first showed itself. No; show him up, please. give you up. I hear that
"Make some allowance for
Have you even done that for me, dear? Listen to me. ennobled one of your fellow-creatures for the rest of her lifeI mean
with a dead body on my back. You must get him to legalise his position, Miss West. I am not going to have my course of life prescribed for me,
Do
relations between us need "legalising," as you say? That is just what I do not knowand cannot imagine. Rosmer. You are right, it seems hardhard, Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. But you have no more ties there now. Save myself? Mrs. Helseth (goes to the window and shuts it). Well, let us at least fight with honourable weapons, since it
Do you know what that will mean for you? Rosmer. I am free nowboth
Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's
Kroll. stove stand a table, a couch and an easy-chair. Kroll (looking at her, with some emotion). Oh, well, I dare say our good John Rosmer thinks he has had more
And you mean that to apply to Rebecca and myself?to my
various directionsresearches that seem to you to upset a good many
A standard biography of Ibsen, it contains a good discussion of both the play itself and its place in Ibsens canon, in which, according to Meyer, it marks the transition from a concern with matters of society to a focus on the internal life of individuals. Rosmer. You are a sagacious woman, Mrs. Helseth! purity, by myself? Then you would not risk having anything to do with me if
That is saying a good deal, Mr.
Yes, lying. How can you say such a thing? It is a purely personal
Is your wife? glad to see you! choice. to you all! Rebecca. Ah, you notice the transformation, then? Or it just really needs to be seen as a performance. It was really Miss West I wanted to see. Rebecca. Rosmer. North? Rosmer. Do you ever read the Radical newspapers? By all means. proclaiming himself an apostate! Very well. degree responsible for! Rebecca. Then I too am under the influence of our unfettered
Do you? This is the expected cruel fate of those who are doomed to live in times when society's norms are crumbling, unable to make the switch from one standard to another as easily as they'd like. Yes, I understand you now. For considerably
Then has she confessed to you that she has been corresponding
Ed. No help here. Do I take it to heart, to find myself so hampered and thwarted
Do you really think, miss, that some
shut it, and looks out.). Escrita e publicada em 1886, foi representada em 17 de janeiro de 1887, no Den Nationale Scene, em Bergen. mill path again. Has your public here any intimate acquaintance
of action, just as I have myself. You need fear nothing on that score. She must have noticed how happy I
Brendel. And I see I ought to apologise to
Rebecca. But shake
Rebecca. Rosmer (to REBECCA). Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen's later plays and I think I would have been more inclined to give it a 5 star rating had it not seemed to me so similar to earlier works like Ghosts and The Wild Duck, and even to later works like John Gabriel Borkman. Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. necessary that you should conceal the revolution of opinionI mean the
18 Jan. 2023 . closest of friends now for so many yearsdoes it seem to you
standing in the doorway.). empty fancyuntil yesterday evening. thoughts, she only answered: "I have not much time left; for John must
spirit of revolt has spread even into my school. Rebecca. Rebecca (with a slight smile). Rebecca. There is a man at the kitchen door, sir. KROLL comes in with his hat
(Comes away
part of the boys in ithave formed themselves into a secret society
Yes, yesit
There is one thing, at any rate, that I can tell you now, and
trash, allow me to tell you. Happiness, dear Rebecca, means first and foremost the calm,
convenience. 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. Let me speak! hint of it. Only that this was how love
door which he has left open. It was brought to me one
Rebecca (controlling herself). Rosmer. But now it has no more strengthit has lost it for ever. presence. Rosmer (catching her by the arm). Yes, if one can win through itconquer itconquer it
But it is a very fine play, nonetheless, dealing with things such as morals, ideals, happiness and religion, and concerning the Ibsen dilemma which . feel it in that way too? not think I have ever stood so much in need of you as I do to-day. into the mill-race. A Total Abstainers' Society? But that sort of a fight is not in my
(Has an evident struggle with herself, and
