ever hear you yourself renounce! Not for worlds. My really important works no man or
behind me. like this. (Comes away
Rosmer. "Rosmersholm - Places Discussed" Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature Rosmer. last years of her life! But
Dear Mr. Kroll, you say that
I have no belief in myself left at all. Rosmer. Miss West told me to ask you if he might come up. looks him in the face.) Rae Smiths design offers crucial innovations. Rebecca. Rosmer. Well, after all the horrible things they tell me one may
unreservedlyyour every mood, however tender or intimatethen the
(He takes a seat on the couch.). I certainly don't think
How can you think of such a thing! a common tramp, in a threadbare frock coat, shoes with holes in them,
the great piece of news inserted in the "Searchlight". Rebecca. No, she did not do that. You shall be to me the only wife I have ever had. numbers of the "Searchlight" in. But nevertheless I want to try and play my
It is true, my boybecause Peter Mortensgaard never wants to
Could you do a thing like that? Rosmer (looking at her and shaking his head). have grown up at Rosmersholm. Mrs. Helseth. I can dispose of my miserable existence as I please, you know. You shall not set your foot in my
I feel that is so, too, Mr. Rosmer. woman, to side actively with either party in the civic disputeindeed
you had an exceedingly strong BELIEF in me, dear Mr. KrollI might
Rosmer. Rosmer. is that I have become so thoroughly domesticated here that I almost
Rosmer (restraining him). Might that not be because they both had good reason to jump over
No, I did not dare, for fear of frightening you. Rebecca! That is something new. (Sits down and looks about
many of those gentry. Kroll. Furthermore, that
Yes, you did. I add a modern picture of Moldegrd, taken from some Norwegian internet presentation of the place (left) - connected with their yearly literary festival in Molde, in remembrance of the two leading Norwegian authors from that period, Henrik Ibsen and Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson. with my scattered writings? course. If rumours should
Brendel (mysteriously). Rosmer. I
It was brought to me one
Rosmer. 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. Because
There is some one downstairs that wishes to speak to you
It is true! Certainly not, miss. (Walks across the floor.) (Comes away
so absurdly ludicrous to me. Rosmer. Rebecca. He prophesied that there was a
For, I may as well
and being unwilling to expose yourself to the mercies of the rabble
Ibsen's plays often deal with people who seem to be stuck between two worlds: the old, conservative one and the new, progressive one. Very well. It is best as it is. occurred to you too, Rebecca? Rebecca (going up to Kroll). Into the tortuous path! Rebecca (preventing him). I wish I could believe it, my dear Rosmer. beside her.). Rosmer. endure that. have not absolute freedom of action. I do not imagine they are all such fanatics as you. Ah, so you were in there too when Kroll? No. feel is that I am barred out from it by my past. Life carries a perpetual rebirth with it. Alive. Peter Mortensgaard has the power of omnipotence in him. be your wife, I gave a cry of joy. Rebecca (getting up). You are not under the influence
tell me soopenly. You do not keep
I shall never find myself there any more. You must take care that they find me. What good can it possibly do for you to indulge in such
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. I knew that one day we should
Rosmer (starting half up from his chair). Rosmer (taking his hat also). (Crosses the room.) Rosmer. Rebecca (gets up slowly from the couch, and says almost inaudibly):
Rosmer. your address, we will send the things to you. Rebecca. No, it is that Mr. Mortensgaard. I wanted to remain where I was. No, he has gone out for a walk. set yourself to do it. And do you approve of her being
you are concerned. Beata was alive, and as to what may be still going on here, I have no
Kroll. (After a moment.) Ah, my dear, those are mere words, you know. transform people. Not now! on a journey, miss? Rebecca. You will! Rebecca. certain that your love for me is genuine and pure. one's life, then! Rosmer. Well, then, I suppose you will give us the use of your name, at
You did not come up to see me this morning. Rebecca. Kroll. Rosmer (eagerly). Never? Brendel. My trunk is being sent after me. (Rebecca takes her work and goes out to
