V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 12 / 25 章 · 3'28" · B2

V Kills Bishop Lilliman, Explained:mea culpa

Bishop Lilliman expects a girl from an agency for his "last little joy," but the one sent is Evey, who warns him a killer is coming. He treats her warning as a game — "A confession? I love the confessional game" — until V steps through the door.

あらすじ

Investigators reviewing Larkhill's records find that the camp's highest-paid man was a priest, Father Lilliman, now promoted to bishop. That night, at Lilliman's residence, a girl arrives from an agency for his "last little joy" — it is Evey, who warns him that someone is coming to kill him. He does not believe her until V appears.

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Your Gracein the name ofmea culpathe confessional game

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このシーンの表現

mea culpa

my fault, my own fault

The bishop performs regret with Mea culpa, my child, excusing his own doubt.

Mea culpa, I sent the file to the wrong address.

このシーンの他の表現

  • Your Grace

    a title for a bishop

  • in the name of

    on behalf of, under the name of

  • the confessional game

    treating confession as a game

  • balance it out

    to even things out

  • procure

    to obtain, to get

このシーンのメモ一覧

61 行のセリフに 26 件のメモ

表現 · B2a detention facility

a place where people are detained

Another doctor. Why does a detention facility need so many doctors?
表現 · B2the highest-paid person at ...

the best-paid person

The highest-paid person at the camp was a priest.
表現 · B1be promoted to something

got a higher position

Looks like he was promoted. He's a bishop now.
発音Your Grace

Your reduces to a light yer sound, while Grace keeps the stress.

-Your Grace. -Oh, Denis.
表現 · B1have something arranged

everything is set up

-Has everything been arranged? -Yes.
発音Has everything

Has everything runs together as ha-severything.

-Has everything been arranged? -Yes.
表現 · B1in time for something

early enough for

You should arrive in Perth in time for Mass.
表現 · B2in the name of someone or something

on behalf of, under the name of

The bishop praises Denis for laboring in the Lord's name, then stops at but.

...a noble example for all those who labor in the name of our Lord, but--
表現 · C1final remittance

the last payment sent

It was, rather, my final remittance that I was interested in.
文法 · C1that I was interested in

emphatic cleft: The cleft sentence shifts the focus onto the remittance he actually cares about.

It was, rather, my final remittance that I was interested in.
発音last little

The t in last often drops, so last little flows as one.

My last little joy.
表現 · B2be for someone to decide

up to you to decide

That is for Your Grace to decide.
表現 · B2play the ... game

treating confession as a game

When Evey says she must tell him something, the bishop treats it as a game.

A confession? I love the confessional game.
文法 · B1A confession?

elliptical question: The noun alone forms a question, short for Is this a confession?

A confession? I love the confessional game.
表現 · B2mean to do something

intends to

Someone's coming. I think he means to kill you.
発音means to

Means to links into mean-sta without a pause.

Someone's coming. I think he means to kill you.
表現 · B1some kind of + 名词

a type of

...because I want some kind of protection or amnesty.
表現 · B2balance something out

to even things out

Evey offers her secret to balance out past mistakes; the bishop misses the deal.

-I think this should balance it out. -What are you talking about?
表現 · B1the past several weeks

the last few weeks

I'm Evey Hammond. I'm-- I've been the prisoner of the terrorist V for the past several weeks.
文法 · B1I've been the prisoner

present perfect: The present perfect shows a state that started in the past and continues now.

I'm Evey Hammond. I'm-- I've been the prisoner of the terrorist V for the past several weeks.
表現 · A2the rest of something

what is left of

I hope the rest of you is just as interesting.
文法 · B2the rest of you is

subject-verb agreement: The rest of you takes a singular verb here, meaning the remaining part of you.

I hope the rest of you is just as interesting.
表現 · C1procure something

get her to confess

Now, how best to procure her confession?
スラング · C2bitch

a nasty slur for a woman — A vicious slur; never use it in any setting.

You little bitch. You fucking little whore!
スラング · C2fucking

an intensifying swear — A common swear intensifier; keep it out of formal talk.

You little bitch. You fucking little whore!
表現 · B2have mercy on someone

show pity

Oh, please, have mercy.

「V Kills Bishop Lilliman」を読み解く

What's really going on

The bishop is the film's clearest picture of how the regime hides its appetites behind religion. Denis flatters him as "a noble example for all those who labor in the name of our Lord," yet Lilliman's only real interest is "my final remittance... My last little joy." He treats a warning of murder as entertainment — "A confession? I love the confessional game" — because he cannot imagine being judged. Evey offers him her own deal, saying she wants "some kind of protection or amnesty" and that her information should "balance it out," but he only hears a game and tries to assault her. V's arrival turns his own rhetoric against him: the man who wrapped himself in holy words dies with Shakespeare's lines about playing "the devil." His last words, "don't do this, I beg of you," are the mercy he never gave anyone else.

Theme

PowerV turns the bishop's own holy language against him, exposing authority built on cruelty.
CorruptionLilliman feeds private appetites behind church authority, the regime's rot in miniature.

このチャプターで学べること

  • A pay figure quietly condemns the camp's priorities.
  • The bishop hides cruelty behind a pious vocabulary.
  • A Shakespeare couplet becomes the killer's verdict.
  • Evey bets her life on being believed.

発音のポイント

  • Your Grace — Your reduces to a light yer sound, while Grace keeps the stress.
  • Has everything — Has everything runs together as ha-severything.
  • last little — The t in last often drops, so last little flows as one.
  • means to — Means to links into mean-sta without a pause.
The highest-paid person at the camp was a priest.

The investigators notice that the camp's highest salary went to a man of God, hinting the regime's cruelty ran with the church's blessing.

To think that I doubted your loveliness for an instant.

Lilliman apologizes for doubting Evey's looks, a line that shows he judges her only as a body he was promised.

A confession? I love the confessional game.

The bishop hears a warning of murder and turns it into a game, revealing how little he takes anyone but himself seriously.

Someone's coming. I think he means to kill you.

Evey warns the bishop that V is on his way, trying to trade the information for protection rather than simply let him die.

Let me show you the firmness of my beliefs.

He twists the language of faith into a threat, claiming his beliefs justify what he is about to do to her.

...and seem a saint, when most I play the devil.

Lilliman's hypocrisy is summed up: he borrows holy words to look like a saint while acting as a devil.

I'm Evey Hammond. I'm-- I've been the prisoner of the terrorist V for the past several weeks.

Evey identifies herself and admits she has been V's prisoner, the confession she hopes will buy her amnesty.

このシーンについての質問

Why does V kill Bishop Lilliman?

Lilliman was the priest in charge at Larkhill, where the regime's victims were experimented on; V is working through the people responsible for the camp.

Why does Evey warn the bishop instead of letting V kill him?

She wants "some kind of protection or amnesty." She hopes that betraying V's plan will buy her freedom, but the bishop only treats her warning as a game.

Why does the bishop call the girl his "last little joy"?

He is talking about the girl the agency sends him, not about money. The line exposes him as a predator who uses his position to buy victims.

Why does V quote Shakespeare before killing the bishop?

He is using lines about hiding villainy under holy words, throwing the bishop's own hypocrisy back at him as he dies.

What does "mea culpa" mean?

It is Latin for "my fault." Lilliman uses it as a theatrical apology, and it becomes bitter when V finally makes him answer for his crimes.

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