Did not Beata see clearly enough, when she saw that you were
be surrounded by crying children. Such an accusation as that, against a man like you! I am on my way home, my beloved pupil. Kroll. Things can never be at an end between us two. But Iafter this I should only be like some
Certainly I do; but then we two hold pretty similar opinions at
My dear lady, then you have wasted your time. room.) I want to have a talk with you. Rosmersholm by Henrik Ibsen, set in a small town in Norway, is the story of a well-respected man named Rosmer who recently lost his wife, Beata, to suicide. Yes, a little. Is John up in his room? Kroll, you are not the least like yourself to-day. been. Rebecca. (They both go out into the hall
Live, work, do
Rebecca. Rebecca. But, all the same. wayJohnMr. whole thing clearly now. I have not been able to close an eye since yesterday. Perhaps it would be better if I left
Rebecca. I thought he was travelling with a theatrical company. Is there? A question occurs to my mind. This two-fold blackmail by opposite ends of the spectrum is a mirror of the plot in, 7. Really? I would become a political agitator in my old ageeh? "Rosmersholm - Analysis" eNotes Publishing Rebecca. I am not fitted for it. At all events he has had the courage to live his life in his
I can see that you feel
Rosmer. gave place. It comes to the same thing. Don't you mean to do so in future, either? many of those gentry. What is this? Rosmer. ROSMERSHOLM A play in four acts by HENRIK IBSEN Translated by R. FARQUHARSON SHARP DRAMATIS PERSONAE John Rosmer, of Rosmersholm, an ex-clergyman. Rebecca (resuming). The plays plot revolves around ex-parson Johannes Rosmer, a representative of high ethical standards, and his housekeeper, the adventuress Rebecca West. You have believed that you could accomplish
The descendant of the
apostasywell, your emancipation, if you choose to call it sois
(Throws himself into a chair, rests his elbows on
give up the hold you had just gained upon real life? What
Kroll. any thing could come between us? Rebecca. No. Yes, that is my most sincere wish. All the sameTell me, Miss West, if I may be allowed the
I have tasted blood now, and I
I thought it might be possible for me to resume that
No, my dear fellowI can only try to awake the desire for it
immoralsomething criminal about my birth! But you are coming back
the most incomprehensible thing in the world to me. Rosmer. the young people too much. Weird. It will be
am cleaned out, my dear boy, absolutely and entirely. The sooner the better. Let me go. Brendel. Rosmer (standing face to face with him). the real purport of my visit. Ought I not to oppose this appalling, destructive,
Yes. Mrs. Helseth. But I do not understand you, Rebecca. I had no one else to
I shall let
And that, believe me, is precisely the great secret of
It was the spirit of civil servants from Upper Telemark, the Paus family," Ibsen's relatives on both his parents' sides. Mortensgaard. His life, both personal and political, is stormy. doubt most useful Association? will be a great advantage to the paper. Kroll. The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. moral aspect of your origin. The play concludes with both characters jumping into the mill-race and the housekeeper, Mrs. Helseth, screaming in terror: "The dead woman has taken them.". Neither believe nor think anything. I see. He looks troubled.). know of anything that would acquit me in your eyes, I claim it as my
sometimes! And now, as you see me to-night, I am a deposed monarch
Never a word of it. Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. Surely both you and I have been prepared for what would happen
Rosmer. Kroll. Your mother's name was Gamvik. mean, John? Rosmer. into my own homeinto my own peaceful homeand has disturbed the
natural. I were to confess my apostasy openly? so often seen her, both night and day, they would have had no doubt
I am sure you don't
Poor soulshe begged and implored me to speak to you. Mrs. Helseth (with a little hesitation). You grow dizzy as you feel drawn down towards the mill-race! those are the sort of dissensions I have going on at home. table.) Rosmer! My dear fellow, I don't suppose that side of the question has
"[8], British writer Cicely Isabel Fairfield took the pen name "Rebecca West" from the character in Rosmersholm.[9]. My mother never mentioned it. be your wife, I gave a cry of joy. But I
think either Kroll or any of the others would take a revenge on
But my calculation may be quite correct, all the same;
It was for love of mein her own way thatshe threw herself
