coming down very soon
Mrs. Venable will be right down.Suddenly, Last Summer · 1959 — 第 21 / 27 章 · 2'59" · B2
Mrs. Venable and the Sealed Coffin, Explained：godforsaken
Mrs. Venable brings out Sebastian's papers and death certificate to settle the matter: the body was 'damaged in falling,' and 'the coffin came sealed.' There were no rumors, she insists — his heart stopped and he fell. The doctor then prepares Catherine for an injection.
あらすじ
At Violet's house, the doctor gathers everyone together. Violet produces Sebastian's odds and ends and his death certificate, which says the body was 'damaged in falling'; the coffin, she explains, came sealed. She insists there were no rumors — his heart simply stopped. With the family story fixed, the doctor turns to Catherine and prepares her for another injection.
注目の表現
mislaykeep someone waitingodds and endsdeath certificate
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このシーンの表現
godforsaken
dreary and abandoned
She calls the village godforsaken, dismissing the place while playing the death down.
We got stranded in some godforsaken town for three days.
このシーンの他の表現
- mislay
to lose things by carelessness
- keep someone waiting
make someone wait
- odds and ends
small miscellaneous things
- death certificate
official record of a death
- take off
remove clothing
このシーンのメモ一覧
56 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
The t in right often drops before down.
Mrs. Venable will be right down.down very soon — A casual promise of quick arrival; fine in speech, odd in writing.
Mrs. Venable will be right down.just as you requested
- The others are here, as you asked. - Show them into the sun room, please.what you asked for
Doctor, I have the things you wanted.make someone wait
She arrives late and apologizes to the doctor for making him wait.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Dr. Cukrowicz.Link keep and you so they sound like one word.
Sorry to keep you waiting, Dr. Cukrowicz.to put things down carelessly
I had to get those papers you wanted. I mislay everything.verb + object + infinitive: The pattern want someone to do something puts the object before the infinitive.
...I want you to meet my sister-in-law, Mrs. Ho...acting secretively
I don't know why everybody is being so mysterious.small miscellaneous things
She hands over Sebastian's papers as mere odds and ends, though one of them matters greatly.
I brought you some of Sebastian's papers. Odds and ends.understand a language in writing
- This must be painful for you. - If you don't read Spanish, I have...parenthetical: As you see is a parenthetical that points the listener straight at the evidence.
As you see, there was no mystery...concessive clause: No matter what introduces a concessive clause: whatever the girl said does not matter.
...no matter what the girl said at the time or any other time.hurt during an event
...damaged in falling. Where did he fall?dreary and abandoned — A dismissive word for a miserable place; too slangy for reports.
...in the street of a godforsaken village?arrived closed shut
It was a primitive country. The coffin came sealed.nothing was whispered
There were no rumors. His heart stopped and he fell.the very beginning of something
It's very unusual. Like the dawn of creation.the moment has come for
Would you take off your jacket? It's time for another injection.counting down in reverse
Now you want me to start counting backwards from 100?In fast speech want me to blurs into wanna.
Now you want me to start counting backwards from 100?「Mrs. Venable and the Sealed Coffin」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is paperwork as a weapon. Violet arrives late, flustered about 'mislaid' documents, then takes control with Sebastian's death certificate: the body was 'damaged in falling,' the coffin 'came sealed,' and there were conveniently 'no rumors.' Every phrase is chosen to close the question before it is asked, which is why the sealed coffin matters: no one has seen the body, and Violet wants it to stay that way. The doctor does not argue; he gathers the family, plants the Hollys in the garden, and moves toward Catherine. Even his joke about the truth serum — 'there is no such thing' — cuts two ways, since he immediately adds that truth exists 'somewhere.' The scene sets up the final extraction of the real story.
Theme
LiesViolet uses the sealed coffin and 'no rumors' to close down questions about how Sebastian really died.
SecretsThe death certificate is meant to bury the truth, while the doctor prepares to extract it from Catherine.
このチャプターで学べること
- A sealed coffin says more than any autopsy report.
- Denying a rumor is often how a cover-up begins.
- A garden compared to creation hides a mother's grief.
- Mislay sounds gentler than lose, and she knows it.
発音のポイント
- right down — The t in right often drops before down.
- keep you — Link keep and you so they sound like one word.
- want me to — In fast speech want me to blurs into wanna.
There were no rumors. His heart stopped and he fell.Violet's flat official version: nothing strange happened, he simply fell. The denial is the point.
It's very unusual. Like the dawn of creation.Her description of the garden, repeating Sebastian's own grand comparison of the place to creation itself.
It was a primitive country. The coffin came sealed.Her explanation for why no one saw the body: the country was backward and the coffin arrived sealed.
There is truth, all right. Somewhere.The doctor's quiet reply: truth exists, even if it has to be dug out — a promise to Catherine rather than a statement of fact.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Violet bring out the death certificate?
To settle the questions about Sebastian's death and support the official story. She says the body was 'damaged in falling' and there were no rumors.
What does 'the coffin came sealed' imply?
It implies no one saw the body, so the true cause of death cannot be checked. Violet uses that fact to shut down the mystery instead of explaining it.
Who is present when the doctor gathers the family?
Violet, Dr. Hockstader, Catherine, and the Hollys, though Grace and George are sent to wait in the garden while the doctor deals with Catherine.
What does the doctor plan to do to Catherine?
He gives her another injection — the so-called truth serum — to bring out the memory she has suppressed about Sebastian's death.
What does 'no such thing' mean here?
It means something does not exist at all. The doctor says there is 'no such thing' as a truth serum, yet adds that truth itself exists 'somewhere.'
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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
再生中 · 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
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 21 / 27 章 · 残り約 20 分