提尔在初段的故事最贴近实际也最能打动人:No one of you has the right to condemn Bess to the hell! 艾米丽所演出的形象在神经质中脱俗于世她对爱情的信仰更显得世俗宗教权力的虚伪与冷漠很难相信这竟是艾米丽的处女演出——笑的时候她像纯洁的天使哭的时候她像无助的恶魔
You know you can’t hold me forever. I didn’t sign up with you. I’m not a present for your friends to open. This boy’s too young to be singing the blues.