have been considering
I've been thinking....V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 11 / 25 章 · 2'29" · B1
Evey Tells V Her Story, Explained：a man after my own heart
Evey finally explains her past: a father who said artists use lies to tell the truth, a brother lost at St. Mary's, and parents who 'became political' and were erased — "It was like those black bags erased them from the face of the earth." She ends by asking how she can help.
あらすじ
Before asking a favor, Evey shares her history with V. Her father, a writer, said artists use lies to tell the truth while politicians use them to hide it. Her brother died at St. Mary's, her parents became political, and they vanished — taken by black bags. Now she asks if she can do anything to make it right.
注目の表現
a man after my own heartcover the truth upbecame politicalran away
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このシーンの表現
a man after my own heart
a kindred spirit
After Evey quotes her father on art and lies, V warmly calls him a kindred spirit.
You love old films too? You're a man after my own heart.
このシーンの他の表現
- cover the truth up
to hide the truth
- became political
started to act politically
- ran away
to flee
- from the face of the earth
completely gone
- screwed up
messed up, broken
このシーンのメモ一覧
39 行のセリフに 22 件のメモ
want to ask you something
There's something I want to ask you...some facts about someone
...but I don't think you'll understand why unless you know a few things about me.unless clause: Unless means if not: the listener must know her story first.
...but I don't think you'll understand why unless you know a few things about me.Link know and a so it sounds like know-a-few.
...but I don't think you'll understand why unless you know a few things about me.would have enjoyed meeting
My father was a writer. You would have liked him.used to say
He used to say artists used lies to tell the truth...to hide the truth
Evey completes her father's idea: politicians use lies to bury the truth.
...while politicians used them to cover the truth up.tell great stories
He always told the best stories.one of a group
My brother was one of the students at St. Mary's.protested against the war
They protested the war and the Reclamation.was given the post
When Sutler was appointed high chancellor...passive voice: The passive voice makes Sutler the one who received the appointment.
When Sutler was appointed high chancellor...go abroad for good
Mum wanted to leave the country. Dad refused.In fast speech wanted to can blur into wanna.
Mum wanted to leave the country. Dad refused.second conditional: A second conditional imagines an unreal present: if we ran, they would win.
He said if we ran away, they would win.never met them again
I never saw them again.simile: It was like introduces a simile comparing the black bags to erasure.
It was like those black bags erased them from the face of the earth.constantly
I wish I wasn't afraid all the time...World is runs together, sounding like worl-dis.
I know this world is screwed up. Believe me, I know it better than most.messed up — Casual complaining; avoid it in formal speech.
I know this world is screwed up. Believe me, I know it better than most.anything I can do
Which is why I wanted to ask, if there is anything I can do to help make it right...「Evey Tells V Her Story」を読み解く
What's really going on
The scene is Evey's confession, and it explains the fear she keeps apologizing for. It begins with an inheritance of ideas — her father's line that 'artists used lies to tell the truth... while politicians used them to cover the truth up' — and then becomes a family history. Her brother died at St. Mary's, her parents 'became political,' and when Sutler took power they were at the riot in Leeds, where she watched from home, 'thinking I was going to see my parents killed.' Then they were gone: 'It was like those black bags erased them from the face of the earth.' What makes the scene matter is what she does with it. Instead of staying a victim, she names her own fear and asks to be useful — 'if there is anything I can do to help make it right... please let me know.' V's answer, 'If you wish,' is all she needs.
Theme
MemoryEvey keeps her family alive by telling their story, from her father's idea about lies to the black bags that took her parents.
CourageShe names her own fear and then, despite it, offers to help — the first sign of the person she becomes.
このチャプターで学べること
- A father's words become the frame for a daughter's loss.
- One conditional shows how a family refuses to run.
- The black bags turn a real fear into an image.
- Her offer to help only comes after she is truly known.
発音のポイント
- know a few — Link know and a so it sounds like know-a-few.
- wanted to — In fast speech wanted to can blur into wanna.
- world is — World is runs together, sounding like worl-dis.
He used to say artists used lies to tell the truth...Her father's idea, which V admires: fiction can reveal what politics hides, so lying artistically can serve the truth.
That was when everything changed.The turning point in her story: her brother's death set off everything that followed, from politics to loss.
He said if we ran away, they would win.Her father's reason for staying: fleeing would mean handing the country to the regime, so the family refused to leave.
It was like those black bags erased them from the face of the earth.Her image for the disappearances: state agents took her parents and left no trace, as if they had never existed.
I know this world is screwed up. Believe me, I know it better than most.She isn't naive: she has seen how broken the country is, and she says so before offering to help fix it.
...but I don't think you'll understand why unless you know a few things about me.Her reason for telling the story first: she needs V to know her background before she can ask what she wants to ask.
このシーンについての質問
What happened to Evey's parents?
They became political after her brother's death, protested the war and the Reclamation, and were in Leeds when Sutler took power. Then they were taken by state agents and never seen again.
Why does Evey tell V her story first?
Because her request won't make sense without context — she says so herself, that he won't understand why unless he knows a few things about her. So she explains her past before asking her favor.
What does 'a man after my own heart' mean?
It means someone who shares your way of thinking. V says it about Evey's father, agreeing with the idea that artists use lies to tell the truth.
What does Evey want from V?
She wants to help. After admitting her fear, she asks if there's anything she can do to make it right, and V answers, simply, 'If you wish.'
What were Evey's parents protesting?
The war and the Reclamation. They were at the riot in Leeds when Sutler was appointed High Chancellor, the event after which they disappeared.
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第 3 章spinSutler's Cabinet Spins the Explosion
第 4 章truth be toldV Hijacks the Emergency Broadcast
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第 6 章in all probabilityV Shows Evey the Shadow Gallery
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第 8 章in the wrong lightV Confronts Prothero at Home
第 9 章get me every timeV Shows Evey Monte Cristo
第 10 章no good deed goes unpunishedEvey Confronts V About Prothero
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第 12 章mea culpaV Kills Bishop Lilliman
第 13 章let aloneEvey Hides Out at Gordon's
第 14 章the illusion of coincidenceV Kills Delia With a Rose
第 15 章a matter of national securityThe Larkhill File and the Doctor's Diary
第 16 章what ifFinch Questions the St. Mary's Attack
第 17 章neutralizedV Hijacks Deitrich's Live Show
第 18 章the best years of my lifeValerie's Letter
第 19 章use lies to tell the truthEvey Learns V Tortured Her
第 20 章getting back atEvey Says Goodbye to V
第 21 章the ends justify the meansFinch Meets the Informant Rookwood
第 22 章pinned like a butterflyV Recruits Creedy to Kill Sutler
第 23 章under siegeFinch Explains the Pattern
第 24 章on the eve ofV Asks Evey to Dance
第 25 章kept my side of the bargainV Kills Sutler in His Bunker第 11 / 25 章 · 残り約 47 分