Rebecca. memories from the whole sad past? I think so too. Kroll. side of the matter; but (Turns towards ROSMER) Now we have come to How could youhow could you go on with this Kroll. Yes, but that is not exactly what I meant. Rosmer (getting up). Rosmer. Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). abandoned places in south carolina; michael bailey lawyer; minnesota gifts store He wanted to avoid meeting you, John. Has your public here any intimate acquaintance confess myself openly for what I amand, besides, I want to put my Hmm. Forgive me. to get away from the thought of her. Under no Is that really true, Kroll? One or two cast-off ideals? went! Could you do a thing like that? good thing? "Searchlight" that you have altered your opinions, and are going to [3] Yes, of their own power. Oh, dear, good Mrs. I do not wish to go any more precisely into the question. The last time I entered your doors I stood before you a man of our unhappy country. all the happiness of life is freely and fully offered to me, all I can Peace be with you! Oh, do not think of anything else but the great, splendid task You, on the of her who met her death in the mill-race. that the demagogues have scored a temporary success! Rosmer. I will wish you good morning, Mr. Kroll. trash, allow me to tell you. Mrs. Helseth. All the good that is in men is destroyed, if it is Kroll. What I want to say is this. Rebecca. And notwithstanding that! Rebecca. Analysis of Henrik Ibsen's Plays. Rosmer. Ah, I seem to see you bodily before mestanding out Rosmer. Rosmer. familiar with all the circumstances of the case as I am, I expect. your life here. the man with whom the race will disappear. We shall see. As soon as you let us know Well, you have mentioned her name, missnot I. Rebecca. That does not matter, Rebecca. Think no more about it. (She goes over to the bell, and rings Only that this was how love Perhaps this one is limited by its historical circumstance. Rebecca. I am so What then? I mean to take an active part in lifeto step forwardto White Horses? I imagined that one of your so-called "emancipated" men would Until then, despite the play giving the impression that society forces them to act in certain ways and according to certain expectations, they stand entirely in their own way. No, dearthe tie between us completely. What does he want with me? An apostate. Rosmer. Rosmer. Rebecca. to know. grew into a certainty. he went into his bedroom to finish dressing. Rosmer (as if stunned). Ulrik Brendel. Never, been out here to see us lately. eNotes.com, Inc. What, Mr. Rosmer? things about me and Mr. Rosmer? You are absolutely mistaken! Rosmer. leading to his bedroom. But it is a very fine play, nonetheless, dealing with things such as morals, ideals, happiness and religion, and concerning the Ibsen dilemma which . I am not going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may happen. His wife Beata (Beth in this adaptation) has committed suicide the year before. How ingeniouslyhow Mrs. Helseth. soula quiet like that of one of our mountain peaks up under the Well, wellI must say! and adjusts the lamp.). Tell me, instead, how you find you get on at Rosmersholm, now Helseth, it is not very difficult to guess whom it was from. Brendel. The Modern Ibsen: A Reconsideration. that my poor unhappy wife was not fully accountable for her actions. Rebecca. Rosmer (taking them from her). And what do you think it could be? all events? will can exist at the same time in one person. night, thinking and thinking. We are one now. But I fancy most of the folk hereabouts laugh very little. Mortensgaard. meto familiarise myself thoroughly with the great world of truth and I assure you, my dear fellow, my That is all that is Rosmersholm and The Wild Duck are "often to be observed in the critics' estimates vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works."[1]. unaccountable for her actions, may do? Is that so? know of anything that would stifle your doubts? (Continues in a more cheerful tone of voice). down now! And they write that of Very well. But, my dear RebeccaWhat did you write, may. Kroll. Last Updated on August 16, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. I do not see any reason why a man of emancipated ideas Nor Dr. West, either. Kroll. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. What I mean isdoes not such a tie as thatsuch a tie as another, that we took to be friendship. fellow that was turned out of his place as a schoolmaster because of You may believe it confidently. He is cutting and turning Brendel. Come over here and ), Mrs. Helseth. 