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V for Vendetta · 2006 — 第 25 / 25 章 · 2'23" · B2

V Kills Sutler in His Bunker, Explained：kept my side of the bargain

Sutler's televised address vows that justice will be “without mercy,” and V answers by appearing in the bunker. “I have kept my side of the bargain,” V says, then presents a “farewell gift.” Creedy arrives, demands V remove his mask, and gets a single word: “No.”

あらすじ

Sutler broadcasts a speech declaring that anyone caught breaking curfew will be treated as a terrorist, then V appears inside his command bunker. V greets him, says he has kept his side of the bargain, and gives him a farewell gift. When Creedy arrives and orders V to take off his mask, V refuses.

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hold dearpenny for the Guykept my side of the bargainin league with someone

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このシーンの表現

kept my side of the bargain

did my share of the deal

V reminds the Chancellor that his half of their deal is done and Sutler's is not.

I kept my side of the bargain, so pay up.

このシーンの他の表現

  • hold dear

    value greatly

  • penny for the Guy

    a Guy Fawkes Night begging cry

  • in league with someone

    working together secretly

  • without leniency or exception

    with no mercy or special cases

  • take off

    remove clothing or a mask

このシーンのメモ一覧

40 行のセリフに 20 件のメモ

表現 · B2hold something dear

value greatly

Sutler lines up country, values and everything held dear to stir his audience.

...and all that we hold dear...
表現 · B2a grave threat

serious and dreadful

...faces a grave and terrible threat.
表現 · B1the area is clean

the area is secured

The area's clean, sir.
表現 · B2go undefended

be left without defence

...will not go undefended.
スラング · C1Penny for the Guy

a Guy Fawkes Night begging cry — A British festival cry, not used for real begging today.

V: Penny for the Guy.
スラング · B2Guy

the effigy burned on Guy Fawkes Night — In this festival it means an effigy, not a person's name.

V: Penny for the Guy.
表現 · B2keep one's side of the bargain

my share of the deal

I have kept my side of the bargain, but have you kept yours?
文法 · B2have you kept yours

present perfect question: The present perfect question asks about a duty, with yours standing in for the bargain.

I have kept my side of the bargain, but have you kept yours?
発音have you kept

Have you blurs together and the t in kept is often dropped.

I have kept my side of the bargain, but have you kept yours?
表現 · B2bring someone down

shoot him down

Bring him down.
表現 · B2remain steadfast

stay firm

Tonight we must remain steadfast.
発音most of all

Link most and of; stress all.

But most of all, we must remain united.
表現 · B1in violation of something

breaking a rule

Those caught tonight in violation of curfew...
文法 · B2Those caught tonight

past participle phrase: Those caught is short for those who are caught, a reduced relative clause.

Those caught tonight in violation of curfew...
表現 · B2be in league with someone

working together secretly

Sutler warns that anyone out after curfew will be treated as the enemy's ally.

...will be considered in league with our enemy...
文法 · B2prosecuted as a terrorist

passive voice: Prosecuted as marks how someone is charged; the will be is carried over.

...and prosecuted as a terrorist without leniency or exception.
表現 · B2without mercy

showing no pity

...and it will be without mercy.
表現 · B1have a look at something

take a look at

...it's time to have a look at your face.
表現 · A2take off something

remove clothing or a mask

Having cornered V, Creedy orders him to remove the mask and show his face.

Take off your mask.
発音Take off

Link take and off so they sound like one word.

Take off your mask.

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What's really going on

Sutler's speech is pure performance: he promises justice that is “swift,” “righteous,” and “without mercy,” turning curfew-breakers into terrorists by decree. V defeats that language by quoting it back. “I have kept my side of the bargain, but have you kept yours?” reframes the entire conflict as a broken compact, and the “farewell gift” is death. The scene also settles who really holds power at the end: Creedy's men have switched sides, Sutler's rhetoric cannot protect him, and V keeps his mask on. His single “No” to “Take off your mask” is the last word — the regime can kill the man but not identify or define him.

Theme

PowerSutler's broadcast projects absolute authority, but the scene shows it collapsing as his own guards hand V the moment to strike.
RevengeV's “farewell gift” is the final payment in a personal campaign, delivered with a formal politeness that makes the killing colder.

このチャプターで学べること

  • Sutler's speech turns fear into policy.
  • V answers rhetoric with quiet arithmetic.
  • A gift can be the coldest kind of threat.
  • The mask is the last thing he still controls.

発音のポイント

  • have you kept — Have you blurs together and the t in kept is often dropped.
  • most of all — Link most and of; stress all.
  • Take off — Link take and off so they sound like one word.
I have kept my side of the bargain, but have you kept yours?

V frames himself as the honest party: he did what was agreed, and Sutler didn't, so what follows is owed rather than merely violent.

Our enemy is an insidious one, seeking to divide us...

Sutler's slogan turns dissent into an external threat, naming an enemy that lets him justify curfews and executions.

Tonight I give you my most solemn vow...

The speech's ceremonial phrasing promises harsh justice as if it were a sacred duty, which is exactly the rhetoric V then interrupts.

I have something for you, chancellor.

V's calm opener before the killing, disguised as a gift, gives the execution the shape of a courteous visit.

For all the things you've done, for the things you might have done...

V lists Sutler's past crimes and his potential future ones, refusing to separate what he did from what his power would keep enabling.

...it's time to have a look at your face.

After Sutler is dead, Creedy turns to V and wants to see who he really is, trying to close the night with an identity instead of an idea.

このシーンについての質問

Why does V refuse to take off his mask?

Because the idea matters more than the man. If V is only a face, the regime can kill a person; by staying anonymous, he remains a symbol anyone could take up.

Did Sutler know V was coming?

He doesn't seem to. He is mid-broadcast claiming the enemy is being defeated when V appears in the bunker, meaning his own security has already turned against him.

What was V's 'farewell gift'?

It's Sutler's death. V says it is for what Sutler has done and what he might still do, then kills him — a gift framed politely, which makes it more chilling.

Why does V mention keeping his side of the bargain?

It refers to the deal with Creedy: V has agreed to be there so Sutler's own enforcer can strike. Saying it aloud turns Sutler's death into a broken contract rather than an ambush.

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