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The Crucible · 2014 — 第 2 / 29 章 · 4'53" · B2

Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft, Explained：conjure up

Ann Putnam comes to Parris's house with a spiritual accusation: her daughter Ruth is afflicted, and she has already sent the girl to Tituba to speak with the dead. "There is a murdering witch among us," she insists, turning grief into a charge that Parris cannot ignore.

あらすじ

In Reverend Parris's house on a Salem morning, Ann Putnam describes her daughter Ruth's mysterious illness as the Devil's work. She admits she sent Ruth to Tituba to conjure the dead, then declares that a murdering witch is among them. Parris fears the scandal will destroy him; Thomas Putnam urges him to fight the Devil openly.

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このシーンの表現

conjure up

call up, as if by magic

Parris calls conjuring up the dead a formidable sin, turning the practice into a crime.

The smell of wood smoke conjures up my grandmother's kitchen.

このシーンの他の表現

  • marvel

    a wonder, a strange thing

  • providence

    the will of heaven

  • leap to

    jump straight to a verdict

  • struck dumb

    made unable to speak

  • look you

    listen here, I'm telling you

このシーンのメモ一覧

87 行のセリフに 30 件のメモ

表現 · A1come in

enter, please

Why, Goody Putnam, come in.
発音come in

Practice linking come in as one smooth unit.

Why, Goody Putnam, come in.
文法 · C1driving into them, forked and hoofed

participle phrase: The participle phrase pictures death itself driving in, with fork and hoof.

It's death, y'know, it's death driving into them, forked and hoofed.
スラング · B1naught

nothing, in old speech — Period speech for nothing; avoid it in modern talk.

and hears naught, sees naught, and cannot eat.
表現 · B1send for someone

call someone in

They say you've sent for Reverend Hale of Beverly?
文法 · C1so disastrous a charge laid upon me

so + adjective + a + noun: The so-plus-adjective order stresses how disastrous the charge is.

I know that you - you least of all, Thomas, would ever wish so disastrous a charge laid upon me.
表現 · B2take someone's part

side with someone

Mr. Parris, I have taken your part in all contention here, and I would continue;
文法 · B1I have laid

present perfect: The present perfect links her past loss directly to this present accusation.

Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth.
表現 · B2speak to the dead

communicate with the dead

Tituba knows how to speak to the dead, Mr. Parris.
表現 · B1conjure up something

call up, as if by magic

Parris calls conjuring up the dead a formidable sin, turning the practice into a crime.

Goody Ann, it is a formidable sin to conjure up the dead!
表現 · C1take something on one's soul

shoulder the blame

I take it on my soul, but who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies?
発音take it on

Let the t between vowels flap; it sounds like take-i-on.

I take it on my soul, but who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies?
表現 · B1ever so + adjective

extremely

Last night my Ruth were ever so close to their little spirits; I know it, sir.
表現 · B2be struck dumb

made unable to speak

Ann says Ruth has gone silent, and only a dark power could have sealed her mouth.

For how else is she struck dumb now except some power of darkness would stop her mouth?
文法 · C1how else is she struck dumb now except

rhetorical question: The question is not a question; it means no other cause exists.

For how else is she struck dumb now except some power of darkness would stop her mouth?
表現 · B1keep someone in the dark

uninformed or hidden

There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark.
表現 · B2be bound to do something

certain to

There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark.
発音among us

Link among us smoothly; do not pause between the two words.

There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark.
表現 · C1cannot blink something

pretend not to see it literally to blink; here it means to pretend you did not see

Let your enemies make of it what they will, you cannot blink it more.
文法 · C1make of it what they will

concessive clause: Whatever they will make of it concedes that others may spin it any way.