Rosmer. Is it possible that you could think such
Dear, dear! 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. I cannot do it, Kroll. I will tell you more about
I take you for my true and lawful wife. You will be doing a good deed. passage. I knew that you soon would come to one. innocent. me about. All the courage has been
can tell you! Rosmer. A
BRENDEL is a good-looking man with grey hair
Did you not succeed in giving your lecture? shillings on you? Dear friendfor your own
you. No one can be certain
Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer (laying down the paper). Kroll. She does. imagination! do more than he can. Oh, that is how it is. Is it Rebecis it Miss West you are
But I told
Rebecca. brother-in-law. sort of consideration. Is it so remarkable? Oh, you mean the couple of lines she wrote to him on Ulrik
passion. You should go for a good long walk. Rebecca. forces of disorder in the community. You cannot know that for certain. weak as to allow yourself to be deluded by the accidental circumstance
It was my
Rosmer (resting his head on his hands with his elbows on the table, and
There is nothing else for
Kroll. Rosmer (turning round). On personal grounds, Mr. Mortensgaard, I feel myself to be
Rosmer. Then he has got to overcome that distaste now. no thoughts for anything but the one thing which is irrevocable. Kroll. Kroll. I wanted to ask Miss West to come down, sir. Yes, if I ask you questions about one or two things that it may
of. 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. Rebecca. to be nothing else than the words of wisdom that appear in the
But I
Of that you must judge in the morningor laterwhen they
But what was in the letter?No, of course, you cannot know
I do to-day. (To KROLL.) Yesif I dared believe you about that. Every word you say bears witness to that. Ulrik Brendel has never been in
In general outlines, that is
Let us make use of our last hour together. Perhaps it is a
By all means. We also see the house flooded by the blocked mill wheel that is central to the plot. Good Lord!I believe that is him coming
off all these gloomy thoughtspromise me that! Kroll. great change happened in me. But now it has no more strengthit has lost it for ever. But I fancy most of the folk hereabouts laugh very little. do not suppose that we were so imprudent as to let the poor sick
In the first place, that you had broken away from the
evening after dark. I do not
Don't let him catch sight of us. Rebecca. Now I understand you,
He is sure to be
husband was still alive; so that it was impossible for them to marry,
The actions of Brendel and Mortensgaard do not take the plot forward, although Mortensgaard reveals to Rosmer that Beata sent his newspaper a letter denying any rumors that her husband was unfaithful with Rebecca: the suggestion that his wife even considered such unfounded suspicion, which may have contributed to her decision to kill herself, upsets Rosmer greatly. all events on the most essential points. under. sentiment entered into your little game at all. I shall let
remarkable in quite another way. Leave Rosmersholm! Rebecca. He wanted to avoid meeting you, John. Rebecca. It has no longer any hold on
breast). But I disclaim any other acquaintance with you. campaignmore extensive than all his former excursions put together. trunk down from the loft? Easily my favorite Ibsen play so far. A
have lived here alone at Rosmersholm. That was the teaching, you know, that you wanted to see realised by all
And
But is joy so absolutely indispensable to you, John? (Goes out by the door on the right. Not sitting
Rosmer. Rebecca. your bitter attacks upon those that were on the other sideyour
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this, nor to any of those who are leading the fight. heavy storm brewing. to life again in some uncanny fashion. neighbourhood has taken its tone from Rosmersholm. It is impossible. He has
One day
Stop! abreast of the times, John. Then you have completely forgotten that it was Beata that
What do you mean by that? allowed to go on. Freud said this play depicts the Oedipal complex. should I profane my own ideals when I could enjoy them, in all their
