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The Crucible · 2014 — 第 4 / 29 章 · 5'03" · B2

Proctor Rejects Abigail, Explained：put it out of mind

Abigail catches John Proctor alone and tries to revive their affair, but he refuses her again and again. "Wipe it out of mind," he tells her: "We never touched." She answers by attacking his wife and insisting he still loves her, turning rejection into a threat against Elizabeth.

あらすじ

In this scene, John Proctor sends his servant Mary Warren home and is left alone with Abigail Williams. She comes close and pleads for a tender word, but Proctor tells her the affair is over and to forget it. When she mocks his wife Elizabeth and claims he still loves her, Proctor threatens to whip her.

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pretenseput it out of mindcut off my handone of these days

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このシーンの表現

put it out of mind

stop thinking about it

Proctor tells Abigail to put the whole affair out of her mind.

Put it out of mind and get some sleep before the exam.

このシーンの他の表現

  • pretense

    a false show

  • cut off my hand

    refuse at any cost

  • one of these days

    sooner or later

  • leaped in on

    burst in on someone

  • wintry man

    a cold, passionless man

このシーンのメモ一覧

83 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ

文法 · C1Be you foolish

archaic question: The fronted be replaces are in this older question form.

Be you foolish, Mary Warren?
文法 · B1did I not

tag question: The tag did I not presses him to admit she already gave the order.

I .... you leave the house, did I not?
表現 · A1look for someone or something

search for

I am looking for you more often than my cows!
表現 · B1the great doings

the big events

I only come to see the great doings in the world.
表現 · A2one of these days

sooner or later

Proctor half-jokingly threatens Mary that one of these days she will get a smack.

I'll show you a great doing on your arse one of these days.
スラング · B2arse

buttocks, vulgar — British slang for buttocks; avoid it in polite company.

I'll show you a great doing on your arse one of these days.
表現 · A2be off

have to leave

I'd best be off.
表現 · B2a pilgrimage to somewhere

a steady flow toward

The road past my house is a pilgrimage to Salem all morning.
スラング · B1posh

nonsense, said with contempt — An old exclamation of scorn, rare in modern speech.

- The town's mumbling witchcraft. - Oh, posh!
表現 · B1leap in on someone

burst in on someone

Abigail says her uncle leaped in on them mid-dance and frightened Betty.

and my uncle leaped in on us.
スラング · B1wicked

playfully bad — A teasing word for a naughty person, not a real insult.

Ah, you're wicked yet, aren't ye!
表現 · A2be done with something

finished with

No, no, Abby. That's done with.
表現 · A2wait for someone

expect someone to come

Abby, I never give you hope to wait for me.
表現 · B2put something out of mind

stop thinking about it

Proctor tells Abigail to put the whole affair out of her mind.

Abby, you'll put it out of mind.
表現 · B2sport with someone

toy with someone

You're surely sporting with me.
表現 · B2have a sense for something

a feel for

I have a sense for heat, John,
表現 · B2cannot sleep for something

unable to sleep because of

I cannot sleep for dreaming;
文法 · B2cannot sleep for dreaming

for + gerund: Here for plus the gerund gives the reason she cannot sleep.

I cannot sleep for dreaming;
表現 · B1walk about

walk around

I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the house
表現 · A2as though + clause

as if

as though I'd find you coming through some door.
表現 · A2from time to time

occasionally

Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time.
発音think of you

Link think of you smoothly instead of pausing after think.

Abby, I may think of you softly from time to time.
表現 · A2reach for someone or something

stretch out toward

But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again.
発音cut off

Practice flapping the t so cut off sounds like cu-dof.

But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again.
表現 · B2wipe something out

erase it

Wipe it out of mind. We never touched.
発音Wipe it out

Run Wipe it out together as one sound group.

Wipe it out of mind. We never touched.
文法 · B2how such a strong man may let

how-clause: The how-clause is what she marvels at, not a direct question.

how such a strong man may let such a sickly wife...
表現 · B2speak nothing of something

never mention

You'll speak nothing of Elizabeth!

「Proctor Rejects Abigail」を読み解く

What's really going on

Under the fight is an old desire that only one of them has given up. Abigail keeps reaching for the language of love — "Give me a word, John. A soft word" — while Proctor answers with distance, saying "No, no, Abby. That's done with." Her real weapon is the truth nobody is supposed to mention: "I know how you clutched my back behind your house and sweated like a stallion whenever I come near!" Faced with that, Proctor draws a hard line — "I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again" — and orders her, "Wipe it out of mind. We never touched." But Abigail will not accept a version in which nothing happened, and she turns his refusal into a case against his wife, calling Elizabeth a cold, sniveling woman who is blackening her name. The choice is already clear: the affair can be buried or turned into a weapon, and Abigail has decided which.

Theme

SecretsProctor wants their affair buried — 'We never touched' — while Abigail refuses to let it stay secret.
BetrayalAbigail treats Proctor's ending of the affair as a betrayal and turns on Elizabeth to punish him.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Done with closes a relationship, not just a task.
  • Wipe it out of mind orders the past erased.
  • Cutting off a hand is a vow, not a plan.
  • Pretense means the town is performing goodness.

発音のポイント

  • think of you — Link think of you smoothly instead of pausing after think.
  • cut off — Practice flapping the t so cut off sounds like cu-dof.
  • Wipe it out — Run Wipe it out together as one sound group.
But I will cut off my hand before I'll ever reach for you again.

Proctor swears with a violent image that he will never touch Abigail again, making the break absolute rather than gentle.

Wipe it out of mind. We never touched.

He asks her to erase the affair and even deny it happened, trying to settle the past by refusing to name it.

I'll not be coming for you more.

His plain statement that he will stop visiting her: the affair is finished, whatever she still feels.

and whatever sin it is, you love me yet!

Abigail's claim that his feeling survives the sin — she insists his love, not his guilt, is the truth of the matter.

No, no, Abby. That's done with.

Proctor's quick refusal to reopen anything: he calls the affair closed and turns down the soft word she asked for.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Proctor refuse Abigail so harshly?

He has decided to end the affair and return to his wife. Abigail keeps testing for tenderness, so he answers with hard, final language — cutting off his hand, forgetting it ever happened — because anything softer reads to her as hope.

Is Proctor still in love with Abigail?

He admits he may think of her softly from time to time, so some feeling remains. But he insists he will never act on it again, which is why he turns every plea into a refusal and tells her to put it out of mind.

Why does Abigail attack Elizabeth?

Proctor blames Elizabeth for pushing Abigail out, and Abigail sees her as the reason she lost him. She calls Elizabeth a cold, sniveling woman who is blackening her name in the village, aiming the anger at the wife rather than at Proctor.

What happened between Proctor and Abigail before this scene?

They had an affair while Abigail worked in the Proctor house, and Elizabeth found out, dismissed her, and has not forgiven her. Abigail still believes Proctor loves her and is waiting for him every night.

Why does Proctor threaten to whip Abigail?

She will not stop pressing him and turns to insulting Elizabeth. When she tries to twist him against his wife, he ends the argument with the threat of a whip, the one authority he still has over her.

The Crucible · 全 29 章

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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再生中 · 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
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