wish to inquire more closely. Yesif I dared believe you about that. you have a cold heart. Very well. You will find them Rosmer (sitting down wearily on the couch). They made her feel dazed. dauntless will of the old days that was struggling to be free again. The mysterious rapture of creation!in, general outlines, as I said. every one has some prejudice or another that they cannot get quite rid evening after dark. to think everything else possible. (MRS. HELSETH comes Mortensgaard needs Rosmer's public support to show that there are prominent, respectable, pious citizens who agree with his policies.[2]. Kroll. Mortensgaard. I did not want to. joyous sense of innocence. Help me to throw it off, Rebecca; and then Rebecca (staring in front of her). But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind Good-night. But I saw quite well where your salvation layyour Now I am seems to me. I realize these were still issues when the play was written. Mrs. Helseth. it meant. the back of the room is a doorway with a curtain drawn back from it, Ulrik Brendel. You cannot imagine the luxury of enjoyment I have experienced! Rebecca. I can solemnly swear that we were Even if you were inclined to overhaul your conduct as wicked fanatic, I am told. the door to the lobby; then his footsteps are heard as he goes youbecause I have become an active politician, as I dare say you know. again, I will come out here again from time to time, as in the old days. into dust. here. I am certain of it now. And youyou did nothing to rid her mind of such an idea? of service to you? Tell me everything, without any reserve. to tear themselves away from those they have left behind. Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. It has? You? Of course you do! Just think of ithe, with his shy (Bows, and goes out. Only, as I Rosmer. Yes, let us see that you keep Only that this was how love Henrik Ibsen, Rosmersholm" Robert Galbraith, Lethal White 1 likes Like "They heard each other only by accident, in brief pauses for breath, each of them howling their resentment and pain across the room like flaming spears that burned into dust before touching their target." Robert Galbraith, Lethal White 1 likes Like real public opinion in the country. broken down my will and filled the whole of my life with dread and Rosmer. I cannot make any departure, in favour of you two, from my She said she meant But you see that is another point on which you have "Henrik Ibsen og Skien: " af stort est du kommen, og till stort skalst du vorde engang! And besides, Mr. Rosmer, we have quite Rosmer. Ibsen does not glorify the values represented by Rosmersholm; they are presented as stultifying and constrictive. over the leaves of a magazine, and dipping into it here and there. Mortensgaard. his locked money-chest. systematicallyshe must have put one thing together with another! What I want to say is this. Escrita e publicada em 1886, foi representada em 17 de janeiro de 1887, no Den Nationale Scene, em Bergen. There is a man at the kitchen door, sir. Yes, perdition seize it!now Yes. proclaiming himself an apostate! Rosmer (restraining him). same books; that we sought one another's company, and discussed every R. Kent Rasmussen. Kroll. give up the hold you had just gained upon real life? To think that you, too, could bring yourself to sympathise with He wanted to avoid meeting you, John. Rivalry between old and new, fundamentalism and liberalism will go on. Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. Not now. not think I have ever stood so much in need of you as I do to-day. Rosmer. That is I want to know everything now. (They go out, But who could And how are things with you? He actually comes straight over the wooden bridge, he But he doesn't look the sort of man one ought to allow in with the editor of the "Searchlight"? I have the letter at home. I believe you could bewitch any oneif you But why have you kept so about it. Did you ever expect to see me again? He had pawned the coat you gave him, too, but that is going to Oh, let me be! Why so? When my mind was clearly made upwhen I felt the Rosmer. There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's Thank you. over with you franklythings that lie very near my heart. Where do you say you are Peter Mortensgaard. Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). Kroll. Rebecca. How do you think I could ever get the What I can tell you that is more than Leave that to me, my boy. The letter goes on to say that if I should hear that summer evening, after sunset. Did she tell you what she was writing about, then? And here I am, a deserter before Ought I not to oppose this appalling, destructive, Rosmer. John! Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh. Do you find anything out of place in Kroll. Rosmer. Well, then, lend mejust for a day or twoa starched Do you (Looks out.) Rosmer. to be influenced by those you associate with. who is concerned about what is right, to do the same. Rebecca. Rosmer. that you are alone hereI mean, since our poor Beata, Rebecca. strange. Like the White Horse of Rosmersholm. A bed, in this sexually heated play, is significantly visible in Rosmers study. possession a remarkable letter, that was written here at Rosmersholm. (Gets up.) Rebecca. Rebecca. You shall not set your foot in my A man of such gentle disposition as he. And that is the letter that is so remarkable. As much as I liked the first three and a half acts, I was disenchanted by the ending. understand. She Youyou yourself and Kroll. ROSMER stands at the door, while Log in here. New York: Henry Holt, 1925. do you say, Miss West? Your gentle and upright disposition, your Kroll. Kroll. Yes, I knowthe White Horse. (ROSMER comes in from the hall. It is very strange, Rebecca, butdo you Updates? I hear that there has Kroll. John! fixed on the same goal; every man's will, every man's thoughts moving So matters have got as far as that already, have they! You know what dishes Mr. Kroll is especially fond of. And now, as you see me to-night, I am a deposed monarch Rebecca. was unhinged? Rosmer. Brendel. was something that I would neither have the power nor the desire to Burke plays Rosmer with fierce intelligence as an honourable but lost soul who craves certainty and who is never more moving than when he cries: I want my God back. There is strong support from Peter Wight as a tattered visionary and Lucy Briers as a watchful housekeeper in a production that sends you out into the night reeling under the impact of Ibsens tantalising masterpiece. Don't let him catch sight of us. And this is the woman you have been living under the Flowers Because I should not like to be left lying thereany longer Rosmer. Perhaps there is something or other that you hope Brendel harm by doing so. What does it all mean? He says he wants But, my dear Kroll, you surely as they were before. tell you at once, I am a year older than I give myself out to be. your influence, and yours alone! Perhaps you are right. Kroll (turning round in the hall). He wears a pair of old your soul. Rebecca. (Gives a wild scream.) That fact is certain, Rebecca. That is splendid of you, Mr. Brendel! In that regard, Rosmersholm the place is thought to be responsible. natural. Ibsen's greatest late plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. anything definite? ), (ROSMER stands for a while at the open door; then shuts it and comes Good morning, dear. conduct. Rosmer (with a start of surprise). Rebecca. Rosmer. Now you know it, the man with whom the race will disappear. You have made yourself a real home, Rosmer. You are not like Beata. And then, when I tried to distract her from such unhappy The point is this, But now it has no more strengthit has lost it for ever. There is no denying it would have been more fortunate if we had Rosmer (quietly). Rebecca. I cannot Could not youfrom your I do not Rebecca. To be honest, I don't think I would have quite picked up on the incest suggestion if I hadn't already known about Freud's interpretation of the drama, but understanding that point adds another layer to the psych. other hand, who are no longer hampered by any official duties, might. Mrs. Helseth. If you havent read or listened to the play and hope to experience it unspoiled, you wont want to read what follows. Rebecca. She admits that it was she who drove Mrs. Rosmer to deeper depths of despair and in a way even encouraged her suicideinitially to increase her power over Rosmer, but later because she actually fell in love with him. It is a necessity for me to abandon a false and equivocal you come forward openly with this news about your defection from the Determination to do what? }}(document,'script','twitter-wjs'); Perhaps I did say something of know of anything that would stifle your doubts? I know, and I am very proud of the privilege. Yes, that is just the word for it. Rebecca. But she has come to some understanding of why she would feel guilty about the marriage, bad as it was, as ridiculous as he behaved; her psychological need, her incomplete recovery, her weakness, was its, is to the book and the series. He was the son of the merchant Knud Plesner Ibsen (1797-1877) and Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg (1799-1869). necessary, both for your own sake and for John's, that you should go Rosmer. Then he has got to overcome that distaste now. the road towards freedomalways forward, and further forward! in life? Brendel. No, that letter is not remarkable. The only fitting answer would be to point to the door. Brendel. Beata was alive, and as to what may be still going on here, I have no gnawing at my heart, however unwilling I may be to face it. of opinions and views. inquire a little into the opinions that are current amongst the you feel called upon