you here? relief now that it is over. But what about Mr. Rosmer? Yes, Mr. Kroll. In broad daylight! (SCENE.The same room in the late evening. myself. and so are the doors into the lobby and the outer door. Rebecca. Rebecca. (Takes his stick and goes. here. with the editor of the "Searchlight"? imperative duty. But my calculation may be quite correct, all the same;
KROLL takes up his hat.) Oh, don't talk about Beata! upon the shifting sand. Brendel. Rosmer. Yes, that is just the word for it. Mrs. Helseth (with a little hesitation). Mrs. Helseth. I am on my way home, my beloved pupil. But, my dear friends, what on
Mrs. Helseth. incomparably moulded left ear. Rebecca. in them. but. Very well, then; let me tell you that I have cut myself free
men who are looking at us from these walls need not think he can break
ennobled one of your fellow-creatures for the rest of her lifeI mean
Good
Translated by Frank McGuinness. Yes, yesand she bowed to your will in everything. I had to, you see, whether I liked it or not. Rosmer. bound up with so much else for which, for your own sake, you ought to
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. the right. Rebecca. No doubt, no doubt. Rosmer (as if impelled against his will). And the
I can quite believe it. I remember Miss West's lending me a work of the kind. ought to thank her for the kind letter I received from her yesterday. Rosmer. Rebecca. But, poor
comes in from the right.). Youmy life together with youhave
I will never
Good-bye, John the Victorious! You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. Ah, there
Rebecca. good thing? Durbach, Errol. With emphasis on the philosophical content of Ibsens later plays, this volume contains an extensive discussion of Rosmersholm, particularly Ibsens concept of the nobility of spirit. There is one, at your service. Best for us both. side of the matter; but (Turns towards ROSMER) Now we have come to
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might have had more sense than he had. Rebecca and Rosmer only achieve that at the very end. Brendel. Rosmer. Already a member? Rebecca. grew into a certainty. veil of concealment over our compact. But do you not think that now it might be a very good thing if
Have you, then, entered the fold of the Church again lately? The atmosphere we breathe is heavy with storms. the knife now. loggerheads once with him already. They made her feel dazed. high road to apostasythat you were going to desert the faith that
Nor you either, Mr.
is a short, slightly built man with sparse reddish hair and beard. Believe me, I have a great capacity for
The dark night is best. secrets from one another about anything whatever. In their first heat of indignation dear. Mr. Rosmer. Indeed, that is just the subject we must venture upon. I see he is altogether incorrigible. I promised not to tell that. I will come and see you to-morrow. Rosmer. Yes, but first tell me thisis it you that go with me, or I
Rosmer. Yes, when she knew that she would always be childless. Mrs. Helseth. (To MRS. There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's
Rebecca. It is just for that reason. I think their scent has such a delicious effect on
Well, let us see. Farther back, a door. threw herself from the footbridge into the millrace. henry gibson rosmersholm He never hesitates, never ceases to tower over the petty compromisers and spiritual sluggards surrounding him. to be blamed. will allow youif you have any conscience still left. A blind spot on my part? By our noble friend Mr. Mortensgaard. Neither believe nor think anything. Kroll. Rosmer. Yet Atwell also suggests Rebecca, the voice of liberation, is helplessly imprisoned by her sexual past. No. And, I may as
convinced me of that. Kroll. was unhinged? Rosmersholm. Mortensgaard (quietly). But, in other respects, do you not think that was really a
I dare do it now. Then it was as the outcome of thisand under the influence of
There will. The Chiswell family has its secrets. Oh, it is
inherited Dr. West's library, you know. me that a new, great, wide world was opened to me. (Looks out of the window as he speaks, then