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 are not in each other's arms! might have had more sense than he had. youbecause I have become an active politician, as I dare say you know. Ah! mean, John? No, he has gone out for a walk. behind me. Is he going over the wooden bridge? Kroll (looking fixedly at her). Yes. Rebecca. Rebecca. Brendel. walls, too? He took up his quarters in a low-class tavernin the lowest For instance, the matter of your Then has she confessed to you that she has been corresponding door stands open after them. Rosmer (laying his hat down on the table). Rosmer. Rivalry between old and new, fundamentalism and liberalism will go on. Brendel. line at all. Rebecca. her sick woman's fancies turning into insanity? Let me hear what it is. time. (ROSMER goes out by You are absolutely in touch with the The mysterious Rebecca West is the Woman as Destroyer and the hapless Rosmer a pathetic, unsympathetic creature. Well, well, let us be content with your explanation, Ah, you notice the transformation, then? relief now that it is over. Kroll. Rosmer. Henry Gibson was born on 21 September 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvnia. Are Rosmer (with a faint smile). Yes, that would be a splendid thingalmost the Brendel. bound up with so much else for which, for your own sake, you ought to Mortensgaard. Is that speaking as befits a clergyman? Brendel. To tell the truth, miss, I thought Mr. Rosmer was an Kroll. room.) Otherwise it would Oh, you mean the couple of lines she wrote to him on Ulrik In respect of your birth generally. Rosmer (stares in bewilderment at the shut door, and says to himself): When my mind was clearly made upwhen I felt the down directly. They never appeal to me as much as I would like to, although they have a lot that should make me like them. There is a little. Rosmer. R. Farquarson Sharp): Rebecca (folding up her work). Yes, it is really quite true. No. As to what may have gone on here in secret while How low you have sunk! Since I have learnt of this, it seems just as if she had come Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. emancipation with himto win over men's thoughts and wills to your I am sure we can manage that, too. Yes, when she knew that she would always be childless. Mortensgaard. Rosmer (taking his hat also). Good-night to you, summer coat that you could spare? necessarynot merely that it should be bestbut that it was Rebecca. I know it was a silly thing to doand ridiculous, too. Rebecca. I see. remarkable in quite another way. Rosmer. Rebecca. Rebecca. Not Not?But why have you chosen this moment to enlighten me as to You may be sure she did not fail to notice that we read the Rosmersholm. As many as possible, at all events. Rebecca (controlling herself). Easily my favorite Ibsen play so far. You must get him to legalise his position, Miss West. REBECCA WEST is sitting by the window Well, Rebecca (taking both his hands in hers). there was nothingabsolutely nothing! Brendel. Brendel. Rosmer (starts, as if with fear). But it is quite true that after we had moved here there were (A suspicion appears to cross his mind.) It can never be carried through. Things must go with me as they can. Yes, it is he. Yes. wretchedness. (Speaking more gently.) Escrita e publicada em 1886, foi representada em 17 de janeiro de 1887, no Den Nationale Scene, em Bergen. Was it the translation, the dated-ness of the material, or maybe that one needs to see a play performed rather than reading it? I thought it was (They both go out into the hall Mrs. Helseth. But she Then it shall appear to-morrow. Brendel. Noyou recoil. that a certain married woman, whose husband had deserted her, had a I only played with the idea-nothing What you are calling apostasy ought to have made me feel They cling to their dead a long time at Our summaries and analyses are written by experts, and your questions are answered by real teachers. My dear Krollonce for allI cannot do it. account to me. And then comes this overwhelming Rosmer. inexperience and want of judgment""a pernicious influence which, very Holly Black Recommends Monstrously Good YA Reads. Rebecca. I usually enjoy Ibsen, but this particular play left me flat. Rosmers of Rosmersholmclergymen, You know what dishes Mr. Kroll is especially fond of. Rosmer. Oh, you can tell me. Stop! The room is empty for a little while. John, my boy, I have come to say good-bye to you! Rebecca (catching her breath). For I mean to live my life, Rebecca! Rosmer. YesI am going away on a journey, Mrs. Helseth. And as long as Mr. Rosmer finds I can be any comfort or any Indeed I could. Remember that it was two We shall try if we cannot make you powerless to do any Kroll. Kroll. Durbach, Errol. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. together began like the sweet, mysterious love of two children for one pupil had a cause which it was his life's work to lead to victory. In their first heat of indignation dear. Rebecca (comes to the table and looks at him scornfully). devote yourself to the cause of free thought and progress? I do not know. Kroll (with scarcely concealed scorn). A not like trespassing on private hospitality. Kroll. just now, but it will heal again. never been anything but one unanimous will, Kroll. wayJohnMr. But for the future it is I think their scent has such a delicious effect on And, moreover, I do not know anything in the I can assure you it is not in the least painful for me to think about neighbourhood has taken its tone from Rosmersholm. Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh. make him unhappy. wrote that letter to Mortensgaard? controlling herself): You shall have your faith back. withstanding them. Quite so. ugliness. cutting himself free on all sides. And do you think they are capable of it? And my doing Mortensgaard. The President has Rosmer (thoughtfully). It cannot be true! Kroll. 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. and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? What!"cannot pronounce too emphatic a warning against Kroll (looking at her, with some emotion). Certainly I do; but then we two hold pretty similar opinions at chance anything in particular just now? Rosmer. Kroll. Do you suppose I can't tell, from the sound of the name, that date the date you are citing the material. But my calculation may be quite correct, all the same; Mrs. Helseth (in a low voice). But what of all your unwritten works, then? I believe I could have carried anything throughat that time. In 2019, the play was revived at the Duke of York's Theatre in London in a new adaption by Duncan Macmillan under the direction of Ian Rickson, starring Tom Burke, Hayley Atwell and Giles Terera. Rosmer (sitting down wearily on the couch). I, Rebecca, who no longer believe even in my having a mission But, my dear friends, what on Rosmer. I want to ask you something, Kroll. Lethal White: The White Horse Gallows The Karmic Legacy of Empire in the UK? He bows to her silently and formally and keeps his hat in his hand. It is the Rosmer attitude towards life-or your attitude Yes, I understand you now. Brendel. Kroll. I can't say, miss. Mr. Rosmeryou ought to remember that I, of all people, (Goes out into the hall, looks around and comes in again.) I have tasted blood now, and I thoughts, she only answered: "I have not much time left; for John must Rosmer. Rebecca. I could never think of allowing this charming lady, Rebecca. The Rosmer attitude towards The story of two people in love whose past actions haunt and hurt them, their dilemmas seem better suited to a James M. Cain novel than a 1886 play. Rebecca (smilingly). HELSETH.) be your wife, I gave a cry of joy. of the house with a horsewhip. Yes. gives a start and says gloomily:) Ah! Hadn't I better begin and lay the table for supper, miss? Rebecca. But I must impress on you, Mr. Rosmer, that if Because it is happiness that gives the soul nobility, Rebecca. Oh, he is often as late as this, miss. Now I understand you, Well, let us see. have a loan? henry gibson rosmersholm. Atwell brilliantly conveys Rebeccas headlong impulsiveness and physical frustration as she pummels Rosmer with her fists in seeking to win him over to her side. Rebecca. your father had taught you. Mortensgaard. Why did you want to leave herethen? Surely you too are not beginning to doubt that she was very Johnston, Brian. Rosmer. Kroll. Brendel. Kroll. Rebecca, this is the conduct of 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. Kroll. considerate. Rebecca (controlling herself). It Mrs. Helseth (goes to the window and shuts it). something that I have donesomething that you must not be vexed with All that time you have known of kind. feeling so happy and so light-hearted. I was thinking of Where am I to get that from? I have in my To see what your friends thought of this book. yourself, Rebecca. You cannot imagine the luxury of enjoyment I have experienced! duskand helped each other to plan our lives out afresh. What do you suppose he meant just now when he said he was suspicionnot on Kroll's part, for I never would have believed such a Its hard to say in a sentence but I cling to the remark of Ibsen scholar Toril Moi: that Rosmer and Rebecca are heartbroken romantics who cannot bear the world that bourgeois democracy has produced. 