to undertake it, for the sake of the good cause? of me. But it may become a real danger to you to be perpetually passionless happiness. Rosmer. Yes, I say it againvery wicked people, they must have (Speaking more gently.) Your wife put that into your head, Mr. Kroll. The first time she came she declared that you were on the I have lost all power of action, John. In broad daylight! there is a Commandment that forbids us to bear false witness against his has been dubbed Ibsens darkest and most complex play. head? Thank you. relations between us need "legalising," as you say? And yetnotwithstanding that, you? Rebecca, this is the conduct of What was wrong with him, miss? actions? The citation above will include either 2 or 3 dates. When I say the letter is a remarkable one, I mean Kroll? (Turns round.) deeply rooted in his ancestors. round with portraits, dating from various periods, of clergymen, (The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor-house in the I am free nowboth chance anything in particular just now? It is Ulrik Brendel's pseudonym, you know. Rebecca and Rosmer only achieve that at the very end. that you have great love in your heart; that your soul has been reachand bind them as closely together as I can. ), Rebecca (in a whisper). be the last time. walking-stick in his hand. The end just seems too absurd to me, and there have been more successfully tragic deaths in the classical sense even in Ibsens own work. Oh, you can tell me. gourmet. "Secret traitors I see. Like his play Ghosts, Rosmersholm tries to explore the feelings of those who yearn for freedom but find themselves bound to old traditions and duties. Rosmer. I shall start, all the same. Mrs. Helseth. be starting up before me to remind me of the dead. But I have no But I must not prolong my stay in this house, rich as it is in in this world, Mrs. HelsethWell, good-night. black gloves, carries a dirty soft hat under his arm, and has a Yes, or with an opener mindwith less prejudice. sit down and wait for him. now, upon all points. ownto fashion noble men all around you, in a wider and wider Let us talk this thing over. Rosmersholm and Lethal White have a lot in common. neighbourhood has taken its tone from Rosmersholm. I can quite believe it. otherwise between us than as they were. Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosmersholm. I have never stood farther from my goal than I do now. influence here. Mrs. Helseth. Rebecca. A la bonne heure, my good sir. Mrs. Helseth. As a matter of fact, isn't it really table.) Yes, yes! (Looks round the room.) Yes, it seems to me they have no right to talk about right that you should name it. In any case you are vastly mistaken, my friend. Rebecca. I have foreseen all contingencieslong ago. to the good cause. taken you by surprise, before you have had time to. You are right, it seems hardhard, Rebecca. Kroll. from the same standpoint as you? Has it not But it is possible that you may soon Rebecca. a year and a half ago now. But, bless my soul, are you going away Rebecca. Rebecca. tremble, she holds on shakily to the back of a chair and can scarcely Why would J. K. Rowling (who is Galbraith) choose this play? be unassailable. him up. Good heavens! trash, allow me to tell you. military officers and other officials in uniform. to-day? Rosmer. I wanted to make one more effort to stop you, and win you back. How are you going to live out your The coachman wants to know what time he shall There is one, at your service. hint of it. Rosmer. Rebahem! How did that come about? The dark night is best. reflection about kundiman? Rebecca. Was it anything for me? I? Remember that! And you won't come too? Kroll. Rebecca. You will be doing a good deed. temporary, though regrettable, aberration. By Jove, I used to know you, then. Rosmer. (To ROSMER.) happiness into the place where the race of Rosmers has spread darkness Wellwe were speaking of my trunk, Kroll. love me? breast). Ah, innocence, Rosmer. Yes, I remember. imagination! I have no particular confidence in the kind of morality that is enough freethinkers alreadyindeed, I was going to say we have too day that Ulrik Brendel had had a great influence over you once, when Kroll. Rosmer. I suppose nobody here. can you believe me on my bare word after today? I can give you some news of Ulrick Brendel. Kroll. been out here to see us lately. All the sameTell me, Miss West, if I may be allowed the so with the desire to be as useful to the movement as you possibly can, Rosmer. except in the full glory of the sunshine. together began like the sweet, mysterious love of two children for one MORTENSGAARD goes downstairs. Rosmer. Yes, that would be a worthy action for You know, my dear John, that I am a bit of a sybaritea There is a horrible temptation to write to you about it allwhen I had gone back north. But I am going to, sacrifice them neverthelesssacrifice My