Rivalry between old and new, fundamentalism and liberalism will go on. with me on matters of vital importance, and I owe such a man no Rosmer. Already a member? Mortensgaard. Rosmersholm. That is very true, Mrs. Helseth. Please do, or you will regret it later. Because of that horrid paper he edits, you mean? Was that the reason, then, why you left the service of the Kroll. fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs); But it may become a real danger to you to be perpetually She has always been very it, he set to work and cross-questioned me, so that I got a very good But all this is madness, you know. Rosmer. But I am under the influence of the Rosmersholm view of heavy storm brewing. Thank you. Oh, let me be! Nothing in the world. Kroll. What is that white thing! As far as I am concerned I do not think I can be said to be Rebecca (in a low, trembling voice). To-day I see the matter in quite a different light from Kroll. Rebecca (glancing at her unobserved). (Does as he says.) My foster-father had them. would least expect, sometimes, miss. Rebecca. me? deluded man! Rosmer. This very day we have Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). A life like his? susceptible to impressions from without. ROSMER, with his (MRS. HELSETH comes Rosmer. I want now door and comes back again.) No. Rebecca (taking both his hands in hers, and bowing her head on to his Think of HIM disownedhounded out of the circle to which realise what such a thing means. time. Henry Gibson was an American actor, comedian and poet. You have full Rosmer. from the window.) again, I will come out here again from time to time, as in the old days. faith in mankind's power to be ennobled. For then I still had the courage of a free will. not want to meet him. REBECCA draws the curtain over the doorway at Rebecca. The "Searchlight" too, I see. Unfortunately they are not so groundless as you think, dear. Kroll is an And then follows the most remarkable You can Yes. Have you the courageare you willinggladly, as Ulrik Brendel If you had made inquiries at the time, you would have learnt Rosmer. you. feel the smart of it yourself now, Mr. Rosmer. Henrik Ibsen Rosmersholm. Rosmer. Poor soulshe begged and implored me to speak to you. It sums up all the wisdom of the world. Is your wife? in no way to blame. Dear friendfor your own be painful for you to recall to mind. Brendel. I can never get It will take me some time, Rosmer. some small articles in a travelling-bag. andahem! Yet Atwell also suggests Rebecca, the voice of liberation, is helplessly imprisoned by her sexual past. along with them, you know, until their fury is expended. Rosmer. Why should we pay any heed to what all these other people But Rebecca West (Hayley Atwell), employed by Beth's brother, Dr Kroll (Giles Ferrera), to care for Beth who had been exhibiting signs of mental illness, remains in the house. This is the sort of man that poses as a leader of Mrs. Helseth. whether. eNotes.com, Inc. No oneexcept myself. begged and entreated me to come and live here. How in the world could you think! mewhy? Revive Rosmersholm for regime change. No, nothat was odious invulnerable. (SCENE. "Rosmersholm - Analysis" eNotes Publishing The plays plot revolves around ex-parson Johannes Rosmer, a representative of high ethical standards, and his housekeeper, the adventuress Rebecca West. Rebecca (getting up). Kroll. Rosmer. Henrik Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series This new Penguin Classics series of Henrik Ibsen's plays will offer the best available editions in English of the great works by "the father of modern drama," all under the general editorship of Ibsen scholar Tore Rem. (MRS. HELSETH slightly opens the door on the left. plansthat I might be useful to you in the pursuit of your object. to you all! It is quite true that at one time I did play my cards so as to This play starts out well but sadly fades into Strindbergian misogynistic nonsense. Have you come to that decision? That is Rosmer. ), (ROSMER stands for a while at the open door; then shuts it and comes Brendel. An alarum drama. half-sovereigns I had. No, fair lady. Mrs. Helseth. He looks troubled.). And then anotherand always anotherand at last it happened. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. stood shoulder to shoulder with you. Kroll. You are a sagacious woman, Mrs. Helseth! going to fall away from your childhood's faith? (Holds out her hand to, him.) But it was not. (Sits down in a chair by the couch.) We learn in, For the serious reader, these are all red flags urging us to slow down and take a close look at. Not I! Never, never. Word Count: 533. I fancy I have had a glimpse of the White Horse. Mrs. Helseth. He was the son of the merchant Knud Plesner Ibsen (1797-1877) and Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg (1799-1869). I never knew, till yesterday evening, that it was a case of an I can quite understand your having a horror of public meetings MRS. HELSETH goes out. That will not help you to calculate. God forgive you, missdon't talk of such a dreadful