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The Crucible · 2014 — 第 5 / 29 章 · 3'49" · C1

Proctor Clashes With Parris, Explained：wheels within wheels

The fight is about money, firewood, and who holds authority. Parris demands "a mark of confidence" — the deed to his house — and warns, "There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!" Proctor answers, "I am sick of Hell!" and says he dislikes "the smell of this authority."

あらすじ

At Parris's house, Proctor and the minister argue openly. Proctor complains that the sermons are all hellfire and damnation, while Parris lists his grievances: low pay, firewood he must buy himself, and being the third preacher in seven years. He wants the deed to the house as "a mark of confidence," and warns that there is either obedience or the church will burn.

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このシーンの表現

wheels within wheels

hidden layers of plotting

The Putnams describe village affairs as wheels within wheels, full of hidden schemes.

There are wheels within wheels in every family business.

このシーンの他の表現

  • fathom

    to understand fully

  • a mark of confidence

    a sign of trust

  • break charity with

    fall out with someone

  • acreage

    land measured in acres

  • is all

    that is all I want

このシーンのメモ一覧

62 行のセリフに 29 件のメモ

表現 · A2all but one

everything except

child, nor grand-child either, and I bury all but one?
発音wheels within

Practice linking wheels within as one unit with a soft s-z.

There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!
表現 · B2proceed to do something

go on to do

When Reverend Hale comes, you will proceed to look for signs of witchcraft here.
表現 · B1have trouble enough

already have enough problems

I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation.
文法 · C1without I come five mile

archaic without-clause: Here without acts as a conjunction meaning unless.

I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation.
スラング · C1damnation

eternal punishment, a curse — A fiery religious curse, rare outside old sermons today.

I have trouble enough without I come five mile to hear him preach only hellfire and bloody damnation.
表現 · C1quail at something

shrink from doing

there are many that quail to bring their children - I do not preach for children, Rebecca.
文法 · B2who are unmindful of

cleft sentence: The it-is-who pattern puts the emphasis on who is not to blame.

It is not the children who are unmindful of their obligations toward this ministry.
表現 · B2be supplied with something

be provided with

My contract provides I be supplied with all my firewood.
表現 · A2X a year

per year

You are allowed six pound a year to buy your wood, Mr. Parris.
表現 · B2regard something as something

consider as

I regard that six pound as part of my salary.
表現 · A2spend money on something

pay money for

I am paid little enough without I spend six pound on firewood.
表現 · B2a man of one's kind

a man like me

Mr. Corey, you will look far for a man of my kind at sixty pound a year!
表現 · C1fathom something

understand it fully

I do not fathom it, why am I persecuted here?
表現 · C1a riot of something

a noisy uproar

I cannot offer one proposition but there be a howling riot of argument.
文法 · C1but there be

but as unless: But functions as unless here, linking every proposal to a riot.

I cannot offer one proposition but there be a howling riot of argument.
表現 · B2a mark of trust

a sign of trust

Parris says the deed is not greed but simply a mark of confidence.

I want a mark of confidence, is all!
表現 · B2be put out

be thrown out

I do not wish to be put out like the cat whenever some majority feels the whim.
文法 · B2either obedience or

correlative either-or: The either-or pair forces a choice and leaves no middle ground.

There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!
発音sick of

Link sick and of so the k flows into of.

I am sick of Hell!
スラング · B1sick of

tired of, fed up — Casual for fed up; use tired of in formal speech.

I am sick of Hell!
表現 · C1not for someone to say

not your place to decide

It is not for you to say what is good for you to hear!
表現 · B1speak one's heart

say what one truly feels

I may speak my heart, I think!
スラング · B2Quakers

Quakers, used as a label — Using a faith as a label is loaded; it can offend today.

What, are we Quakers?
表現 · B2a faction and a party

an organized faction

I am not blind; there is a faction and a party.
表現 · B2the smell of something

the feel of

I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority".
発音smell of

Run smell of together without a breath between them.

I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority".
表現 · C1break charity with someone

fall out with someone

Rebecca urges Proctor not to fall out with his minister.

No, you cannot break charity with your minister.
表現 · B2make one's peace with someone

settle a quarrel

Clasp his hand, make your peace.

「Proctor Clashes With Parris」を読み解く

What's really going on

The argument looks petty — firewood, six pounds, a deed — but it is really about who controls the parish. Parris feels his authority slipping: 'I am your third preacher in seven years,' he says, and he wants a permanent hold on the meeting house. Proctor refuses to grant him that, and his dig about hellfire lands: 'I am sick of Hell!' When Parris insists that a minister is the Lord's man and must not be contradicted, he makes the scene's real claim: 'There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!' Proctor's reply — 'I like not the smell of this "authority"' — is the first open rebellion in the play, and Rebecca's attempt to 'clasp his hand' and make peace cannot paper over it.

Theme

PowerParris wants the deed and unquestioned obedience; Proctor openly rejects his authority, and the parish splits.
PrideBoth men refuse to yield — Parris over his dignity, Proctor over his contempt for 'authority.'

このチャプターで学べること

  • Wheels within wheels means hidden layers of plotting.
  • By name, not by acreage rejects power bought with land.
  • Either-or leaves no middle ground in the argument.
  • Break charity means falling out, not losing charity money.

発音のポイント

  • wheels within — Practice linking wheels within as one unit with a soft s-z.
  • sick of — Link sick and of so the k flows into of.
  • smell of — Run smell of together without a breath between them.
There are wheels within wheels in this village, and fires within fires!

Rebecca's image of Salem: everything is tangled and layered, with hidden causes behind visible ones.

We vote by name in this society, not by acreage.

Proctor's defense of the church's equality: votes count by person, not by how much land a man owns.

There is either obedience or the church will burn like Hell is burning!

Parris's ultimatum: submit to his authority or the whole church will go up in flames. It's a threat dressed as theology.

I am sick of Hell!

Proctor's blunt reply to another sermon about damnation — he is exhausted by the endless hellfire.

I mean it solemnly, Rebecca; I like not the smell of this "authority".

Proctor says he means it seriously: he dislikes the very idea of 'authority,' setting up the rebellion to come.

このシーンについての質問

Why are Proctor and Parris arguing?

Proctor resents Parris's hellfire sermons and rarely attends; Parris wants more respect, better pay, and the deed to his house. Their quarrel is about authority as much as money.

What does Parris want from the congregation?

He wants the deed to the house so he cannot be dismissed at the whim of the majority. He calls it 'a mark of confidence,' but it means permanent ownership.

Why does Parris call himself the third preacher in seven years?

To show how unstable his position is. He fears being 'put out like the cat' whenever the majority changes its mind.

What does 'I like not the smell of this authority' mean?

Proctor means he distrusts the very idea of church authority. It is his blunt way of saying he will not be ordered around.

What does Rebecca try to do?

She tries to calm the quarrel and tells Proctor to clasp the minister's hand and make peace, hoping to keep charity between them.

The Crucible · 全 29 章

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