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The Uninvited · 1944 — 第 19 / 28 章 · 4'02" · B2

The Séance at Windward House, Explained：trance

Stella asks whether the spirit is her mother, and the answer comes back kind — but the séance does not stay genteel. She slips into a trance, begins shouting in Spanish, and the room turns cold as the candles gutter. "I saw this happen once before at a séance," Dr. Scott says. "I thought it was a fake."

あらすじ

At Windward House the family holds a séance. Everyone puts a finger on an upturned glass while Stella asks the questions. The glass answers that it guards her, and then something changes: Stella speaks in a trance, shouting warnings in Spanish. The room fills with the scent of mimosa, turns suddenly cold, and the candles flare. Dr. Scott recognizes the state from a séance he once saw.

PartiesInterrogationsAskingWarningParent & childB2slowbritishClean
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注目の表現

tranceover the worst ofreach her mindput a finger on

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  5. ❝ 独白Stella in a trance13 行練習ページ ↗
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このシーンの表現

trance

a dazed, half-conscious state

Stella goes blank and starts speaking strangely, and Dr. Scott says she is in a trance.

The music put him in a trance.

このシーンの他の表現

  • over the worst of

    past the hardest part

  • reach her mind

    make contact with her thoughts

  • put a finger on

    place a finger on

  • reassuring

    making someone feel calmer

  • guard someone from

    protect someone from

このシーンのメモ一覧

48 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · A2stay away from something

keep away from

You don't want me to stay away from Windward, do you, Mother?
文法 · B1do you

tag question: A negative statement takes a positive tag to ask for agreement.

You don't want me to stay away from Windward, do you, Mother?
表現 · A2be near someone

be close to you

Oh, I knew it, Mother. And I want to be near you too.
表現 · B1hold something hard

gripping it tightly

But you're holding it, Rick. And you, Dr. Scott. Holding it hard.
発音Holding it

Link holding and it so it almost disappears.

But you're holding it, Rick. And you, Dr. Scott. Holding it hard.
表現 · A2take one's fingers off something

remove your fingers

Take your fingers off.
表現 · B1guard someone from something

protect someone from

Stella asks whether the message I guard means her mother is shielding her from some danger.

You mean, you guard me from some danger?
スラング · A2That's enough

stop it — Used to cut something short; can sound firm or mild.

- That's enough. - It is indeed.
表現 · A2the other room

the room next door

Let's go into the other room.
表現 · A2leave someone alone

stop bothering her

Quiet. Leave her alone.
表現 · B1at a séance

during a séance

I saw this happen once before at a séance. I thought it was a fake.
表現 · B1happen once before

occur one time earlier

I saw this happen once before at a séance. I thought it was a fake.
文法 · B1saw this happen

object complement: See plus object plus bare verb means witnessing the whole event.

I saw this happen once before at a séance. I thought it was a fake.
表現 · A2ask someone some questions

question her

- May I ask her some questions? - No!
表現 · B1keep one's voice quiet

speak softly

Now keep your voice quiet and reassuring.
発音keep your voice

Link keep and your, then let voice end softly.

Now keep your voice quiet and reassuring.
表現 · A2answer the doorbell

go to the door

Shall I answer it? Lizzie's at the Jessups'.
スラング · B1Shall I

should I — British way to offer to do something.

Shall I answer it? Lizzie's at the Jessups'.
表現 · B1the worst of something

the hardest part

No. Don't move until she's over the worst of this.
文法 · B1until she's over

time clause: Until marks the point when the order stops applying.

No. Don't move until she's over the worst of this.
発音over the worst

Link over the, and blend worst of together.

No. Don't move until she's over the worst of this.
表現 · A2be full of something

filled with it

The room's full of it!
表現 · A1in here

inside this place

It's never been cold in here.
スラング · A2I'd better

I should probably — Everyday way to say you should probably do something.

- I'd better answer it. - All right.
表現 · A2go near something

approach

Don't go near that door.
表現 · B1come toward someone

moving in our direction

It's coming toward us!