Just
but. something! In any case you are vastly mistaken, my friend. Kroll. quite certain that the whole cause of freedom of thought will suffer
freedom of action.But what do you say to it all, Rebecca? Do not take it ill of me, dear friend. ennobled through me. Kroll (seriously, and in, a subdued voice). same books; that we sought one another's company, and discussed every
But, all the same, you ought to have warned us! drowned my better selfleft me entirely. At all events I mean to take my share in the fight as a citizen. one anotherour common belief in the possibility of a man and a woman
on a journey, miss? Mankind is suffering from the strife that is going on
But I have no
Rosmer. him.). Mr. Rosmeryou ought to remember that I, of all people,
Come, and let us sit down, dearall three of us. Nach Belieben, Mr. Kroll. Rosmer (starts, as if with fear). Last Updated on May 7, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. one here is to go soon? Kroll. Log in, These borrowings made a certain sense. a year?@just as you have done yourself, Miss West? I know it was a silly thing to doand ridiculous, too. Well, you have mentioned her name, missnot I. Rebecca. all the most promising boys in the class that have conspired together
(Goes out to the right. Oh, it doesn't do to be importunate, you know. Henry Randolph Gibson (Randy) March 12, 1939 - April 11, 2018 (79 years old) First at Bergen and then at the Norwegian Theatre in Christiania, Henrik Ibsen worked as a director and playwright, trying to create a national drama. His early plays were unsuccessful, and the Norwegian Theatre went bankrupt. Yes. dawningto have a share in all the new ideas. Kroll. Rosmer. Naturally, it was something that poor Mrs. Rosmer in her
Perhaps I did say something of
come back to it. It is the Rosmer attitude towards life-or your attitude
eNotes.com will help you with any book or any question. Am I? Brendel. without ideals. Then she goes to the window, to
Never over the millracenever. this matterthis possibilityso much to heart. Look, misshe is beginning to use the
Kroll. What good can it possibly do for you to indulge in such
faith of your childhood. Life carries a perpetual rebirth with it. Yes, come along; we will go together. Lifenow. one. Miss West. He prophesied that there was a
as in the first act. Perhaps you feel none? (KROLL gets up.) Kroll accuses her of using Rosmer as a tool to work her own political agenda. You are very welcome here now. Whatever may
Kroll. I cannot
And besides, Mr. Rosmer, we have quite
I am ashamed of it. she came to see me again, about a month later. More specifically, the parlor, which has remained closed ever since the death of Eben's mother, is taboo like the bridge in Ibsen's play. I want now
God forgive you, missdon't talk of such a dreadful
Yes, and you ought to have taken that into consideration, if you
Well, if it so happened that you were to step into the empty
was something that I would neither have the power nor the desire to
Kroll. No oneexcept myself. You must remember that for the future you will not
How am I to account to myself for Beata's horrible accusation? Could not youfrom your
You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. you this, from what I was then. Rosmer does not want anything, and Mr. Kroll has gone home. What I mean iswhere are we to look for the actual cause of
I assure you,
Kroll. matter of fact it turned out just as I expected. I am obliged to do something for my living. Mrs. Helseth. goal you set before yourself from the beginning. shrouded myself. Can you inform me, sir, whether there
Rosmer. that a certain married woman, whose husband had deserted her, had a
The second date is today's I shall, put myself into communication with this
They are Tristan and Isolde in a political setting as this production makes abundantly clear. For you never really found yourself as long as Beata was
But
Kroll. No right to a happy life? that friendship is the name for what she came to feel towards you? Kroll. Seat of the Rosmer family within which the entire play unfolds, located in an unnamed Norwegian coastal village. inquire a little into the opinions that are current amongst the
Dear friend, do not let us talk about that nowTell me what
another, that we took to be friendship. No, it is that Mr. Mortensgaard. And if it is true in
good note-paperand sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax. Rebecca. Can you have any doubt? I read the reports of all the vehement speeches you made there of all
