19-11-82
The climactic moment of resurrection follows this same pattern. Nekhlyudov is preparing to follow Maslova to Siberia. His sister and brother-in-law stop in to see him, and all of Nekhlyudov's animosity toward his brother-in-law flares up again, culminating in verbal battle and barbed insults to his sister's husband. Nekhlyudov's moral regeneration is measured by the fact that he awakens the next morning aware of his mistreatment of his brother-in-law and with a resolve to make amends. But right now he must follow his path of salvation by accompanying Maslova on the 'procession' out of Moscow. The July heat is stifling and the suffering of the prisoners is overwhelming. Several die on the way, and the recollection of the 'beautiful face' of one so 'murdered' reveals the truth:
No one is guilty, and yet the men have been murdered by these people who are not guilty of their death. All this comes from the fact that all these people--governors, inspectors, police officers and policemen--consider that there are circumstances when human relations are not necessary between human beings . . . If once we admit--be it only for an hour or in some exceptional case--that anything can be more important than a feeling of love for our fellows [chelovekoliubie], then there is no crime which we may not commit with easy minds, free from feelings of guilt.
A. 어휘
climactic 절정의. stop in 들리다. animosity 원한, 憎惡(증오). flare up 확 타오르다.
culminate in ...로 끝나다, 최고에 이르다. verbal battle 言爭(언쟁). barbed 가시 박힌.
insult 모욕. regeneration 재생, 再建(재건). measure 측정하다. mistreatment 학대.
resolve 결심, 결단. amends 보상. cf. amend 변경하다. salvation 구원.
accompany 따라가다, 동반하다.
‘procession' out of Moscow [流刑囚(유형수)들이]모스크바로부터 행진해 나가는 것.
stifle 숨을 막다. suffering 고난, 고통. overwhelming 짓누르는, 압도적인.
guilty 유죄가 되는. governor 지사. inspector 수사관. police officer 경찰간부.
exceptional case 예외적인 事例(사례). crime 범죄. commit (죄를)범하다.
B. 구문
-the recollection . . . reveals the truth:
cf. one so murdered=one who was so murdered.
[(호송병들의 무관심 의해) 그렇게 살해된 사람(유형수).]
-be it only for an hour or . . . case.
cf. Be it A or B→Whether it (may) be A or B. (A 이든 B 이든).
19-12-83
This revelation is then marked by a transformation in nature, as a 'heavy rain' cools off the air, brightens the landscape, and transforms Nekhlyudov, who is 'gladdened by the sight of gardens and fields revived by the beneficent shower'. The revelatory character of this moment is heightened by the religious vocabulary: the rain is 'beneficent'(blagodanty), an adjective made from the word for 'grace'(blagodat'), and the important moral and spiritual value is 'love for man' (Chelovekoliubie). . . The experience of this 'love for man', which is both a gift of grace and the task of life, is a moment of salvation in the process of redemption the Eastern Christian world calls 'deification'.
In this revelatory moment Nekhlyudov sees that these people are 'as impermeable to the feelings of humanity, [Chelovekoliubie] as this paved earth is impermeable to the rain', because they are officials of the state, which, like Tolstoy, he has recognized as the major instrument of violence. Such people fail to understand that the 'fundamental law of human life' is 'mutual love', and as a result, Nekhlyudov now understands, they end up harming others and ultimately themselves. This insight then allows Nekhlyudov to reassess his own behaviour: only let yourself deal with a man without love, as I did yesterday with my brother-in-law, and there are no limits to the suffering you will bring on yourself, as all my life proves.' The issue is not simply some past sin against 'Love', but his failure to love right now.
A. 어휘
This revelation 이러한 새로운 발견. transformation 변형, 변화.
fields revived by the beneficent shower 자애로운 소나기로 소생하는 들녘.
cf. fields revived→fields which have been revived.
revelatory character 啓示的(계시적)인 특성. adjective 형용사. vocabulary 어휘.
grace 神의 恩寵(은총). 'love for man' 人間愛(인간애). process 과정.
redemption 贖罪(속죄), 구제, 해방. the Eastern Christian world 東方正敎(동방정교).
deification 神格化(신격화).
these people→officials of the state 국가공무원, 관료공직자
impermeable 통하지 않는, 불침투성의. paved earth 포장된 땅. instrument 도구.
fundamental 근본적인. mutual 相互(상호)의. end up ...로 끝나다. ultimately 결국.
insight 통찰. reassess 재평가하다. behaviour 處身(처신).
bring on 가져오다, 야기하다. past sin 과거의 죄.
B. 구문
-as a result, Nekhlyudov now understands, they . . . themselves.
cf. ,Nekhlyudov now understands,→ 삽입절.
. 그 결과, 사람들은 타인은 물론 결국에는 자신도 해롭게 하며 끝을 맺는다.
-let yourself deal with . . . the suffering you will bring on yourself.
cf. 명령문, and→ ...을 하라, 그러면 ...할 것이다.
ex. Do your best, and you will succeed.→If you do your best, you will succeed.
[ 내가 어제 처남에게 그랬던 것처럼 사랑이 없는 마음으로 사람을 다루어라, 그러면 당신이 초래하는 고통에는 한계가 없을 것이다.]
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