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the noose is up!The Crucible · 2014 — 第 12 / 29 章 · 3'38" · B2
Elizabeth Fears Abigail Wants Her Place, Explained：come to this
The fight isn't about the trial anymore; it's about Abigail. Elizabeth is sure she wants John back — "She thinks to take my place, John" — and she asks him to go and break any promise Abigail imagines between them. John refuses, and the argument turns on his honesty: "She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor."
あらすじ
Elizabeth is certain Abigail means to destroy her: 'I knew all week it would come to this,' she says, and 'She thinks to take my place.' She begs John to go to Abigail and break whatever promise the girl believes in. John refuses, insisting he is honest, and Elizabeth's final charge — that Abigail still has 'an arrow' in him — ends the scene.
注目の表現
come to thisfavor me withfaulty understandingdote on
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このシーンの表現
come to this
reach this bad point
Elizabeth says she saw this disaster coming all week while John still urges calm.
I warned the team, but they let the release come to this.
このシーンの他の表現
- favor me with
kindly do this for me
- faulty understanding
a mistaken idea
- dote on
adore someone
- take my place
replace me
- whore
a crude insult for a woman
このシーンのメモ一覧
54 行のセリフに 25 件のメモ
Run noose is up together so the s slides into is.
the noose is up!The d in would often vanishes before come.
I knew all week it would come to this!write it off as play literally all sport; here it means a harmless bit of play
- I'll tell him she said it were all sport. - John,kindly do this for me
Just as John leaves, Elizabeth quietly asks him to favor her by going to Abigail for her.
Would you favor me with this?a mistaken idea about something
You have a faulty understanding of young girls.a promise given somewhere casual
here is a promise made in any bed - What promise!adore someone
Elizabeth says Abigail probably dotes on the whole affair right now, and she says it with contempt.
And she may dote on it now - I am sure shereplace me
Elizabeth is sure Abigail wants her gone so she can take her place as John's wife.
and thinks to kill me, then to take my place.someone's fondest wish
It is her dearest hope, John, I know it.archaic there be: Old speech used there be where we now say there are.
There be a thousand names; why does she call mine?a real risk in doing something
There be a certain danger in calling such astupid — A mocking word for someone slow; too rude for formal writing.
I am no Goody Good that sleeps in ditches, nor Osburn, drunk and half-witted.a huge gain
She'd dare not call out such a farmer's wife but there be monstrous profit in it.read a second sense into something
I think she sees another meaning in that And what see you, Elizabeth!archaic be: Be stands in for are in this period speech.
I think you be somewhat ashamed, far I am there,inverted subjunctive: Were I is an inverted if-clause for an unreal condition.
Were I stone I would have cracked for shame Then go and tell her she's a whore.crude word for a loose woman — A heavy insult for a woman; never use it in public or at work.
Were I stone I would have cracked for shame Then go and tell her she's a whore.concessive clause: The whatever-clause concedes any possibility before the command.
Whatever promise she may sense - break it, John, - break it. - Good,do not resent me for something
- Oh, how unwillingly! - I will curse her hotter than the oldest cinder But pray, begrudge me not my anger!comparative simile: The comparison with an old cinder exaggerates how hot his anger burns.
- Oh, how unwillingly! - I will curse her hotter than the oldest cinder But pray, begrudge me not my anger!Do you blends into a single d'you sound.
Do you truly think me base?accuse someone of something
Then how do you charge me with suchcling tightly to something
I see now your spirit twists around the single and I will never tear it free!Link the final s of twists straight into around.
I see now your spirit twists around the single and I will never tear it free!「Elizabeth Fears Abigail Wants Her Place」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is a marriage argument wearing the mask of a witch-trial argument. Elizabeth has spent the week expecting the accusation — 'I knew all week it would come to this' — and she reads Abigail's motive plainly: 'She thinks to take my place, John.' Her request that John go and 'break' any promise is really a request that he choose her over the past. John resists, and his resistance is what damns him: he says he will not 'plead' and insists 'I am honest,' but Elizabeth hears evasion. Her image — 'She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well' — turns the whole quarrel into a verdict on his heart. The trial outside is terrible, but the private wound is the one that can't be argued away.
