empty sheets
And after that, blank pages, blank pages. Nothing but nothing.Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 24 / 27 章 · 2'23" · B2
Violet Explains the Spider's Web, Explained：give someone away
Violet explains that her son's gift rested on something 'as fine and thin as a spider's web,' and that she failed to keep it from breaking. Then Catherine begins recalling the Cabeza de Lobo beach and a white bathing suit the water made transparent, while Violet insists the account is a lie.
あらすじ
Violet Venable describes her son's poetic calling as resting on something as fine and thin as a spider's web, the only thing holding him back from destruction. She admits she could not keep that web from breaking. Catherine then recalls the summer at Cabeza de Lobo: the beach, the bathing suit Sebastian bought her, and how the water made it transparent.
注目の表現
rest onhold someone out ofvocationtransparent
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このシーンの表現
give someone away
reveal or betray
Mrs. Venable hears a slip in Catherine's words and notes that small statements give her away.
Her smile gives her away every time.
このシーンの他の表現
- rest on
depend on
- hold someone out of
keep someone away from
- vocation
a calling
- transparent
see-through
- one-piece
a single-piece garment
このシーンのメモ一覧
44 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ
depend on
Catherine says a poet's vocation rests on something, trailing off as if it were fragile.
A poet's vocation rests on something...comparison: The as...as pattern compares two things; here two adjectives describe something extremely fine.
...as fine and thin as a spider's web.Link spider's and web, sliding the s into the w.
...as fine and thin as a spider's web.keep someone away from
She says that thin thread is all that keeps her cousin from destruction.
It's all that holds him out of destruction.relative clause: The that-clause modifies all, saying this alone keeps him from ruin.
It's all that holds him out of destruction.be capable of doing
Very few are able to do it alone.was unable to rescue it
I saw it breaking, I couldn't save it.become known
Now the truth's coming out. Maybe she'll admit what really happened.change over from one to another
...suddenly, he switched from the evenings to the beach.what type of
What kind of a beach was it? Was it a public beach?reveal or betray
Mrs. Venable hears a slip in Catherine's words and notes that small statements give her away.
Little statements like that give her away.close to a port
...that Sebastian would go to some dirty public beach near a harbor?habitual would: Would plus a verb marks a past habit, much like used to; here it confirms her routine.
Every afternoon, you and your cousin would go to this free public beach?immediately beside
It wasn't the free one. The free one was right next to it.charge an entry fee
She explains the two beaches were divided by a fence, one free and one charging admission.
...and the beach that we went to that charged admission.outrageously improper — An old Southern exaggeration, said half in jest.
Why, it's a scandal to the jaybirds."cause it to become see-through
But the water made it transparent.The d in made it flaps and links the two words.
But the water made it transparent.The d in dragged often drops before me.
...but he just grabbed my hand and dragged me into the water...「Violet Explains the Spider's Web」を読み解く
What's really going on
Two versions of the same summer are being told over each other. Violet turns her son into a fragile artist whose gift depended on a web 'as fine and thin as a spider's web,' a plea meant to excuse her and accuse Catherine. The doctor lets Catherine speak instead, and what she offers is concrete: a public beach, a bathing suit, being dragged into the water — 'and I came out looking naked.' Violet hears the details as betrayal, snapping that 'little statements like that give her away,' but the doctor tells Catherine to go on. The scene shows the fight over who gets to name what happened, and whose memory will be allowed to stand.
Theme
MemoryCatherine's plain memories of the beach collide with Violet's polished version of the same summer.
DeceptionViolet calls each truthful detail a lie, trying to control the only story that matters to her.
このチャプターで学べること
- A calling is described as something as thin as a web.
- Blank pages say more about a writer's collapse than any scene.
- Small slips expose what people try to hide.
- The paid beach detail makes her story impossible to dismiss.
発音のポイント
- spider's web — Link spider's and web, sliding the s into the w.
- made it — The d in made it flaps and links the two words.
- dragged me into — The d in dragged often drops before me.
I saw it breaking, I couldn't save it.Violet describes watching her son fall apart and being unable to stop it — an admission that doubles as a way of not blaming herself.
A poet's vocation rests on something...She begins a lofty definition of an artist's calling, setting up the spider's-web image that frames her son's gift as precious and fragile.
Little statements like that give her away.Violet treats Catherine's small factual details as slips that expose her. To Violet, accuracy itself is the accusation.
Great help is needed. I did give it. She didn't.She scores the two women against each other: she gave her son the support he needed, and Catherine, in her telling, failed him.
このシーンについての質問
What does the spider's web mean in this scene?
Violet says a poet's calling rests on something as fine and thin as a spider's web. She means her son's gift was that delicate and that easily destroyed.
Why does Violet interrupt Catherine's story?
Catherine's details — a public beach near a harbor — contradict the refined image Violet has built of Sebastian, so she calls them lies that give Catherine away.
Why does the doctor let Catherine keep talking?
He wants her own version on record. He tells her to go on because her plain memories may hold the truth Violet keeps rewriting.
What happened at Cabeza de Lobo beach?
Catherine says Sebastian bought her a white bathing suit, the water made it transparent, and he grabbed her hand and dragged her in. She came out looking naked.
Is Catherine telling the truth about the beach?
Her account is concrete and specific — the free beach, the fence, the paid one, the suit. The film leaves it to the audience as her memory, not proof.
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第 1 章command performanceA Doctor, a Letter, and Money
第 2 章goddess from the machineMrs. Venable Meets Dr. Cukrowicz
第 3 章not unlikeMrs. Venable Shows the Garden
第 4 章mad as a hatterViolet Talks About Her Dead Son
第 5 章at one's wits' endViolet Describes Catherine's Madness
第 6 章in the image ofMrs. Venable Tells the Turtle Story
第 7 章my lips are sealedThe Hollys Come for Sebastian's Clothes
第 8 章inherit the earthMrs. Venable's Empty Chair
第 9 章bossed and bulliedThe Doctor Interviews Catherine
第 10 章to be usedCatherine on Love as Use
第 11 章make a sceneCatherine Recalls the Mardi Gras Ball
第 12 章burn upCatherine Relives the Burning Beach
第 13 章no strings attachedHockstader Shows Off the Million
第 14 章go through probateThe Hollys Visit Catherine
第 15 章go off your rockerCatherine Learns It's a Lobotomy
第 16 章all of a suddenCatherine Asks Where They'll Cut
第 17 章on the menuCatherine on Sebastian's Appetites
第 18 章taken a vowViolet Shows the Death Certificate
第 19 章objects for your pleasureCatherine Confronts Aunt Violet
第 20 章the other way aroundDoctor Fights to Delay the Surgery
第 21 章godforsakenMrs. Venable and the Sealed Coffin
第 22 章have to do withThe Doctor Hypnotizes Catherine
第 23 章third personCatherine Tells the True Story
再生中 · 第 24 章give someone awayViolet Explains the Spider's Web
第 25 章procureCatherine on Procuring for Sebastian
第 26 章fatal errorCatherine Recalls the Beach Children
第 27 章find a way outCatherine Tells How Sebastian Died第 24 / 27 章 · 残り約 10 分