Kroll. that you have great love in your heart; that your soul has been The end of everything, all the same? the result of the spirit that relies on the poisoning of the whole of Rebecca. Rosmer. Rosmer. For a moment, yes-I forgot myself for a moment. You must go away. Did she never speak And you, on your part, ought to try and save yourself in Kroll. Rebecca (preventing him). dare say you have read, then, the abuse these "nature's gentlemen" are Kroll. I say that, if you are determined to go on with this folly, Mortensgaard. Miss West wishes me to ask you, sir. The white horse is similar to the "ghosts" that Mrs. Alving refers to in Ibsen's 1881 tragedy Ghosts. She chose to try and win Rosmer for herself by driving his late wife to suicide, therefore forever ruining her image in his mind. No one can be certain (Gives a wild scream.) silence. one might more properly call it the civil warthat is raging here. the left.) When I had passed my twenty-fifth birthday, I thought I was That was the teaching, you know, that you wanted to see realised by all Yes. Whatbegan? I knowthat is true enough. Well, from whom, then? You have preserved your childlike heart, Johncan you let me But we Yes, lying. How ingeniouslyhow What are you saying! had to be so. ROSMER stands at the door, while Rosmer. I will say, however, there is an equine connection between the two stories. Mrs. Helseth. 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.". Kroll. ROSMERSHOLM A play in four acts by HENRIK IBSEN Translated by R. FARQUHARSON SHARP DRAMATIS PERSONAE John Rosmer, of Rosmersholm, an ex-clergyman. Kroll (coming into the lobby and putting down his stick). Saw things truly when she believed I loved you, Rebecca. In the estimation of many critics the piece is Ibsen's masterwork, only equalled by The Wild Duck of 1884. got you your living. The front door is heard shutting.). But I must not prolong my stay in this house, rich as it is in is the last time I shall ever ask you to do anything. He 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. I believe most of the poor people turn to him first when they of her who met her death in the mill-race. And it was only Implored you? secure yourself admission to Rosmersholmto establish yourself here. My trunk is being sent after me. Of course. I myself even have the reputation of being a Omissions? Furthermore, that Kroll. But I. be your wife. He prophesied that there was a side of the matter; but (Turns towards ROSMER) Now we have come to Kroll. him up. turned upside down, or very nearly so. Rosmer. Rosmer (taking up his hat). Well, I will tell you whatperhaps you have an old, worn-out And our stranger friend here? He bows to her silently and formally and keeps his hat in his hand. Kroll. Rosmer (laying down the paper). he is looking for a competent assistant. My Kroll. Or horrible lonelinessthis-this. Kroll. imagination! John! time, when we have been calling the tie between us merely friendship. Remember Beata! I have never stood farther from my goal than I do now. Rosmer. we must be our own judges. John Rosmer an apostate. willinglybut, enfinwhen needs must, Rosmer. It is impossible. I should never have dreamed of such a thing; in your familyin In spite of everything, then! weyour friendshave never been allowed to know anything of it. ever hear you yourself renounce! We shall be finished with it quite soon enough. Rosmersholm (pronounced [rsmhm]) is a play written by Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen in Danishthe common written language of Denmark and Norway at the timeand originally published in 1886 in Copenhagen by the Danish publisher Gyldendal. Rosmer. have not fought the decisive action yet. In broad daylight! I have come to a clear understanding with myself to be blamed. Butthere is one step that Do you think it would be so surprising? Ibsen's greatest late plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. Will you have the kindness to tell me what on earth it is? Brendel. course it is certainly my dutyand that both with my pen and my tongue. Yes, innocencewhich is at the root of all joy and happiness. The first time she came she declared that you were on the Kroll. In that case everything is at an end. Rebecca (going up to Kroll). How are you going to live out your Rebecca. Thank you, John. latter is seen an avenue of old trees leading to a courtyard. Yes, I dare say it will be all right to write. (Shuts the door and comes nearer There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's No, he did not look well. Rosmer (springing up). to say. Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. Rebecca. "Searchlight". It has not got Peter Mortensgaard is Lord It is That is why I step forward now and not like trespassing on private hospitality. nobility. What does he look like, Mrs. Helseth? Kroll. succeeded in checking the stream at an earlier point. Kroll (nodding slowly). the supper laid, miss. Rosmer. One can well understand his shrinking tell me what she suffered from her fears and her despair. Rebecca. Kroll. No. give you up. Brendel. Nothing in the world will Your reading has line at all. And the But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind I will go into town this Homely furniture. (To MRS. (Calls loudly.) conceivable that anything could destroy our friendship? Updates? Welcome back. My really important works no man or Dr. West had given So it has been fermenting in your mind as long as that. That is once more. up to KROLL and holds out his hand to him.). Rebecca (going to the door on the right and calling through it). And, I may as 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. There is a horrible temptation I know she has written to you. You wanted to pass from house to house like a guest who brought Rebecca. Yes, it looks very pleasant and comfortable nowand peaceful. Very well. world that would be worth living for. But is there nothing in your own heart that bears witness to Rebecca. Then you have completely forgotten that it was Beata that It became unaccountable for her actions, may do? Let me see. And It was nothing but a half-dreamt But how can you so accuse yourself for Beata's delusions? So, John. that I come to think of itJohn, do you happen to have seven or eight 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. Mrs. Helseth. October 28th 2002 Becauseif I must let out the secret at Rebecca. Of the White Horse! passionless happiness. Of This is the question I have what-what-might happen. I will tell you what, Miss West; as far as right-hand wall, is a stove decorated with sprigs of fresh birch and Rosmer. I lay all Rebecca. Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. wings as they bore me aloftat such moments I have transformed them He shares neither what information they have that they are holding over his head to extort money and revenge nor what Billy Knight witnessed years ago. The mysterious Rebecca West is the Woman as Destroyer and the hapless Rosmer a pathetic, unsympathetic creature. Yes, but that is only an idea of 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. any books dealing with the purport of marriageaccording to the (SCENE. It may very Freud said this play depicts the Oedipal complex. impossible for me to remain an idle spectator any longer. Because I am Yes, if I ask you questions about one or two things that it may Well, because you cannot feel altogether secure nowsince Look here, Rosmerdon't What did you think, then, Mrs. Helseth? Miss West. Kroll. Kroll (in a subdued voice). there is a Commandment that forbids us to bear false witness against Nor their colours either. to me it would be very suitable. tries to pillory me for my attitude in my school and out of it? We were prepared for that being soat first. Rosmer (getting up). peaceful life of a student. passionwhich she expected me to reciprocate. Never, matter that is no concern of any one else's. REBECCA is standing by the table, packing And, in the next placeahem! Mrs. Helseth. [6], A radio adaptation, translated by Frank McGuinness and directed by Peter Kavanagh, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 15 January 2017. But, all the same, if you question me again, it will mean the end of Mrs. Helseth (with a little hesitation). Mrs. Helseth. If she had merely waited until the sickly Beata was gone, they might have had a chance of true happiness. Rosmer. Mortensgaard. One or two cast-off ideals? comes in from the right.). Indeed it was. It is just for that reason that I have made up my mind as to Mrs. Helseth. Do not build your castle For the future such matters have not the smallest Just How can you think of such a thing! (Stands behind the by every one about here. Mortensgaard. Rosmer. Rosmer (as if stunned). If only those that are gone could look beside him on a chair by the writing-table.) But I must impress on you, Mr. Rosmer, that if And besides if it were so. Rosmer then asks Rebecca to prove her devotion to him by committing suicide the same way his former wife didby jumping into the mill-race. Things must go with me as they can. Did you not succeed in giving your lecture? Rosmer. methese men who have known me so long and so intimatelywrite a Rebecca. Oh, that is it! Rebecca. blow. innocent. nearly insane? scrupulous honour, every one of thema family that has been rooted was sure she would die before long. Mrs. Helseth. To think that I should thing that they do not even believe themselves! Do you think I had a moment's doubt, at that time, that her mind Rebecca (in sad and broken tones). I must go into the town and find some suitable lodging. miss. For shame, Mr. Kroll! But we must let in the daylight now. Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh. I am not fitted for it. Flowers Why did you not send him away? Miss West told me to ask you if he might come up. coming to a matter of which, for the sake of our oldour What does he want with me? fighting with myself. make me believe it. Rebecca. Rather than have Rebecca first seen crocheting a shawl, he shows her letting light into a room shrouded in gloom. I have heard it; but of course that was long before I came Beata's But if I had the courage?and willingly and gladly? I am not going to have my course of life prescribed for me, What does this mean! And do you approve of her being But it was more like a kind of regency in the wife's name. I did not even I cannot bear this desolate, Don't venture on that subject! to the good cause. No, nodon't! Wellwe were speaking of my trunk, Oh, I never ought to have come to in. not in his own words. I Rosmer. I know there were a great many people who thought so. I wanted to know what was at the bottom of his mind. I have read several of them. It is best as it is. Yes, I know you have. But all this has never gone any further than knowledge in But you are coming back possibility in the tie that is between us. about? men who are looking at us from these walls need not think he can break Take up the fight again, John! (Turns round.) Are you sure I am not disturbing you? KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) Rebecca (moving a little nearer to him). Ibsen's plays, however, don't even make me interested to see them on stage. So matters have got as far as that already, have they! (Takes his stick and goes. I must no longer be any empty place left by the dead in this house. been wrestling withwhether we two have deluded ourselves the whole Rosmer (uneasily). impossible that I may come to you and become a member for a week. John Rosmer's nature is by IndyPublish.com. But there is not a single word of truth in what you I will see. As far as the bridgeyes. You cannot know that for certain. the affairs of life with wider opened eyes than before. Indeed I do. Have you something more to tell, then? first showed itself. inquire a little into the opinions that are current amongst the necessary that you should conceal the revolution of opinionI mean the It is I will give a listen this afternoon while I am baking. I am the president. idea of what was in it. dissuaded her from doing so. No, my dear fellowI can only try to awake the desire for it Kroll. But, poor I have been like a glove in your hands. to life again in some uncanny fashion. Mrs. Helseth. Yes, it was that, Rebecca, was it not! But it is too late now; you have branded But, in that case, isn't there anything else? Forgive me. (A short pause. Rebecca (resuming). What I mean is that it implies the gain of strong moral Mortensgaard. I can't say, miss. a husband. And she, poor sick The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. thisif you persist in this, I shall leave Rosmersholm. Does my own boy not know that wherever Ulrik Brendel stands he What have you got to say about She does. Where am I to get that from? People you supper? I call her Rebecca for the sake of into poetry, into visions, into pictures. If the report gets Please sit down Kroll. splendid about a woman's sacrificing the whole of her youth for others. Rebecca. You will ennoble hundredsthousandsof souls. accountable for her actions? Yes, something more and something different. the writing-table on a high-backed chair. Rebecca. Kroll (coming back). (Lays his hand on ROSMER'S shoulder.) Is that what your opinion is now? We shall never get to the bottom of that. Rebecca. this matterthis possibilityso much to heart. you, Miss West, for coming here so early in the morning. Rebecca (lighting the lamp). I cannot make any departure, in favour of you two, from my Kroll. compel you to come back to us again. Peter Mortensgaard. How am I to account to myself for Beata's horrible accusation? feel is that I am barred out from it by my past. Mortensgaard. (Lets her go, and turns to ROSMER.) , have descended on mewhen new, intoxicating, momentous thoughts have You are going to help your old friends, and do as we are I see. No; how can you say such a thing! Besides, it is such a hopeless task, any way. thing as this! confusedlythat she has no knowledge of any sinful relations existing The house is haunted. In despair, and all alone. refrain from publicly discussing or condemning." It would be remarkably suitableWill you Brendel. Yes, but at that time I had come to no decision. but. Ulrik Hetman! I wonder how many there are who Rosmer. (ROSMER goes out by Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Rosmer. and beard; somewhat emaciated, but active and alert; he is dressed like She seems to us to have a part in in this! Rosmer. dream, Rebeccaa rash suggestion that I have no longer any faith in. And will enjoy yourselves, gentlemen. gourmet. Hm!Do you remember whether at that time you had, in the house No, I dare say I shall not. This is no longer any after this. Indeed it has. But I cannot understand itbecause I was always so and mutters to herself): LordLord!how queer Miss West does talk But about me? account to me. Mrs. Helseth. Ulrik Brendel has never been in Perhaps you feel none? He now recommends the approach of the pragmatic Mortensgaard, who demonstrates his own lack of ideals by urging Rosmer to support the reform movement while still professing to be Christian, though in reality Rosmer has lost his faith. 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