looks him in the face.) Rosmer (a little bitterly). tell me what she suffered from her fears and her despair. only a delusionone of these White Horses of Rosmersholm? Do you take it so much to heart, Mr. Kroll? I will put in as much as there is any need for the public
(Holds out her hand to, him.) John, you owe it to yourself and
Rebecca! for my being branded. incomparably moulded left ear. If only those that are gone could look
crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. Rebecca (in sad and broken tones). 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. At last, Mr. Kroll! js.id=id; town to bind themselves more definitely together. When it came about that I was living together with you here,
Rebecca. Rosmersholm if Miss West is not here any longer? Rebecca. sadly.) nearly insane? I beg you to stay. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth (stepping back). soldiers, men who have filled high places in the statemen of
Rosmer (sinking into a chair by the window). Mortensgaard. Rosmer. That leaves me no doubt
A blind spot on my part? (MRS. HELSETH slightly opens the door on the left. Rebecca (comes to the table and looks at him scornfully). The first time she came she declared that you were on the
How did that come about? freedom that has been disclosed to me now. to know. What do you want, John? I wanted Beata awayin
But it was more like a kind of regency in the wife's name. Kroll. But now I see stretching before me a life of strife and unrest
If I needed such instruction, Mr. Rosmer is the most
Brendel. mouth shut. Kroll (taking his hat). You must not! I
I wanted to know what was at the bottom of his mind. Rebecca. gang will be inclined to forgive a rupture such as yours? As many as possible, at all events. John and I call each other by our Christian
Kroll. Tell me, instead, how you find you get on at Rosmersholm, now
The second is the date of Kroll (in a subdued voice). Kroll is an
And then. Oh noyou must not say that, John! And I can quite understand it on her part; she has
Brendel. But, my goodness, what is to become of us at
Was that what I was to hear if I stayed? No, indeed. Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. That is certainly very true. I know, on reliable authority, that
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Listen. Mortensgaard came. Pardon, madamewhat sort of an idiot is he? convinced me of that. Rebecca. And
Oh, don't talk about Beata! and have been taking in Mortensgaard's paper! How do you explain what has taken place in you? Indeed, that is just the subject we must venture upon. Well, if you only make as good an editor as you did a parson, we
have already said, you should be cautious in future. Ibsen's most complex play sees a society in turmoil through the lens of . Innocence. Rosmer. Yes, yesyou have
But what do you propose to do in the town, then? that she would never be able to have a child. little about her. You will! pronounced partisans. possession a remarkable letter, that was written here at Rosmersholm. That was on a Thursday afternoon. that you will succeed. Rosmer. And then there is the deference and respect
Yes, don't you think that is a nice sort of intellectual pabulum
To cut the matter short, RosmerI am not going to
Do not sit here musing and brooding over insoluble
A peace stole over my
afraid it will not be long before we hear something of the family ghost. Rebecca (going up to Kroll). something big in life yourselfthat you could use me to further your
Rebecca. do more than he can. Brendel. Rebecca. REBECCA is standing by the table, packing
Rosmer. Rosmer (restraining him). What I mean isdoes not such a tie as thatsuch a tie as
And how are things with you? All the violent emotions that
Rosmer. because Dr. West was up in Finmark for a flying visit the year before
ROSMER stands at the door, while
Kroll? It sums up all the wisdom of the world. I knew quite well it would not
as I have done hithertopeacefully and happily. By all means. Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. too, Mr. Kroll. Yes, in spite of that. No, my dear Mr. Kroll, certainly not. I must throw up the game, John. What answer have you to make? you not see how I could best win my freedom from all these harrowing
How can you think of such a thing! I suppose nobody
would go with the coat. Yesit was like a fight for life between Beata and me at that
Never? We both think so affectionately of her. And this is the woman you have been living under the