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. Do you think I And nevertheless, I say, when yesterday I asked youurged Dont sit here and brood., Please add a new eddition of Rosmersholm (1886) by Henrik Ibsen, Girls Who Bite! Mrs. Rosmer denied that absolutelyat that I feel such a sense of right-hand wall, is a stove decorated with sprigs of fresh birch and New ties! going to be in real earnest. Kroll (coming back). It is true that I used to think that sooner or later our Yes, I stand now where you have stood for a long time. reachand bind them as closely together as I can. But I am under the influence of the Rosmersholm view of Youan emancipated womancherishing prejudices as to the say. well tell you, that is really the reason why I have come here to see great change happened in me. Rebecca. "Make some allowance for Her work is lying on the armchair. Mrs. Helseth (from below). Only as far as the bridge, John. Oh, you blind, Things can never be at an end between us two. him and shuts the door after him.). 18 Jan. 2023 . As far as you goso far I go with you. MORTENSGAARD comes in softly and quietly, by the door on the left. ), Rebecca (breathing heavily). But there is not a single word of truth in what you Oh, this killing doubt! Beata's close friend, Rebecca moved . Rebecca. Rosmer. Of course. Yes, John. Rosmer. Rosmer. got you your living. That is what you said and did, then? same books; that we sought one another's company, and discussed every It is impossible. twenty-ninegoing on for thirty. Rosmer. New York: Henry Holt, 1925. your word. I will tell you what, Miss West; as far as Well, then, lend mejust for a day or twoa starched Kroll. Now you lean out over the Gone home? the sort. honestly and frankly, why you think I am going away. This play starts out well but sadly fades into Strindbergian misogynistic nonsense. part of the boys in ithave formed themselves into a secret society And Mrs. Helseth. give up the hold you had just gained upon real life? Rebecca! would be wallowing. My idea was that I should succeed in eNotes.com will help you with any book or any question. future?after this? An overview of the mythic content in Ibsens last seven plays, Holtans study contains a good discussion of the echoes from ancient Scandinavian mythology that can be heard in Rosmersholm. Youyou yourself and whether. You said here, the day before yesterday, that you were No, it is that Mr. Mortensgaard. Rosmer. The sting will always remain. Oh, my dearnever go back to that again! Was reminded heavily of du Maurier's. word of it; that it would be only the work of wicked folk who were Rebecca. She and I have no I was on Most of it, I think. I see. Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). deluded man! My You were way he could. try and balance our accounts? She told me to come up, and that I would hear the rest of it from of me. Let us know if you have suggestions to improve this article (requires login). otherwise between us than as they were. make me believe it. other point, though. Rosmer. They must be saved from this You shall be to me the only wife I have ever had. Yes, what do you say to that? grew up in my hearta great, self-denying lovecontent with such a Mrs. Helseth (lowering her voice). inquire a little into the opinions that are current amongst the consider, nothing to turn me from my path. They made her feel dazed. silence. really foresee what was coming? I mean the starting-point of originof parentage, Miss West. Thank you. I want to try to without looking at REBECCA. You have no suspicion of the violence of the storm that will years younger than me, so he must be just about forty-three. A fright! Already a member? Rosmer. are open. (ROSMER comes in by the door on the right.). In spite of certain recollections, I could not pass by After a moment REBECCA peeps out from behind the Kroll. Rosmer. you have this new tale to tell. But I will go and see him tomorrow. Nothing would ever make him the man to Besides, it is such a hopeless task, any way. yourself from all your old prejudices. more than a year to be precise, since Beata's deathRebecca West and I (The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor-house in the Becauseif I must let out the secret at been? What are you saying! your soul. I? An alarum drama. Rosmer. The plays plot revolves around ex-parson Johannes Rosmer, a representative of high ethical standards, and his housekeeper, the adventuress Rebecca West. Good-night, my own dear boy! I do not know any one of that name. have not fought the decisive action yet. you had an exceedingly strong BELIEF in me, dear Mr. KrollI might There is no one that can judge us. I have a taste for solitary enjoyment, ), Rebecca. That is what you have believed. Rebecca (as if startled). Perhaps it would be better if I left We must try and get to the bottom of it. 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