Let your enemies make of it what they will, you cannot blink it more.
表現 · B2declare something yourself

state it yourself first

Wait for no one to charge you - declare it yourself.
表現 · A2give a sneeze

let out a big sneeze

She's improved a little, I think - she give a powerful sneeze before.
表現 · B1fear no more

stop being afraid

I'd fear no more, Goody Putnam.
表現 · B1have no answer for something

have nothing to say to

I have no answer for that crowd.
表現 · B2strike out against something

fight back against

Let you strike out against the Devil, and the village will bless you for it!
表現 · B1thirst for something

crave something

They're thirsting for your word, Mister!
表現 · A2have had enough

to be fed up

Parris says he has argued nonstop since he arrived and wants no more of it.

I have had enough contention since I came; I want no more.
スラング · B2d'y'hear

do you hear me? — A spoken 'do you hear' used to press a warning.

Mercy, you go home to Ruth, d'y'hear?
表現 · A2do something at once

immediately

- Aye, mum. - If she starts for the window, - cry for me at once. - I will, uncle.
スラング · A2Aye

yes, in old speech — Old yes; it sounds theatrical today.

- Aye, mum. - If she starts for the window, - cry for me at once. - I will, uncle.

「Ann Putnam Cries Witchcraft」を読み解く

What's really going on

What looks like a visit about a sick child is really an accusation being assembled. Ann arrives grieving, but she has already taken a step the Puritans consider a sin: she sent Ruth to Tituba to speak to the dead. Once that is admitted, she reframes it as evidence rather than guilt — "There is a murdering witch among us" — and the babies she buried become proof that someone in Salem murdered them. Parris hears only the danger to himself: "They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house." He wants to wait for Hale and say nothing; Thomas Putnam pushes him the other way, insisting he strike out against the Devil and let the village bless him for it. The scene is less a conversation than a transfer of fear: Ann's certainty becomes Parris's political terror, and a private grief is converted into a public charge of witchcraft.

Theme

SecretsAnn's confession about conjuring the dead turns a hidden act into public evidence against a witch.
GuiltAnn buries her grief in certainty, naming a witch to explain the babies she lost.

このチャプターで学べること

  • In the dark means hidden, not literally unlit.
  • Providence lets her blame heaven for spreading the rumor.
  • Struck dumb describes Ruth's silence as a blow.
  • Howl out of turns neighbors into a mob.

発音のポイント

  • come in — Practice linking come in as one smooth unit.
  • take it on — Let the t between vowels flap; it sounds like take-i-on.
  • among us — Link among us smoothly; do not pause between the two words.
Reverend Parris, I have laid seven babies un-baptized in the earth.

Ann says she buried seven infants who died before baptism, offering her private grief as the ground for everything she claims next.

I take it on my soul, but who else may surely tell us what person murdered my babies?

She accepts the sin of conjuring the dead but insists only the spirits can name who killed her children, trading guilt for a suspect.

There is a murdering witch among us, bound to keep herself in the dark.

Ann turns suspicion into a public charge: someone in Salem is a murderer and is hiding, and the village should hunt her down.

They will howl me out of Salem for such corruption in my house.

Parris's fear is social, not spiritual: a scandal under his roof will get him driven out of the town.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Ann Putnam believe a witch murdered her babies?

She buried seven infants and each died on the night it was born. When her daughter Ruth falls into the same strange illness, Ann treats it as proof that some hidden person is killing her children.

Why is Parris so afraid of the witchcraft talk?

He is worried about his own position. As he puts it, the scandal in his own house means the village will howl him out of Salem, so he would rather wait for Hale and say little.

What does Thomas Putnam want Parris to do?

He wants Parris to act instead of waiting. He tells him to strike out against the Devil and promises the village will bless him for it, pushing him toward a public accusation.

What does 'look you' mean when Parris says it?

It is an old way of saying 'listen' or 'you see.' He uses it to stop whoever is speaking and make them hear his point, which is why it sounds abrupt.

Who is Tituba in this scene?

She is Parris's slave, said to know how to speak to the dead. Ann admits she sent Ruth to Tituba to conjure the spirits of her dead babies, which is why the talk turns to sin and witchcraft.

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