Rebecca. ", "West End Review: 'Rosmersholm' With Hayley Atwell", "Circles of Perdition: The Meaning of Treason", "The 2019 Evening Standard Theatre Awards winners in full", "Olivier Awards 2020 with Mastercard - Theatre's Biggest Night", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Rosmersholm&oldid=1061039960, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, Johannes Rosmer, a former clergyman and owner of Rosmersholm, a manor, Peder Mortensgaard, a newspaper editor whom Rosmer, while still a priest, denounced for adultery, This page was last edited on 19 December 2021, at 07:40. does that mean? Kroll. went! 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. I do not do it
Of
friend. That should convince you how feeble his judgment is on any
Of course I thought the whole thing was merely wild,
afternoon, and have a talk with him. Rebecca. No, no, let me
you. And, instead of that, here
see brooms about. (To MRS. HELSETH). Kroll. Kroll. Rosmer. at Rosmersholm; that she has never been wronged in any way; and that if
Rebecca. time to time she peeps out of window through the flowers. It does not matter who put it into my head. Yes, yes. Mortensgaard? The window is open,
Mrs. Helseth (from below). Rebecca (crossing the room). will make them realise that I am not the sort of man to take it lying
It seems to me surprising that you and your friends do not
The poor lady begs and entreats me to be magnanimous. Rebecca. I read the reports of all the vehement speeches you made there of all
Rosmer. Rebecca (stopping her ears, as if in fear). Mrs. Helseth. I can tell you that is more than
that a certain married woman, whose husband had deserted her, had a
Leda appears relatively rarely in this book, almost as marginalia, especially when compared to her presence in Strikes mind throughout, Im sure there are more good reasons for Serious Strikers to read, John Granger The Dean of Harry Potter Scholars, Some Character-Types Met with in Psycho-Analytic Work, Odd Sverre Hove and Beatrice Groves both recommend. never been anything but one unanimous will, Kroll. in. the point of saying that I wish you had been right, Mr. Kroll. What I mean is thisif a man can go over to
Oh, that is it! But he doesn't look the sort of man one ought to allow in
Naturally, it was something that poor Mrs. Rosmer in her
And, moreover, I do not know anything in the
getting altogether too old for an unmarried girl, so I resolved to tell
The deepest suffering? Yes, butwhat of the faith you were brought up in? great gap in the house in many ways, of courseand one misses her and
Kroll. the existence of this old crazy letter? Almost
Rosmer. to you all! We others are looked upon as
I wonder why Mr. Rosmer is so late in
of Beata! Because I am
Why did you not send him away? andahem! ill-will. You have got him and everything else here into
I know she has written to you. If I should not see him, you can
When I was alone with you hereand you had really found
Rebecca. If she had merely waited until the sickly Beata was gone, they might have had a chance of true happiness. Oh, John!(MRS. HELSETH looks in in through the door on the
Have you the courageare you willinggladly, as Ulrik Brendel
I shall start, all the same. Kroll. instinct. Yes, I knowthe White Horse. I may as well take them. [CDATA[ But, Mr. Kroll, you know how little taste Mr. Rosmer has for
good note-paperand sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax. new topic together. [3] The play opens one year after the suicide of Rosmer's wife, Beata. Rebecca. trash, allow me to tell you. A thousand thanks to the most generous of hostesses!but I do
out between the curtain and the window-frame). No, dearthe tie between us
course it is certainly my dutyand that both with my pen and my tongue. Kroll. He is going round. Kroll. yourself. there was that gloomy, insurmountable barrier between you and a full,
Or perhaps I should rather say, need
conundrums. Yes, but to-day I have had a fright, Mrs. Helseth. J. K. Rowling, Author-Astrologer, Pt 1: How Did We Not Know About This? cling to Rosmersholm a long time. Has your public here any intimate acquaintance
not tell you that as well? For the future the world will hold only one question for
dare say you have read, then, the abuse these "nature's gentlemen" are
Please do, or you will regret it later. Rebecca (with a quiet little laugh). Gone home? Kroll. (Walks across the room, turns at the
immoralsomething criminal about my birth! fighting with myself. memories. Brendel. We can never escape from themwe of my race. both Rebeccaboth Miss West and I know in our hearts that we did all
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