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Hale Urges Elizabeth to Save Proctor, Explained：cleave to

Hale has no official standing; he comes to save a life. He tells Elizabeth that Proctor is "marked to hang," warns her to "cleave to no faith when faith brings blood," and argues that God damns a liar less than a man who throws his life away for pride. Elizabeth promises nothing.

あらすじ

In the Salem jail before the executions, Hale visits Elizabeth. He says he is not there for the court and that if Proctor dies he will count himself his murderer. He urges her to persuade John to confess, arguing that God forgives a lie more easily than a life thrown away for pride. Elizabeth agrees to speak to him but promises nothing.

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at your easemarked to hangno connection withinto the wilderness

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このシーンの表現

cleave to

to hold on to tightly

Hale warns Elizabeth not to cling to a faith that starts killing people.

She still cleaves to the rules she grew up with.

このシーンの他の表現

  • at your ease

    relaxed and unworried

  • marked to hang

    sentenced to be hanged

  • no connection with

    not linked to something

  • into the wilderness

    into a time of trial and solitude

  • prevail upon

    to persuade someone to act

このシーンのメモ一覧

56 行のセリフに 24 件のメモ

表現 · B2be/put someone at ease

relaxed and unworried

Hale's companion tries to calm Elizabeth before explaining why they came.

Pray be at your ease, we come not for your life.
発音at your ease

At your blends into an a-cher-like sound.

Pray be at your ease, we come not for your life.
表現 · B2have no connection with something

not linked to something

Hale stresses that he is not sent by the court, so Elizabeth might trust him.

You know, do you not, that I have no connection with the court?
発音do you not

Do you reduces to d'ya in fast speech.

You know, do you not, that I have no connection with the court?
表現 · A2save someone's life

rescue someone from death

I would save your husband's life,
表現 · C1go into the wilderness

into a time of trial and solitude

Hale compares his three months of doubt to Christ's trial in the wilderness.

Goody Proctor, I have gone this three month like our Lord into the wilderness.
文法 · B2who counsels men to lie

relative clause: The who-clause tells us which minister earns double damnation.

I have sought a Christian way, for damnation's doubled on a minister who counsels men to lie.
表現 · B2mistake one's duty

misread what you owe

Let you not mistake your duty as I mistook my own.
表現 · C1cleave to something

to hold on to tightly

Hale warns Elizabeth not to cling to a faith that starts killing people.

Beware, Goody Proctor - cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.
表現 · B2lead someone to something

push you toward giving up everything

It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice.
文法 · C1however glorious

concessive insert: However glorious concedes a point, then still forbids the act.

no principle, however glorious, may justify the taking of it.
表現 · C1prevail upon someone to do something

to persuade someone to act

Hale asks Elizabeth to persuade her husband to confess, politely but with pressure.

prevail upon your husband to confess.
文法 · B2for it may well be

reason clause with for: For introduces the reason, in a formal tone closer to because.

Quail not before God's judgment in this, for it may well be
表現 · B2throw one's life away

waste one's own life

God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride.
スラング · B2swine

pigs; a harsh insult — A heavy insult; never use it in polite company.

Woman, before the laws of God we are as swine!
表現 · B2lack something

have no schooling for it

I cannot dispute with you, sir; I lack learning for it.
文法 · C1Be there no

archaic question: The inverted Be there asks whether any feeling remains in her.

Be there no wifely tenderness within you?
表現 · C1contend with someone

fight or argue against

Will you contend with him?
表現 · C1deliver up something

hand something over

your dry eyes now would be sufficient evidence that you delivered up your soul to Hell!
発音would be

The d in would often drops before be.

your dry eyes now would be sufficient evidence that you delivered up your soul to Hell!
スラング · B2the devil

used to add angry emphasis — Colloquial emphasis in anger; too casual for formal writing.

Have the devil dried up any tear of pity in you?
表現 · C1it profits nothing to do something

bring no benefit

Take her out. It profit nothing she should speak to him!
発音for his

For his reduces to fer-iz with a soft h.

- You'll strive with him? - Will you plead for his confession or will you not?
表現 · B1promise nothing

make no promises

I promise nothing.

「Hale Urges Elizabeth to Save Proctor」を読み解く

What's really going on

The scene is Hale's last attempt to undo what he helped start. He has come to the jail not as a minister of the court but as a guilty man: "for if he is taken I count myself his murderer." His argument is a strange one for a reverend — he tells Elizabeth to let her husband lie, because "God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride." He even turns the language of faith against itself: "cleave to no faith when faith brings blood." Elizabeth is the counterweight. She does not argue, does not promise, and does not pretend to have learning she lacks: "I cannot dispute with you, sir." Her answer, "I promise nothing," keeps her honest and keeps the choice with John. Hale wants the couple to buy life with a lie; Elizabeth will not sell John's decision on his behalf.

Theme

FaithHale argues that faith itself can become idolatry: 'cleave to no faith when faith brings blood,' and that a lie may be the lesser sin.
MarriageElizabeth will not trade her husband's conscience for his life, promising nothing and leaving the choice to John.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Hale's warning ties faith to bloodshed, not comfort.
  • Elizabeth refuses to promise what she cannot deliver.
  • Prevail upon makes asking sound like slow pressure.
  • At your ease softens a visit that is really a summons.

発音のポイント

  • at your ease — At your blends into an a-cher-like sound.
  • do you not — Do you reduces to d'ya in fast speech.
  • would be — The d in would often drops before be.
  • for his — For his reduces to fer-iz with a soft h.
for if he is taken I count myself his murderer.

Hale's admission of guilt: if Proctor dies, Hale will consider himself responsible for it.

Beware, Goody Proctor - cleave to no faith when faith brings blood.

His warning against holding on to a belief that produces death: when faith leads to killing, it has gone wrong.

It is mistaken law that leads you to sacrifice.

Hale argues the law is misread: it is a false understanding of law, not God's will, that demands sacrifice.

God damns a liar less than he that throws his life away for pride.

His case for confessing a lie: he says a lie is a smaller sin than dying out of pride.

Woman, before the laws of God we are as swine!

He insists humans cannot understand God's will, so it is wrong to be certain that dying is what God wants.

A very ape would weep at such calamity!

Hale's rebuke of Elizabeth's dry eyes: he thinks any creature would weep at Proctor's fate.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Hale want Proctor to confess?

He believes confession — even a false one — will save Proctor's life. He says God damns a liar less than a man who throws his life away for pride.

Why does Hale say he is Proctor's murderer?

Hale started the witch hunt and now sees it killing innocent people. He feels responsible for Proctor's fate and wants to save him.

Why won't Elizabeth promise to persuade John?

She refuses to decide for her husband. She agrees to speak with him but will not guarantee anything; the choice must be his.

Why does Hale accuse Elizabeth of having a heart of stone?

He thinks anyone would weep at Proctor's fate, and reads her dry eyes as proof she has surrendered her soul to Hell.

What does 'cleave to no faith when faith brings blood' mean?

It means not to hold on to a religion or belief that causes death. Hale is telling Elizabeth that a faith which kills has become destructive.

The Crucible · 全 29 章

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