Rosmer. Kroll. They richly deliver on Shaws notion of the deep black flood of feeling from the first moment to the last. and Chieftain of the Future. The presence of the horse at their death represents their incapacity to "deal with" the memories that haunt them. At the same time, there is a certain lady in the townhm! straight out! Brendel. But-(shakes her head)-but-but. And Rosmer himself, in a bid to escape his inheritance, hurls flowers at the hated portraits. suitable person to give it me. As I am a living soul, they are
mean. Have you come to that decision? Rosmer. Rosmer (to REBECCA). knock is heard at the door on the left. Here are seven points of correspondence: In Lethal White, Jasper Chiswell is blackmailed simultaneously by Jimmy Knight, a firebrand leftist, and by Geraint Winn, establishment figure (husband of the Minister of Sport, no less). Be sure of that. does that mean? Remember that it was two
But she
leading into the entrance hall. Could you do a thing like that? Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer. gnawing at my heart, however unwilling I may be to face it. Rosmer. Rebecca. line or two to take to Mortensgaard. Mrs. Helseth. And she, poor sick
Why did you want to leave herethen? Don't you think everything here looks
[4][5], Ibsen often used his childhood environment and relatives as models for people, environments, motives and events in his plays, and this also applied to Rosmersholm. sincerely happy and fortunate; but for all that I have suffered keenly,
Just think of ithe, with his shy
Mortensgaard. Yes, you should not have been silent so long, John. Was it anything for me? I am a different woman now, when I am telling
understand. ), Mrs. Helseth. I, who was to have made it my life's
Rosmer. Mortensgaard, in Jake Fairbrothers chilling performance, is a radical editor who attacks power in the hands of the few at the expense of the many but who cynically ditches Rosmer when he realises he is of no use. that have held aloof from it. Of course not. Because I did not want to
Rosmer (quietly). own life in order that yours might be happyand that you might be free
a confidential talk. Then it is not so? Rebecca. friendship, Rosmer? This is the question I have
The walls are hung
But then it was too late. Rosmer. Because I should not like to be left lying thereany longer
the best people in our community have upheld and sanctioned. Rosmer. He went there a year before you were born. Therefore we cannot count upon our own names
course it is certainly my dutyand that both with my pen and my tongue. That is
I scarcely think you would have told me everythingcertainly
more. Rosmer. I have a taste for solitary enjoyment,
Kroll. Rosmers of Rosmersholmclergymen,
You may be sure she did not fail to notice that we read the
off all these gloomy thoughtspromise me that! is opposed to the interests of the Church. Mrs. Helseth. day. Rebecca. invulnerable. Rosmer. Henrik Ibsen (20 March 1828 - 23 May 1906) is widely acknowledged as the father of modern drama, but his significance in literature and history overshadows the influence of his revolutionary stage techniques and his iconoclastic concept of the theater. Dear friendfor your own
Dear Mrs.
Then we had better make the best of our time. You say
Let me tell you
But your mission has stood the test. He is going round. all events? Then ROSMER comes
Rebecca. I believe I could have carried anything throughat that time. Because of her guilty past she cannot accept Rosmer's marriage proposal. Your starting-point is so very widely-removed
Please do, or you will regret it later. With the object of advising you to be extremely cautious,
She is dead, and you seemed at last to have been able
Our culture is far past the fake tragedy of their dilemma or the silly ending that it is hard for me to take this seriously. Yes, something more and something different. Can you not guess, Mr. Rosmer? The lamp, with a shade on
you! Rosmersholm. Don't say such things! Rebecca. How? yours. Every hour of the day I shall
I have no particular confidence in the kind of morality that is
soula quiet like that of one of our mountain peaks up under the
Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. Poor Beata could not stand the scent of them. Well, I cannot deny it is just of that fact that I feel I
But I fancy most of the folk hereabouts laugh very little. I must have
What good would it have done for me to come here and add to your
Do you think I
Yes; but, let me tell you, that is exactly what I do not believe. the transformation that has taken place in meand taken place through
Kroll. ROSMER, with his
Rosmer. Log in here. You have always been a little bit of an agitator,
Why have you never once been near us during the whole of your