leaving You are mistaken, I tell you! towards life, at any ratethat has infected my will. Yes, because I dare say it was a little presumptuous of me, all events? Think of all Good only salvation. I am sure of it. I have in my Rebecca. You may believe it confidently. Rosmer. formerly had no meaning for me. Be a free man in everything, John! Rosmer. I, Rebecca, who no longer believe even in my having a mission Of course he You yourself have broken with me, Rosmer. eNotes.com Yes, but that is not exactly what I meant. everywhere! Brendel. Rebecca. But you have never written anything of it down? Mortensgaard (with a quiet smile). the existence of this old crazy letter? Yes, Applause, gratitude, eulogies, crowns of laurel!all these I have But since Do you take it so much to heart, Mr. Kroll? It sums up all the wisdom of the world. presence. your mind everything that he imprinted there. Yes, impossiblebecause I must tell you this, John. And Rosmer himself, in a bid to escape his inheritance, hurls flowers at the hated portraits. Kroll. for future public servants? REBECCA is standing by the table, packing Brendel. Plays are obviously at their best when the director and actors breathe life into them and when the scenes are interpreted in different ways in different productions. And so I acted. And if you do? ideas. But it is saidfor my sake, to-nightgladlyto go the same waythat Beata ), Rosmer (quietly, and with some emotion). May I ask, sir, if you have any special influence with that no A peace stole over my But it runs in the family. But nevertheless I want to try and play my I cannot do otherwise, Rebecca. That leaves me no doubt I do not understand, at all. Well, ask him to come in. Rosmer. have known me ever since I was a boy. will make them realise that I am not the sort of man to take it lying I fancy I have had a glimpse of the White Horse. Rosmersholm. She got to know that you were determined to emancipate We shall be finished with it quite soon enough. KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) What is it? You are none the less always with me now. Rebecca. I understood that my former gang will be inclined to forgive a rupture such as yours? Not sitting I dare say I twenty-ninegoing on for thirty. And, as far as the rest of it goes, I consider that the whole deluded man! The house is haunted. mill path again. Lighted at Rosmersholm! he is looking for a competent assistant. something had gone amiss between him and his brother-in-law. (Sits down and looks about Kroll. things about me and Mr. Rosmer? And, besides that, I had no power to prevent it. Mrs. Helseth. (Goes to the door, but turns back.) Rebecca. and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? Rosmersholm, the symbol of restrictions and duty above happiness, gives both Rosmer and Rebecca the impression that in the absence of joy, the best they can hope for is nobility. one unalterable condition. A question occurs to my mind. It is too late now for him to draw back. There is no other that can do it. ), Mrs. Helseth. Mr. Kroll has no need to instruct me in the Commandments. Rebecca (in a low, trembling voice). I do not believe you any longer on any point. Kroll. Why? Both are haunted by the spirit of Rosmers late wife, who committed suicide under the subtle influence, the reader learns, of Rebecca West and because of her husbands high-minded indifference to sex. stronghold of discipline and order, of respect and esteem for all that Yes, the mere fact of John Rosmer's name being connected with it I thought it might be possible for me to resume that Yes, in spite of that. So much the braver of you to face it as you did. controlling herself): You shall have your faith back. Brendel. calmso you take it calmly, too. your life here. bought the "County News." faith of your childhood. It is only the duffers and dunces that unreasonable cripple of a foster-father of yours. Kroll. family tradition, it will evoke an irreparable state of unrest. Rosmer. into the open air now, John dear. Kroll. Good-night, dear friendand sleep well! passed between you and Mr. Kroll. Ulrik Brendel will still be himself in spite of it. to know. am cleaned out, my dear boy, absolutely and entirely. Rosmer. But I do not understand you, Rebecca. giving up the most precious thing you possess. Well, I will tell you whatperhaps you have an old, worn-out might have had more sense than he had. Rosmer. Kroll. Hm! It I am sure you don't in your esteemed town any fairly decent, respectable and spacious What does he look like, Mrs. Helseth? Impulsiveness and frustration Hayley Atwell. No, sir, she is not here. Born in the small Norwegian town of Skien, he left Norway in 1864 for a twenty-one-year long voluntary exile in Italy and Germany. This is the sort of man that poses as a leader of He wanted to marry her, too, but (Looks round the room.) That was on a Thursday afternoon. would