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The Great Gatsby · 2013 — 第 12 / 18 章 · 5'22" · B1

Gatsby Refuses to Let the Past Go, Explained：repeat the past

Gatsby insists Daisy can still be his, and that they can go back to how things were five years ago. One line cuts at the fantasy: "You can't repeat the past." His reply is flat refusal to accept it — "Why, of course you can" — and the film then shows where that belief was born.

あらすじ

After the party, Gatsby tells Nick that Daisy was unhappy and now wants to run away, and he reveals his plan: Daisy will tell Tom she never loved him, and they will return to Louisville to be married. Nick objects that the past cannot be repeated, but Gatsby refuses to believe it and describes how they fell in love five years earlier.

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couldn't care lessrepeat the pastlet myself gostart over

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このシーンの表現

repeat the past

重演过去；让过去再来一次

尼克对盖茨比说过去无法重演，盖茨比立刻反问为什么不能。

History often repeats the past when nobody learns from it.

このシーンの他の表現

  • couldn't care less

    一点也不在乎

  • let myself go

    放任自己；不再克制

  • start over

    to begin again from the start

このシーンのメモ一覧

94 行のセリフに 35 件のメモ

表現 · B1far away from someone...away from her now.
表現 · B2make someone understandIt's so hard to make her understand.
発音make her understand

liaison

It's so hard to make her understand.
表現 · B2couldn't care less about somethingI couldn't care less about the parties.
文法 · B2I couldn't care less about the parties

negative emphasis

I couldn't care less about the parties.
表現 · B1never loved someone...she has to tell Tom that she never loved him.
表現 · B1lovely peopleHer parents are lovely people, old sport. We'll be...
表現 · B1start over

to begin again from the start

See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
文法 · B2just as if it were five years ago

subjunctive

See, Daisy and I are gonna start over just as if it were five years ago.
表現 · B2ask too much of someoneI wouldn't ask too much of her.
表現 · B2repeat the pastYou can't repeat the past.
文法 · B1You can't repeat the past

modal negative

You can't repeat the past.
発音repeat the past

liaison

You can't repeat the past.
表現 · B1fix thingsI'm gonna fix things...
表現 · B2the way something was...just the way they were before.
表現 · B1since thenEverything's been so confused since then. I...
表現 · B2as if someone wanted to do something...as if he wanted to recover something.
表現 · B1get back to somethingIf I could just get back to the start...
表現 · B2put something into something...of himself that he had put into loving Daisy.
表現 · A2five years agoOne night in Louisville, five years ago...
表現 · B2find oneself somewhere...Gatsby found himself at Daisy's house by colossal accident.
表現 · B1such a beautiful somethingI'd never been in such a beautiful house.
表現 · B1never been in somethingI'd never been in such a beautiful house.
発音never been in

weak form

I'd never been in such a beautiful house.
表現 · B2save a dance for someoneMay I save the next dance?
表現 · B2a penniless young man...a penniless young man...
表現 · B2a vision of oneself...grand vision of himself.
表現 · B2climb alone...if I climbed alone.
表現 · C1be forever wed to someone...forever wed to her.
表現 · C1the mind of God...the mind of God.
表現 · B2let oneself goAnd then I just let myself go.
表現 · C1blossom for someoneShe blossomed for him like a flower...
表現 · B1fall in loveI knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.
表現 · B1give someone more timeI just need to give her more time, old sport.
表現 · B1be wrong about somethingYou're wrong about the past, old sport.

「Gatsby Refuses to Let the Past Go」を読み解く

What's really going on

Gatsby's whole plan depends on a sentence he wants Daisy to say — "she never loved him" — as if erasing Tom from the past would restore the five years he lost. Nick's warning, "You can't repeat the past," is answered with "Why, of course you can," because Gatsby is not talking about memory but about control. The flashback that follows shows the source: a young man who believed he could only climb if he climbed alone, and who fixed his dream onto one girl. What the scene shows is that his dream was built before she was.

Theme

DreamsGatsby believes the past can be recovered and rebuilt, treating his old love as a goal still within reach.
MemoryNick narrates a man who keeps talking about the past as if trying to recover something he lost.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Use you can't repeat the past as a warning
  • Hear couldn't care less as total indifference
  • Use start over and as if for a reset
  • Catch old sport as Gatsby's pet name
  • Hear of course you can as stubborn hope

発音のポイント

  • make her understand — liaison
  • repeat the past — liaison
  • never been in — weak form
I knew it was a great mistake for a man like me to fall in love.

Gatsby looks back and admits love was a risk he should not have taken, given where he came from.

My life has got to be like this.

A declaration that his life must keep climbing, with no room for standing still or for the past to catch him.

You're wrong about the past, old sport.

Gatsby's parting shot to Nick, insisting that the past is not fixed and can still be changed.

It's got to keep going up.

The rule Gatsby lives by: everything must rise, a self-made man's refusal to let his life level off.

このシーンについての質問

Why does Gatsby want Daisy to tell Tom she never loved him?

He wants the past rewritten so that only he was ever in her heart. If she says she never loved Tom, then the five years apart become a mistake he can undo.

What does Nick mean by "You can't repeat the past"?

Nick is warning Gatsby that time cannot be reversed. He thinks Gatsby is chasing a memory that no longer exists, no matter how much money or effort he spends.

Why does the film flash back to Louisville?

The flashback shows where Gatsby's belief comes from. It reveals him as a penniless young man who fell for Daisy and built his entire ambition around her.

What does "old sport" tell us about Gatsby here?

It is his signature old-fashioned address, used warmly and often. In these scenes it also keeps a distance, letting him stay calm and in control while insisting the past can be fixed.

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次のチャプター · 第 13 章Have it your own wayGatsby Meets Tom at Lunch
第 1 章reserve all judgmentsNick Begins His Story第 2 章have the decencyNick Dines with the Buchanans第 3 章sit on the sidelineTom's Secret Apartment Party第 4 章old sportNick Searches for Gatsby第 5 章a pack of liesGatsby Tells Nick His Life Story第 6 章keeps his mouth shutGatsby's Lunch with a Gambler第 7 章pomp and circumstanceJordan Tells Gatsby's Backstory第 8 章acting like a little boyGatsby's Awkward Reunion with Daisy第 9 章If it wasn't forGatsby Shows Daisy His Mansion第 10 章to your likingTom and Daisy Join Gatsby's Party第 11 章make a point ofDaisy Wants to Run Away再生中 · 第 12 章repeat the pastGatsby Refuses to Let the Past Go第 13 章Have it your own wayGatsby Meets Tom at Lunch第 14 章Nobody From NowhereTom Calls Gatsby Nobody From Nowhere第 15 章in our bloodTom Exposes Gatsby at the Hotel第 16 章pull yourself togetherThe Yellow Car After the Crash第 17 章keep your voice downGatsby Waits Outside Daisy's House第 18 章made something of myselfGatsby Keeps Vigil Until Dawn
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