Theme
MarriageElizabeth fears losing her place to Abigail, and John's refusal to act turns the quarrel into a verdict on their marriage.
TrustJohn insists 'I am honest,' but Elizabeth cannot trust him while Abigail still has 'an arrow' in him.
このチャプターで学べること
- Take my place means to replace someone, often by force.
- There be is an older way to say there are.
- Come to this marks a disaster the speaker saw coming.
- Calling someone base questions their whole character.
発音のポイント
- noose is up — Run noose is up together so the s slides into is.
- would come — The d in would often vanishes before come.
- Do you — Do you blends into a single d'you sound.
- twists around — Link the final s of twists straight into around.
I knew all week it would come to this!Elizabeth's opening line: she has been expecting Abigail to accuse her all week, and now it has happened.
There be a thousand names; why does she call mine?Her question about Abigail's accusation: out of countless names, Elizabeth's is the one called, which proves it is personal.
It is her dearest hope, John, I know it.She states Abigail's motive flatly: killing Elizabeth is what Abigail most wants, so she can have John.
Because it speaks deceit, and I am honest!John's defense: he refuses to go because pretending a promise would be dishonest, and he prides himself on being honest.
She has an arrow in you yet, John Proctor, and you know it well!Her closing verdict: Abigail's hold on John is still there, and he knows it — the accusation that ends the scene.
You have a faulty understanding of young girls.John's retort that Elizabeth misreads Abigail's feelings, showing how differently the two see the girl's motives.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Elizabeth think Abigail accused her?
Because out of thousands of names, Abigail named hers. Elizabeth believes Abigail wants her dead so she can take her place as John's wife.
What does Elizabeth ask John to do?
She asks him to go to Abigail and break any promise the girl believes exists between them. She wants him to end the connection once and for all.
Why does John refuse to go?
He says going would mean speaking deceit, and he insists he is an honest man. He also resents Elizabeth treating him as if he were base.
What does 'She has an arrow in you yet' mean?
It means Abigail still has a hold on John — an old wound or attraction that hasn't gone away. Elizabeth uses it as her final accusation.
What is the argument really about?
On the surface it's about the witch trial and Abigail's accusation. Underneath, it's about whether John has truly broken with Abigail, and whether Elizabeth can trust him.
The Crucible · 全 29 章
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次のチャプター · 第 13 章God forbidHale Visits the Proctors at Night
第 1 章at stakeParris Demands the Truth From Abigail
第 2 章conjure upAnn Putnam Cries Witchcraft
第 3 章breathe a wordAbigail Threatens the Girls
第 4 章put it out of mindProctor Rejects Abigail
第 5 章wheels within wheelsProctor Clashes With Parris
第 6 章weighted with authorityHale Arrives With His Books
第 7 章keep your wits about youHale Brings the Devil's Books
第 8 章conjureHale Interrogates Abigail and Tituba
第 9 章turn your back onTituba Confesses and Names Names
第 10 章nightfallElizabeth Urges Proctor to Testify
第 11 章hard as rockMary Warren Defies John Proctor
再生中 · 第 12 章come to thisElizabeth Fears Abigail Wants Her Place
第 13 章God forbidHale Visits the Proctors at Night
第 14 章bear false witnessHale Tests Proctor on the Commandments
第 15 章wash your hands ofCheever Arrests Elizabeth Proctor
第 16 章make your peace withProctor Forces Mary to Testify
第 17 章take it upon yourselfGiles Corey Storms the Court
第 18 章have no love forProctor Refuses to Drop the Charge
第 19 章put-uponFrancis Nurse Presents the Petition
第 20 章have no bearing onProctor Accuses Abigail in Court
第 21 章search your heartProctor Confesses Adultery in Court
第 22 章given to understandElizabeth Lies to Protect Proctor
第 23 章deadly sinThe Girls Turn on Mary Warren
第 24 章his majestyTituba and Sarah Go to Barbados
第 25 章reckon withParris Reports Abigail Has Vanished
第 26 章cast doubt uponHale Begs Danforth to Postpone
第 27 章cleave toHale Urges Elizabeth to Save Proctor
第 28 章one foot in HeavenElizabeth Visits John in Prison
第 29 章have no tongue for itProctor Refuses to Name Others第 12 / 29 章 · 残り約 73 分