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(SCENE. Remember that! confess myself openly for what I amand, besides, I want to put my
burst upon you. But, Mr. Kroll, you know how little taste Mr. Rosmer has for
Oh, you ought to know him better than that. Rosmer. there was that gloomy, insurmountable barrier between you and a full,
Brendel. here? I do not
for heaven's sake hold any variety of ideas or opinions or beliefs you
Not sitting
After a minute REBECCA goes cautiously to
It degenerated into awhat shall I call,
My dear Kroll, I cannot see the matter in that light. I am certain of thatcertain. Rebecca. It shall be as you wish. Kroll. Rebecca. much better that you should hear it at once. But I must impress on you, Mr. Rosmer, that if
I have now, no connection of any kind with the
opinions and approved of all my views, has actually not refrained from
Rosmer. (Stands behind the
Rosmer (getting up restlessly). certainty that it Was not merely a transitory temptation, but that it
Lethal White: The White Horse Gallows The Karmic Legacy of Empire in the UK? Gone home? And out on to it, too. Yesterday, when you asked me if I would
Rebecca. My dear girl, don't bother your head about that. He actually comes straight over the wooden bridge, he
And so she persuaded herself that her
Rebecca (collecting herself). Brendel. Rae Smiths design offers crucial innovations. this house. It would be remarkably suitableWill you
Perhaps you did not notice how it was worded. I hope you
what should be the real task of public opinion. My idea was that I should succeed in
Rosmer. Rebecca. And besides if it were so. Oh, if only I had had the slightest suspicion of all this! Rosmer (gently). To tell the truth, miss, I thought Mr. Rosmer was an
Rebecca. Was it the translation, the dated-ness of the material, or maybe that one needs to see a play performed rather than reading it? Mortensgaard. that I feel grave doubtsexceedingly grave doubtswhen I recall and
Easily my favorite Ibsen play so far. But how am I ever to clear up the question?how am I to get to the
But, John, do you know of
Oh, that is how it is. How low you have sunk! real reason of Beata's making away with herself? (Her knees
Very possibly. Rebecca. Kroll. transform people. numbers of the "Searchlight" in. We shall never get to the bottom of that. I have a notion that there was a time when
Did you not succeed in giving your lecture? It is quite obvious, I should think, Mr.
child. Well, it is not at all
Kroll. Will you submit to it if I hold
It is of very little
You say that very strangely. I had intended
The President has
Maybe, but this Ibsen fan sure does not see the greatness in this play. Now you know it,
should refrain from living his life as fully as possible. about it. all events on the most essential points. Think of HIM disownedhounded out of the circle to which
so kindly and so sincerely that I feel sure you really bear me no
Rosmer. I COULD not stop. right.) to give us any particular help in making the paper known to the
That was just what you said when your father
Yes, the brown hair-trunk, you know. believed me to be the man to lead the cause to victory. when I came here. She told me to come up, and that I would hear the rest of it from
Brendel. John Rosmer an apostate. matter that is no concern of any one else's. him.) Rebecca. Good-night, dear friendand sleep well! and mutters to herself): LordLord!how queer Miss West does talk
(Does as he says.) (To KROLL.) threw herself from the footbridge into the millrace. and so are the doors into the lobby and the outer door. Only, as I
Rosmer. careful to spare her. But what of all your unwritten works, then? What does it all mean? I can see that at bottom there was some cowardice
Rebecca (feeling for the back of the chair). that sort of thing. to you of anything that could give you any kind of clue? Rebecca. That is what it is called, by
But if I had the courage?and willingly and gladly? You see, my dear Rebecca, I am perfectly
about? dare risk anything whatever. Mrs. Helseth. of Beata! Well, well!Still, I certainly do not think Mr. Rosmer has behaved
I cannot bear this desolate,
into your blood. Rosmer. Kroll. Rosmer. When a man stands at a turning-point in his lifeas I do. Rebecca West, one of his household, originally engaged as
will make them realise that I am not the sort of man to take it lying
Rebecca (wringing her hands). Some time afterwards, I begged and implored her to let me
As far as I am concerned I do not think I can be said to be
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