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How Westley Became Roberts, Explained：life's little quirks
On the surface he is explaining how he became the Dread Pirate Roberts. Underneath, the name is a mask passed down to keep people afraid. "I shall retire and hand the name over to someone else" comes only after they are together; in the cabin the old man says the ship will be inherited.
あらすじ
After the Fire Swamp, someone claims "And I, as you know, am Roberts." For three years he was a valet, told each night he would most likely die by morning. Rich and retiring, Roberts admits in the cabin, "I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts," and says the ship will be inherited. Handing the name over comes later, once they are together.
注目の表現
keep you on your toesbe butlife's little quirksvalet
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このシーンの表現
life's little quirks
small odd turns of life
Right after claiming to be Roberts, he shrugs the twist off as one of life's odd jokes.
Losing my passport the day I got the job was one of life's little quirks.
このシーンの他の表現
- keep you on your toes
keeps you alert and ready
- be but
will only amount to
- valet
a personal manservant
- most likely kill you in the morning
a bedtime threat not meant seriously
- Cumberbund
a name echoing a formal sash
このシーンのメモ一覧
35 行のセリフに 28 件のメモ
I'll grant just this one point
Well, one thing I will say.keeps you alert and ready
Fresh out of the swamp, someone laughs the danger off as the very thing that keeps you sharp.
Fire Swamp certainly does keep you on your toes.Stress does so the swamp sounds like a real test.
Fire Swamp certainly does keep you on your toes.will amount only to a memory but means only here, not however
This will all soon be but a happy memory because Roberts' ship, Revenge, is anchored at the far end.Let as you blur and keep you light.
And I, as you know, am Roberts.small odd turns of life
Right after claiming to be Roberts, he shrugs the twist off as one of life's odd jokes.
I, myself, am often surprised at life's little quirks.noun clause: The what-clause is the subject; was true judges that earlier advice.
See, what I told you before about saying "please" was true.inverted comparison: as did means those descriptions of beauty intrigued him too.
It intrigued Roberts, as did my descriptions of your beauty.never kept a personal servant
I've never had a valet. You can try it for tonight.will probably take your life
I'll most likely kill you in the morning."Hit most and let likely slide past.
I'll most likely kill you in the morning."learning sword-fighting fence means swordplay here, not a barrier
It was a fine time for me. I was learning to fence, to fight.rich enough to quit
Well, Roberts had grown so rich he wanted to retire,result clause: The missing that marks a result: the riches made him want to retire.
Well, Roberts had grown so rich he wanted to retire,shared a secret with me
so he took me to his cabin and told me his secret.received the ship from someone
I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.you will take it the same way
I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.manner clause: just as makes the next handover a copy of the last one.
I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.stirring up just enough fear
He explains the title as a tool for fear, calm and practical, with no nostalgia for the man who wore it.
Then he explained the name was the important thing for inspiring the necessary fear.yield to someone
You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley.hired a whole new crew took on means hired, not took responsibility for
So we sailed ashore, took on an entirely new crew, and he stayed aboard for a while as first mate, all the time calling me Roberts.officer just under the captain
So we sailed ashore, took on an entirely new crew, and he stayed aboard for a while as first mate, all the time calling me Roberts.once the sailors were convinced
Once the crew believed, he left the ship and I have been Roberts ever since.pass a title to someone else
Now that they are reunited, he says he will step down and pass the scary name along, lightly.
Except now that we're together, I shall retire and hand the name over to someone else.given that we are together now
Except now that we're together, I shall retire and hand the name over to someone else.whether you followed all of it
Is everything clear to you?Glide from clear into a light to.
Is everything clear to you?「How Westley Became Roberts」を読み解く
What's really going on
The confession is not that one legend stepped out of a story. "I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts," the previous man says, then "My name is Ryan." Ship and fear have already changed hands: Ryan inherited them from Cumberbund, who was not the real Roberts either. What matters is "inspiring the necessary fear," because "no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley." They take on a new crew, he stays as first mate calling him Roberts, and leaves once the crew believes. The nightly "I'll most likely kill you in the morning" is how the valet became a friend, not how the name moved. Inheritance is the cabin sentence. "Hand the name over" comes later, once they are together, when the teller himself means to retire.
Theme
IdentityThe Roberts name is a mask passed from one man to the next so victims feel the necessary fear.
SecretsIn the cabin he admits he is not really Roberts, that his name is Ryan, and that the ship was inherited.
発音のポイント
- certainly does — Stress does so the swamp sounds like a real test.
- as you know — Let as you blur and keep you light.
- most likely — Hit most and let likely slide past.
- clear to you — Glide from clear into a light to.
Fire Swamp certainly does keep you on your toes.The swamp they have just survived allows no slip. It is a relieved remark about staying alert, said before he points to the ship.
And I, as you know, am Roberts.Right after this claim he calls the reversal one of life's odd turns. The listener is treated as someone who already knows he is Roberts.
Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning."This is the line he says Roberts repeated for three years, a good night stapled to a threat. They became friends anyway, so it landed as ritual, not a plan he carried out.
I inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, just as you will inherit it from me.In the cabin the man who has just said his name is Ryan tells the listener he inherited the ship and that the listener will inherit it from him. This is not the later retirement line.
You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley.The useful name is Roberts. A title with Westley in it would not make anyone give up, so the mask has to stay when the man changes.
Except now that we're together, I shall retire and hand the name over to someone else.The teller says this only after they are together. He, the one who has been Roberts since the new crew believed, will retire and pass the name to someone else. The cabin used inherit.
このシーンについての質問
Why does the captain finally tell Westley who he really is?
He had grown so rich he wanted to retire. In the cabin he admits "I am not the Dread Pirate Roberts" and says "you will inherit it from me." "Hand the name over" is only the later line, when the teller himself retires after they are together.
Why say he would most likely kill him in the morning for three years?
"Three years he said that," always beside a good night and a word of praise. The same account says it was a fine time and that they became friends, so the threat stayed as a ritual rather than a plan carried out.
Why would no one surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley?
He explains the name is what inspires the necessary fear. "You see, no one would surrender to the Dread Pirate Westley." The title has to stay Roberts, or the fear fails when the man underneath changes.
Who held the name before the teller?
The man in the cabin says "My name is Ryan" and that he inherited the ship from the previous Dread Pirate Roberts, who was not the real one either. That man's name was Cumberbund.
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