「The Séance at Windward House」を読み解く

What's really going on

The séance gives Stella exactly what she came for: proof, in her own hearing, that her mother is near. The glass spells out "I guard", and she softens — "Is that why you stay here, just to be near me?" But the moment she gets her answer, she stops being the one in control. The voice that speaks through her turns hostile and foreign, and the room answers with cold, scent, and light. Dr. Scott, the rational man, is the one who names it: "I saw this happen once before at a séance. I thought it was a fake." Now he believes. Roderick's order not to move until Stella is "over the worst of this" keeps the scene still while everything else is moving, and the last line — something coming toward them — turns a family experiment into the thing the whole film has been promising.

Theme

FaithThe séance only works if everyone believes; as soon as the answer is cruel rather than comforting, belief becomes dangerous.
Death & griefStella finally reaches her dead mother and refuses to let the contact be taken from her.

このチャプターで学べること

  • The séance works only because everyone agrees to believe.
  • The trance turns a parlour game into real fear.
  • Spanish outbursts make the possession feel foreign and total.
  • Cold and candles do the scaring without a single monster.

発音のポイント

  • Holding it — Link holding and it so it almost disappears.
  • keep your voice — Link keep and your, then let voice end softly.
  • over the worst — Link over the, and blend worst of together.
The important thing is that we should all believe.

The group's working rule for the séance: belief is treated as the thing that makes contact possible, not doubt.

Is that why you stay here, just to be near me?

Stella's question to the spirit, and her wish: she wants her mother's presence to be for her, not the house.

No. Don't move until she's over the worst of this.

Roderick's order to hold still while Stella is in the trance, treating her state as an illness to be survived.

I saw this happen once before at a séance. I thought it was a fake.

Dr. Scott's admission that he has seen this before and dismissed it; now he cannot call it fake.

このシーンについての質問

What does the glass spell out?

It answers Stella's questions and spells a word, "I guard", and later the name "Carmel". Stella takes the answers as coming from her mother.

Why does Stella go into a trance?

While asking the spirit questions, she slips into a trance and starts shouting in Spanish, warning the others not to believe what they hear. The film presents it as genuine, not faked.

What happens to the room during the séance?

It fills with the scent of mimosa, turns suddenly cold, and the candles flare. Roderick also senses another presence besides the one speaking through Stella.

What does Dr. Scott mean about the séance he saw before?

He says he once saw someone enter a trance at a séance and assumed it was a trick. Here, he says, it is not a fake — and dangerous.

Why won't Roderick let anyone move?

He wants Stella to come out of the trance safely, so he orders everyone to stay still until she is over the worst of it. Pamela is stopped from answering the door.

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次のチャプター · 第 20 章at your disposalCommander Beech Confronts Rick
第 1 章hanker forPamela Falls for the Old House第 2 章head over heels in loveThe Fitzgeralds Try to Buy Windward第 3 章bring the price downThe Fitzgeralds Buy a Haunted House第 4 章dog in the mangerRick Feels a Chill in the Room第 5 章talk me out ofThe Tobacconist Gossips About Windward第 6 章break it gentlyRick Takes Stella Sailing第 7 章sleeping-beauty magicLizzie Comes Home to the House第 8 章I'd soonerThe First Night at Windward House第 9 章take hold of yourselfRick and Pam Hear a Woman Cry第 10 章circulate rumorsRick Confronts Commander Beech第 11 章at the mention ofRoderick Gives Stella a Lift第 12 章do no such thingStella Defies Her Grandfather第 13 章a bad hatStella Revisits Her Childhood Home第 14 章dream upLizzie Sees a Ghost at Windward第 15 章hide your head in the sandDr. Scott Tells the Old Scandal第 16 章miss one's cueStella Senses Her Mother's Ghost第 17 章tear someone apartRoderick Asks Stella to Leave第 18 章mind at restThey Plan a Séance for Stella再生中 · 第 19 章tranceThe Séance at Windward House第 20 章at your disposalCommander Beech Confronts Rick第 21 章bluff someoneLizzie Names the Dead Woman's Nurse第 22 章by any chanceRick and Pamela Visit Miss Holloway第 23 章put up withHolloway Tells the Cliff Murder Story第 24 章plaster saintStella Trapped at the Retreat第 25 章in a jiffyThe Casebook Points to Murder第 26 章pile it onThe Plan to Rescue Stella第 27 章beating about the bushHolloway Sends Stella Home第 28 章for heaven's sakeStella Nearly Walks Off the Cliff
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