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V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 21 / 25 章 · 4'58" · B2

Finch Meets the Informant Rookwood, Explained：the ends justify the means

Finch tracks down Rookwood, the last of three black-baggers who vanished after St. Mary's. Rookwood won't hand over hard evidence — "A story can be true or false," he says — so he narrates the whole scheme instead. The tension is whether Finch will walk away with proof or just a tale.

あらすじ

Finch and his partner follow a lead to the ruins of St. Mary's, where the missing black-bagger William Rookwood is waiting. Rookwood refuses to give them evidence; instead he offers a story, and he tells it from the beginning: how the St. Mary's virus was engineered to put a frightened country under a single leader. He then demands protection before he hands over the recording.

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come up withshitthe collywobblestake every precaution

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このシーンの表現

the ends justify the means

any method is fair for the goal

Rookwood describes a man who believes any method is acceptable for the goal.

Don't let him tell you the ends justify the means.

このシーンの他の表現

  • come up with

    think of or find out

  • shit

    damn; a curse word

  • the collywobbles

    a nervous, queasy feeling

  • take every precaution

    guard against every risk

  • single-minded

    focused on one aim only

このシーンのメモ一覧

81 行のセリフに 21 件のメモ

表現 · B1come up with something

produce or find something

My friend inside the Finger came up with something.
表現 · C1original black-baggers

the first covert agents

Original black-baggers, all under Creedy.
表現 · B1sick to one's stomach

nauseated

Bloody coincidences are making me sick to my stomach.
スラング · B1Bloody

damn (British intensifier) — British and informal; fine with friends, not at work.

Bloody coincidences are making me sick to my stomach.
文法 · B2must have had

modal perfect: Must have done marks a strong guess about the past, not a rule.

Shit. He must have had a hidden trip on his file at the Finger.
スラング · B1Shit

damn — A casual swear; keep it out of formal or polite talk.

Shit. He must have had a hidden trip on his file at the Finger.
発音how'd he

The d in how'd is nearly swallowed; it sounds like how he.

But how'd he know it was you?
表現 · C1give someone the collywobbles

make someone nervous

I came when they opened it. It gave me the collywobbles.
スラング · C1collywobbles

a queasy nervous feeling — Old-fashioned British slang, often said with a smile.

I came when they opened it. It gave me the collywobbles.
表現 · B2take every precaution

guard against every risk

Rookwood explains that his survival depends on guarding against every possible risk.

I'm sorry, but a man in my position survives by taking every precaution.
発音every precaution

Link every and precaution so they run together.

I'm sorry, but a man in my position survives by taking every precaution.
表現 · B1what you really need is something

the thing you truly need

What you want, what you really need, is a story.
表現 · B2have no regard for something

have no respect for

He's completely single-minded and has no regard for the political process.
文法 · B2The more power he attains, the more obvious his zealotry

correlative comparative: The more X, the more Y builds a rising comparison.

The more power he attains, the more obvious his zealotry...
表現 · B2without regard to something

paying no attention to

...and it's pursued without regard to its cost.
表現 · B2not in vain

not wasted

But the efforts of those involved are not in vain...
表現 · C1the ends justify the means

any method is fair for the goal

Rookwood describes a man who believes any method is acceptable for the goal.

...for whom the ends always justify the means.
表現 · B2come into view

become visible or clear

After the country is split by fear, Rookwood says the real aim finally appears.

...the true goal comes into view.
文法 · C1would've predicted

past unreal: Would've done imagines a past that never happened.

...no one would've predicted the results of the election that year. No one.
発音Why do you

In fast speech do you can blur into d'you.

-Can you prove any of this? -Why do you think I'm still alive?
表現 · B2come forward

step forward publicly

...why didn't you come forward before?

「Finch Meets the Informant Rookwood」を読み解く

What's really going on

Rookwood's whole performance is a power play. He has the one thing the government cannot erase, his memory, so he refuses to hand it over as evidence and turns it into a story instead. "A story can be true or false," he says, handing Finch the burden of proof and keeping the recording as leverage. His line about the ends justifying the means is aimed straight at Adam Sutler: the virus, the deaths and the fear were all a means to power. When Rookwood finally does the deal, he makes his terms clear — "When I feel safe he can't pick his nose without you knowing... I'll contact you again." He is a man who survived by taking every precaution, and he isn't about to stop now.

Theme

CorruptionRookwood lays out how a political party engineered a virus and used the deaths to seize total power for itself.
PowerThe story's real target was never an enemy but the country itself, all to install a high chancellor.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A story can carry a truth a file cannot.
  • The informant trades secrets for obedience.
  • Rookwood's calm makes the conspiracy colder.
  • Fear, not evidence, becomes the real weapon.

発音のポイント

  • how'd he — The d in how'd is nearly swallowed; it sounds like how he.
  • every precaution — Link every and precaution so they run together.
  • Why do you — In fast speech do you can blur into d'you.
A story can be true or false.

Rookwood refuses to give Finch hard evidence. He offers a version of events and leaves it to Finch to decide whether to believe it.

I'm a cop. I have to know.

Finch explains why he keeps digging even when his superiors are afraid: he is a policeman, and knowing the truth is part of the job.

The more power he attains, the more obvious his zealotry...

As the ambitious politician gains more power, his fanaticism becomes harder to hide. Rookwood is describing Sutler without naming him at first.

Fear became the ultimate tool of this government.

Fear, not ideology, is what keeps the regime in control. Rookwood calls it the plan's true genius.

Bloody coincidences are making me sick to my stomach.

Finch reacts to the suspicious deaths of the three black-baggers. He suspects they were silenced, not coincidences.

-Can you prove any of this? -Why do you think I'm still alive?

Finch asks for proof; Rookwood answers that the fact he is still alive to tell it is itself the proof.

このシーンについての質問

Who is William Rookwood?

He is the last surviving member of three black-baggers who created the St. Mary's virus. He went into hiding and becomes Finch's informant.

Why won't Rookwood hand over the evidence?

He keeps the recording as leverage. If he gives it away, he has nothing left to bargain with, so he offers a story and demands protection first.

Does Rookwood's story actually prove anything?

No. He admits it could be true or false and leaves the judgment to Finch. The recording is the only hard proof, which is why he withholds it.

What does the collywobbles mean?

It is old British slang for a nervous, queasy feeling in your stomach. It is used when a place or a thought makes you feel uneasy.

Why does Rookwood decide to help Finch?

He says he waited for Finch specifically: "I needed you." He wants someone inside the system who can be trusted to take the story further.

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