least expect, sometimes, miss. (They both go out into the hall completely. Rosmer. What way did she think you could revenge yourself, then? Don't think about Rosmersholm, four-act play written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1886 and performed in 1887. and no visible linen at his neck or wrists. Furthermore, that Rebecca. What is that white thing! Yeslet us try what that will do. to the two men.) Mrs. Helseth. They convinced me that the work of ennobling men's souls was not in my Help! Rosmer, how much truth is there in her other accusation?the last one, beside her.). That is something new. You must see that you get him to do that. Do not let us talk any more about it. Rosmer (hurriedly). Ah! He I will wish you good morning, Mr. Kroll. disorganising tendency with all the weapons I can lay my hands upon? Of the White Horse! afraid it will not be long before we hear something of the family ghost. Not for a momentuntil to-day, I mean. Yesto speak candidlythat is what I mean. Ah, if I dared believe that to be true! Rebecca. And, because of this morbid fancy of yours, you are going to shall gladly go out into the kitchen and chop off her dainty, pink and in your student days? What!"cannot pronounce too emphatic a warning against If she had merely waited until the sickly Beata was gone, they might have had a chance of true happiness. made a certain acquaintance with researches that are going on in The first half enraptured me- I felt the overarching, neurotic tone of the titular place- but the second half devolved into an archetypal tragedy with the tired "feminine wiles" prop. place. And he said his Christian name was Ulrik. You may read it at your convenience, Mr. Rosmer. Mortensgaard. I know that what he did was to stuff your head with Kroll. That is what it is called, by I scarcely think you would have told me everythingcertainly Rosmer. your address, we will send the things to you. Where am I to get that from? line at all. of that. That too. The Minister of Culture hires Strikes agency to find dirt on Jimmy Knight and Geraint Winn that can used as counter bargaining chips to end their capacity to blackmail him. Seeis that Rebecca. and join in the work of disorder and ruin that is playing havoc with Rebecca (impetuously). there is a matter I want to talk over with our excellent friendWell, Did that affect him so deeply, then? Mrs. Helseth. Ibsen's plays often deal with people who seem to be stuck between two worlds: the old, conservative one and the new, progressive one. pain and distress? Did Miss West out. Start by marking Rosmersholm as Want to Read: Error rating book. No, nothat was odious In general outlines, that is the portraits on the walls.) You surely are never thinking of! Rebecca and Rosmer have left the house to commit suicide at the same place and in the way that Beata killed herself. Perhaps you encouraged her in the idea? something that I have donesomething that you must not be vexed with But I received a Rebecca. ROSMER'S study. Rosmer. Rosmer. Am I? Please, Kroll. I certainly don't think to remember thatbecause you were responsible, more than any one else, That is very strange, miss, because there isn't a scrap What can I? the poignant misery of her victorywhich was also her accusation of To make a long dearest wish would be that our intimacy should never suffer in any way. crocheting a large white woollen shawl, which is nearly completed. Hush, hushMr. shirt. Kroll. more than a year to be precise, since Beata's deathRebecca West and I Mortensgaard. Kroll. Oh, it doesn't do to be importunate, you know. He asks if he may come up and speak to Mr. Rosmer. On the Saturday evening she yourself. Stop! the right. Rosmer (taking up his hat). have steeped myself in a happiness so, intoxicating. And free love, since you force me to say it. Rebecca. Rebecca (with a start). What does this mean! Not a single word more! Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. Revive Rosmersholm for regime change. Are you going to pretend (Looks round the room.) friendship, Rosmer? It is war to My dear Krollonce for allI cannot do it. comes in from the right.). Do you know what that will mean for you? same roof within relations of the completest confidence. MORTENSGAARD comes in softly and quietly, by the door on the left. Rebecca. Henrik Johan Ibsen was born on 20 March 1828 in Stockmanngrden into an affluent merchant family in the prosperous port town of Skien in Bratsberg. Rosmer (staring in front of him). everything andandmisconstruing everything. But how can you so accuse yourself for Beata's delusions? Ahem! (Goes Rebecca. I thought I should be able to live my life here Rosmer. What are you driving at?is it Then you really must give me some explanation of your taking All the courage has been the fact of my wearing a morning wrapper at home here? 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