know it is wrong to do that
- You trying to ruin this hospital? - You know better than that.Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 20 / 27 章 · 2'19" · B2
Doctor Fights to Delay the Surgery, Explained：the other way around
The administrator recites Catherine's record — suicide attempt, a riot, a burned nun — and asks whether the doctor is trying to ruin the hospital. The doctor answers that "it was the other way around": she was provoked, not violent. Under pressure to book the operating room, he asks only for one more day to reach the truth.
あらすじ
In an office, an administrator reads Catherine's file to Dr. Cukrowicz: a suicide attempt, inciting a riot in the men's day room, burning a nun with a cigarette. He presses the doctor to schedule tomorrow's operation to protect the hospital. The doctor disagrees — 'She was provoked. I was there, I saw it' — and begs for one more day to find the truth behind her story.
注目の表現
can't thinkinvent excusesthe other way aroundas much as you do
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このシーンの表現
the other way around
the reverse
The file says Catherine attacked the gardener, and the doctor flips the roles with one line.
I thought she called him, but it was the other way around.
このシーンの他の表現
- can't think
unable to reason
- invent excuses
make up justifications
- as much as you do
to the same degree as you
- proof of sanity
evidence of being sane
- break through
get past a barrier
このシーンのメモ一覧
41 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
dropped be: The opening Are is dropped, making the question faster and sharper.
- You trying to ruin this hospital? - You know better than that.what the result would be
Can you imagine what would happen to us if she'd jumped?past unreal conditional: Had jumped marks a past condition that did not happen, with a would result.
Can you imagine what would happen to us if she'd jumped?The d in she'd often drops, sliding straight into jumped.
Can you imagine what would happen to us if she'd jumped?unable to reason
The director explains the ward in one cold line: patients are kept here because they cannot think.
Patients are here because they can't think.attempted suicide
During which she tried to kill herself, incited the men's day room to a riot...make up justifications
The director blames Catherine for the riot and cuts off the doctor's explanation as an excuse.
There was a riot, and she caused it. Don't invent excuses for her.the reverse
The file says Catherine attacked the gardener, and the doctor flips the roles with one line.
It was the other way around.one of the nuns
She tried to burn one of the Sisters with a cigarette.a mentally troubled patient
Provoked? Who would provoke a disturbed patient?evidence of being sane
Right after noting the suicide attempt, the director calls it proof of sanity, an irony sharp as a verdict.
Cogent proof of sanity, wouldn't you say?tag question: The tag asks for agreement but carries a cold, ironic edge.
Cogent proof of sanity, wouldn't you say?Wouldn't you runs together, close to 'would-ja'.
Cogent proof of sanity, wouldn't you say?to the same degree as you
The doctor tells the director he wants the new building just as much, turning a confession into leverage.
You know I want that building as much as you do.As much as runs together as one smooth stretch.
You know I want that building as much as you do.get past a barrier
The doctor asks for one last day to break through the block hiding the truth in Catherine.
Give me one more day to see if I can break through that block to the truth.embedded clause: The if-clause is the object of see, framing the attempt as something to find out.
Give me one more day to see if I can break through that block to the truth.an urgent medical case
This is a medical emergency.donating her money
Look, you don't want Mrs. Venable giving her money...moved too quickly
And you don't want anybody to be able to say that we acted hastily...where to locate someone
But be sure you know where I can find Dr. Kilmer.「Doctor Fights to Delay the Surgery」を読み解く
What's really going on
This is a bureaucratic fight dressed as a medical judgment. The administrator lists Catherine's worst moments — the riot, the burned nun — not to diagnose her but to justify acting fast and quietly; 'Can you imagine what would happen to us if she'd jumped?' matters more than what she actually did. The doctor pushes back with evidence: 'She was provoked. I was there, I saw it,' and warns that other records may simply be wrong. He names the real worry out loud, that no one should say 'we acted hastily' or 'unethically.' The threat of a rival clinic and Mrs. Venable's money turns the conversation into a negotiation: one day of freedom against the hospital's reputation.
Theme
PowerThe administrator uses the hospital's reputation to pressure the doctor into a fast, quiet operation.
JusticeThe doctor refuses to accept a file of accusations, insisting Catherine was provoked and the record is wrong.
このチャプターで学べること
- A file can be read as a verdict before anyone asks a question.
- Flipping victim and attacker takes one short sentence.
- The doctor wins time by naming the director's own motive.
- Calling a suicide attempt proof of sanity is pure irony.
発音のポイント
- if she'd jumped — The d in she'd often drops, sliding straight into jumped.
- wouldn't you — Wouldn't you runs together, close to 'would-ja'.
- as much as — As much as runs together as one smooth stretch.
Patients are here because they can't think.The administrator's blunt rule: if a patient can't reason properly, that alone justifies keeping her. It frames Catherine's case as a matter of management, not guilt.
It was the other way around.The doctor's short correction: the accusation has it backwards. The person described as the attacker was, in his account, the victim.
Give me one more day to see if I can break through that block to the truth.He asks for time to get past the wall around Catherine's memory. It's a plea for evidence before surgery, not for mercy.
She was provoked. I was there, I saw it.He answers the charges with eyewitness knowledge. His authority comes from having stood in the room where the file's version breaks down.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the administrator want to operate quickly?
He fears a scandal. If Catherine had jumped, the hospital would face blame, so he wants the case resolved fast rather than examined slowly.
Why does the doctor refuse to schedule the operation?
He believes the record is wrong and that Catherine was provoked, not violent. He wants one more day to reach the truth before anyone cuts into her brain.
What is the 'block' the doctor mentions?
It's the wall in Catherine's memory around what happened the summer Sebastian died. He wants to get past it to learn the truth she cannot yet say.
Does the doctor care about Mrs. Venable's money?
He admits he wants the building as much as the administrator does, but he uses that shared interest to argue for more time instead of a rushed operation.
What happens with the Seattle Clinic call?
The doctor orders the call cancelled but tells the administrator to keep Dr. Kilmer's contact ready — a warning that he could still seek a second opinion elsewhere.
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第 23 章third personCatherine Tells the True Story
第 24 章give someone awayViolet Explains the Spider's Web
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