thou art like to be, cast thy humble slough and appear fresh.
表現 · C2the trick of + 名词

the habit of being singular

The letter orders Malvolio to adopt the trick of singularity, dressing himself in deliberate oddity as a mark of rank.

Put thyself into the trick of singularity."
スラング · C2Go to

come now — An archaic nudge of impatience, not for formal writing.

Go to, thou art made if thou desires to be so.
表現 · C2touch fortune's fingers

get within reach of luck

If not, let me see thee a steward still, the fellow of servants and not worthy to touch fortune's fingers.
文法 · C2let me see thee

causative imperative: The structure stages a scene in the speaker's own sight, half threat and half challenge.

If not, let me see thee a steward still, the fellow of servants and not worthy to touch fortune's fingers.
表現 · C2discover not more

nothing could be clearer

Daylight and champagne discovers not more.
発音Daylight and

Curl and into a schwa and run straight into champagne.

Daylight and champagne discovers not more.
表現 · C2point-device + 名词

the exact, polished man

I... I... I... I will be point-device the very man.
表現 · C2let something jade someone

let fancy wear you out

I do not now fool myself to let the imagination jade me.
表現 · C2something of one's liking

the style she prefers

And in this, she manifests herself to my love and with a kind of injunction drives me to these habits of her liking.

「Malvolio Reads Maria's Letter」を読み解く

What's really going on

The joke is that Malvolio is clever in exactly the wrong direction. He spots that the handwriting does not match, but instead of doubting the letter he bends the letters until they fit his name, telling himself he is not 'fooling' himself. The forged advice — reject a kinsman, be surly to servants, dress oddly — is written to make him look ridiculous, and he reads every word as flattery. Even the famous line about greatness works against him: he hears 'some have greatness thrust upon them' and assumes it means him. Pride makes him the perfect victim: the more he convinces himself Olivia loves him, the more foolish he becomes, while the hidden watchers get the show they wanted.

Theme

PrideMalvolio reads a prank letter as proof of Olivia's love, letting vanity override the puzzle's obvious signs.
DeceptionMaria's forged letter works because Malvolio wants to believe it, turning a trick into a trap.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The letter flatters first and instructs second.
  • Three kinds of greatness make ambition sound like fate.
  • The letter works because Malvolio already believes it.
  • Every detail he adds tightens the trap.

発音のポイント

  • I am above — Link I am into one glide and stress above.
  • Daylight and — Curl and into a schwa and run straight into champagne.
And some have greatness thrust upon them.

The famous third clause: some people don't earn greatness but have it forced on them, which is exactly how Malvolio sees himself.

But be not afraid of greatness.

The letter urges Malvolio not to shrink from the high station it claims is his.

I do not now fool myself to let the imagination jade me.

Malvolio insists he is not deceiving himself or letting fantasy mislead him, even as he does exactly that.

In my stars, I am above thee.

The letter flatters him with the idea that his fortune places him above the reader, feeding his vanity.

The cur is excellent at faults.

A watcher's comment on Malvolio: like a dog that sniffs out scents, he is good at finding clues — here, the wrong ones.

このシーンについての質問

Who wrote the letter Malvolio finds?

Maria wrote it as a prank. She forges Olivia's handwriting and leaves it in Malvolio's path, with hints meant to make him act foolishly and become a public joke.

Why does Malvolio believe Olivia loves him?

The letter's anagram letters spell his name, and its praise flatters him. Because he wants to believe it, he ignores that the handwriting is wrong and treats every odd instruction as a sign of love.

What does 'some have greatness thrust upon them' mean?

It means some people have greatness forced on them rather than earning it. Malvolio reads the line as a promise about his own future.

What does the letter tell Malvolio to do?

It tells him to be proud and surly, to dress in yellow stockings cross-gartered, and to put on 'the trick of singularity.' Each instruction is designed to make him look absurd.

Who is watching Malvolio?

Sir Toby, Sir Andrew and Fabian hide in the garden and watch the whole thing, looking forward to the trick they have set up with Maria.

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