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Thank you. I enjoyed the play very much. Excuse me.The Third Man · 1949 — 第 5 / 17 章 · 3'35" · B2
Martins Visits Anna After the Funeral, Explained：what difference does it make
Martins calls on Anna Schmidt and asks the question she cannot answer: 'You were in love with him, weren't you?' She admits she no longer knows anything, except that she wants to be dead too. Then the two compare notes on the accident, and every witness turns out to have been a friend of Harry's.
あらすじ
Martins visits Anna Schmidt at her flat after Harry's funeral. He asks whether she loved Harry, and she answers that she no longer knows anything except that she wants to die too. The talk turns to the night of the accident, and Martins notices that everyone present was close to Harry, not a stranger among them.
注目の表現
in love withinquestinstead ofknock someone over
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このシーンの表現
what difference does it make
what does it matter
As Martins digs deeper, Anna asks what difference it makes, worn out, since Harry is already dead.
What difference does it make at this point?
このシーンの他の表現
- in love with
deeply loving someone
- inquest
an official death inquiry
- instead of
in place of
- knock someone over
hit someone down
- in much pain
suffering a lot
このシーンのメモ一覧
64 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ
mentioned to you
- Oh, yes. - Perhaps Harry told you about me.in place of
Anna explains the packet of tea: on opening night the British sometimes give that instead of flowers.
Sometimes the British do instead of flowers, you know, on the first night.at the premiere
Sometimes the British do instead of flowers, you know, on the first night.Instead of links into a single run.
Sometimes the British do instead of flowers, you know, on the first night.would you prefer
That was a bouquet, too, from an American. Would you rather have whisky?speak with you about
I wanted to talk to you about him.deeply loving someone
In the dressing room Martins asks Anna outright whether she was in love with Harry, forcing the question she dodges.
You were in love with him, weren't you?tag question: The tag asks for confirmation and softens the direct question.
You were in love with him, weren't you?The t in weren't drops and blurs into you.
You were in love with him, weren't you?no longer
I don't know anything any more, except I want to be dead, too.carry someone something
That was the man who brought me some money when Harry died.at the final moment
He said Harry had been anxious at the last moment.past perfect: Had been marks an earlier state, before the saying in the past.
He said Harry had been anxious at the last moment.At the last runs together; moment takes the stress.
He said Harry had been anxious at the last moment.relative clause: The clause defines the doctor, with the relative pronoun left out.
A doctor Harry used to go to. He was passing just after it happened.official death inquiry — Legal jargon; everyday talk says inquiry.
Well, were you at the inquest?someone's responsibility
Yes. They said it wasn't the driver's fault.understand — Very colloquial; use understand in formal talk.
Well, uh... I don't get it.hit someone down
Martins lists the coincidence: Kurtz, Popescu, Lime's own driver knocking him over, his own doctor passing by.
Kurtz, this Romanian, uh... Popescu, his own driver knocking him over, his own doctor just passing by.absolute phrase: The noun plus -ing forms an absolute phrase adding a simultaneous action.
Kurtz, this Romanian, uh... Popescu, his own driver knocking him over, his own doctor just passing by.keep thinking about
I know. I've wondered about it 100 times, if it really was an accident.what does it matter
As Martins digs deeper, Anna asks what difference it makes, worn out, since Harry is already dead.
What difference does it make? He's dead, isn't he?no need to fret
- The porter saw it happen. - Then why worry?reach a place
And I got to the window and saw them carry the body to the other side, uh... of the Josef, the Josef...carry someone inside
Why didn't they bring him in the house?「Martins Visits Anna After the Funeral」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene keeps two griefs side by side. Anna's is open — 'I don't know anything any more, except I want to be dead, too' — while Martins' is restless, turning loss into questions. His blunt 'You were in love with him, weren't you?' is less an accusation than a way of understanding Harry through the people who loved him. What unsettles him is the pattern: Kurtz, Popescu, Harry's own driver, Harry's own doctor were all on the spot, as he says, 'No strangers there at all.' Anna has already thought it through — 'I've wondered about it 100 times' — but she refuses the conclusion, because 'What difference does it make? He's dead, isn't he?' The porter, the one witness Martins chases, can only offer a sound: he heard the brakes, never saw the car.
Theme
Death & griefAnna's mourning is spoken plainly, while Martins turns his own loss into a detective's questions about how Harry died.
TrustEvery witness to the accident was a friend of Harry's, a detail that makes the official story of a simple accident harder to accept.
このチャプターで学べること
- Grief here answers questions with silence and repetition.
- The porter's small detail cracks the accident story open.
- Anna's flat what-does-it-matter line is the heaviest in the scene.
- Every witness turns out to be inside Lime's own circle.
発音のポイント
- instead of — Instead of links into a single run.
- weren't you — The t in weren't drops and blurs into you.
- at the last — At the last runs together; moment takes the stress.
You were in love with him, weren't you?Martins asks the question Anna cannot easily answer, trying to know Harry through the woman who loved him as much as he did.
How can you know a thing like that afterwards?Anna's reply to being asked about her feelings: grief has left her unable to tell love from loss, and certainty feels impossible.
I don't know anything any more, except I want to be dead, too.The plainest line of her grief: stripped of every answer, the only thing she is sure of is the wish to follow Harry.
There's nothing really to talk about, is there? Nothing.Anna tries to close the subject before it starts, insisting that grief leaves nothing worth discussing.
What difference does it make? He's dead, isn't he?Her refusal of the investigation: even if the death was no accident, knowing the truth cannot bring Harry back.
Harry had often said what a careful driver he was.A small boast repeated as comfort, and also as evidence: the careful driver is the same man who knocked him down.
このシーンについての質問
Why does Martins ask Anna if she loved Harry?
Because he is trying to understand his friend through the people who knew him. The question is blunt, but he asks it as someone searching for the real Harry, not to embarrass her.
What does 'inquest' mean?
An inquest is an official inquiry into a death. Anna attended Harry's and reports that it ruled the death an accident, with no fault placed on the driver.
Why does Anna refuse to investigate?
Because the truth would not change anything for her. She has already wondered about the accident many times, but since Harry is dead, she says the answer makes no difference.
What does Martins find strange about the accident?
Everyone present was connected to Harry: Kurtz, Popescu, Harry's own driver, and Harry's own doctor. As Martins puts it, there were no strangers there at all.
What does the porter actually see?
Not much. He heard the brakes but did not see the car, and only later saw men carrying the body to the other side, near the Emperor Josef statue.
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第 1 章racketeerCalloway Exposes Harry Lime
第 2 章hunt someone downMartins Checks Into a Military Hotel
第 3 章be up to somethingKurtz Feeds Martins a Cover Story
第 4 章post-mortemMartins Looks for the Girl
再生中 · 第 5 章what difference does it makeMartins Visits Anna After the Funeral
第 6 章up to no goodMartins Learns About the Third Man
第 7 章get to the bottom ofCalloway Confiscates Anna's Papers
第 8 章come to the pointMartins Questions Dr Winkel
第 9 章upside downCalloway Interrogates Anna Schmidt
第 10 章break the rulesMartins Confronts Popescu at the Club
第 11 章look inMartins Tells Anna to Love Again
第 12 章stream of consciousnessPopescu Warns Martins at the Lecture
第 13 章cap and bellsCalloway Explains the Penicillin Racket
第 14 章in your imageMartins and Anna Argue About Harry
第 15 章a dead man walkingCalloway Tells Anna Harry Is Alive
第 16 章get rid ofHarry's Speech on the Ferris Wheel
第 17 章cut you inHarry's Cuckoo Clock Speech第 5 / 17 章 · 残り約 37 分