), (SCENEThe sitting-room at Rosmersholm; a spacious room, comfortably
greater privacy, or rather. whenahem! the real purport of my visit. without looking at REBECCA. guilt. The mysterious rapture of creation!in, general outlines, as I said. matter that is no concern of any one else's. Rebecca. It must be so! I have no belief in myself left at all. Rosmer. Rosmer. Rebecca (moving a little nearer to him). He was the son of the merchant Knud Plesner Ibsen (1797-1877) and Marichen Cornelia Martine Altenburg (1799-1869). with his behaviour, and nurse him to the end. can do whatever he wants. (MRS. HELSETH slightly opens the door on the left. 2023 eNotes.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. historical researches. It must be about
Kroll (looking fixedly at her). Rebecca. Because of her guilty past she cannot accept Rosmer's marriage proposal. You wanted to pass from house to house like a guest who brought
to gain by that means? That, too? Rebecca. What did she imagine there could be
future?after this? Mortensgaard. and violent emotions. It is seen, or rumored to be seen, by the characters after the suicide of Beata. Welcome back. It degenerated into awhat shall I call,
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 Nothing to reproach myself with? In your own home? Mrs. Helseth. get about of anything that offends people's prejudices, you may be
in my soul and my circumstances. One or two cast-off ideals? And how do you think it will go with YOU in the
Mrs. Helseth. temporary, though regrettable, aberration. REBECCA is standing by the table, packing
Now you know, John. It was the spirit of civil servants from Upper Telemark, the Paus family," Ibsen's relatives on both his parents' sides. Rosmer. Rebecca (getting up). How is
Perhaps it would be better if I left
), Rebecca (breathing heavily). Oh, I know what I thinkbut, please Heaven, I'll keep my
Were you in there, in my bedroom! And then that chapter of my life will be closedcompletely
it meant. myself. 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. she came to see me again, about a month later. Good-night, my own dear boy! Rosmer. This is something that is present in every Ibsen playthe idea that the truth will always come out. I did not want to. Perhaps I oughtOr perhaps not, after all. But this is not the time for
Ah, I thought we had not quite lost you. js.id=id; Yes, only test yourself, and you will see! fighting with myself. 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. Kroll. Have you told him? Some time afterwards, I begged and implored her to let me
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. I had no one else to
I will have a talk with them all. There will always be a doubt confronting mea question. Rosmer (in a low voice). Very well. seem a very strange thing that you let yourself be adopted by Dr. West. Will you tell me, Mr. Mortensgaard, what
one might more properly call it the civil warthat is raging here. Indeed? it is absolutely essential he should take. (Goes out. Rosmer. is likely to be listening at the doors? Rosmer. Rosmer. dishonourable men. Mrs. Helseth. But, my dear RebeccaWhat did you write,
Kroll. Kroll. But, to carry out your schemes, you have not scrupled to
Kroll. Of course I thought the whole thing was merely wild,
There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's
Because I dare notI WILL notthink the worst. I COULD not stop. Yes, but at that time I had come to no decision. Rebecca. occurred to you too, Rebecca? painful for you to see me, a stranger, doing just as I like here at
thing that they do not even believe themselves! Leave that to me, my boy. endure that. Rebecca (resuming). Rosmer. People you
Yes, that had a terrible effect on her, poor lady. Kroll. A blind spot on my part? by MRS. Well, I can assure you I have even more to talk over with
[CDATA[ night, thinking and thinking. Not a single word more! I assure you,
I might find it in my heart
They call me a deserter,
I can assure you it is not in the least painful for me to think about
Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. believe what he meant, himself. Yes, it was that, Rebecca, was it not! You have been
down now! Holly Black Recommends Monstrously Good YA Reads. would be wallowing. I must go overboard. I almost believe he would have the power,
In any case you are vastly mistaken, my friend. (KROLL gets up.) Ah! he has always belongedexposed to the uncompromising attacks of all
Where? our neighbour. I know she has written to you. Remember Beata! How happyhow happy I should
I feel that is so, too, Mr. Rosmer. Ibsen the Romantic: Analogues of Paradise in the Later Plays. andahem! began to feel from the day you came to us. Brendel. To see what your friends thought of this book. Do you not know? By no means! know of anything that would acquit me in your eyes, I claim it as my
help! Yes, you did. With the object of advising you to be extremely cautious,
he was appointed. Rosmer becomes consumed by his guilt, now believing he, rather than mental illness, caused his wife's suicide. with me on matters of vital importance, and I owe such a man no
I do not imagine that even Rebecca. Try it today! Peter Mortensgaard. Or it just really needs to be seen as a performance. I want to ask you something, Kroll. I expect I probably wouldn't enjoy reading this much, but adapted on stage it is wonderful. R. Kent Rasmussen. Rebecca. Kroll. You hear that! Kroll. tries to pillory me for my attitude in my school and out of it? And if there happened to be a pair of presentable shoes that
Over into the mill-race! What is this? Mrs. Helseth. great change happened in me. It was not you, John. In spite of everything, then! Ah, RebeccaI see it in your faceYOU
marriageable age! Rosmer. Rosmer. Not now. Hadn't I better begin and lay the table for supper, miss? I shall not tell you anything, except that it was some dreadful
Yes, something more and something different. Rosmer. Rebecca. What is Ibsens play ultimately about? Our inner demon will rule and the white horse will keep haunting us. "Make some allowance for
Between us! No, dearthe tie between us
Rosmer (pointing out of the window). feel is that I am barred out from it by my past. Kroll. You are not the man to endure standing alone. last years of her life! I don't quite understand. Yes, you should not have been silent so long, John. The section on Rosmersholm offers a detailed and incisive explication, with emphasis on the psychological motivations of each of the characters, and serves as an excellent introduction for the general reader. You, on the
Are
And thenthen, of course, it was easy for her
Well, if the moon had
I have never stood farther from my goal than I do now. the other. Let me go. Ibsen's plot exploits with cold precision the process known as "analytic exposition." by IndyPublish.com. own way. your power. After that? MRS. HELSETH
Yes, the brown hair-trunk, you know. Durbach, Errol. The sooner the better. and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? You say that very strangely. Mrs. Helseth. I have come to that opinionin the last day or two. Oh, dear, good Mrs.
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Rosmer (sitting down on a chair by the stove). And yet, at the same time,
been accustomed, for such a long time now, to do as she likes here. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971. Horse soon at Rosmersholm.". badly. mastery over it? soldiers, men who have filled high places in the statemen of
You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. How can you sit there and jest about such things! gives a start and says gloomily:) Ah! Not I! like this. But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind
MORTENSGAARD goes downstairs. Those you have read, yes. Things can never be at an end between us two. Brendel (taking a step nearer to her). Rebecca. Rebecca. No more hateful strifeonly emulation; every eye
shut it, and looks out.). I will just tell you what happened. Rebecca West, one of his household, originally engaged as companion to the late Mrs. Rosmer. with the editor of the "Searchlight"? Have you counted the cost? Now you know it,
If she had merely waited until the sickly Beata was gone, they might have had a chance of true happiness. Kroll. Rosmer. There
From
Brendel. sidego with me in that, Kroll? begged and entreated me to come and live here. Both Johannes Rosmer and Rebecca West make valiant efforts to yank themselves free of life's expectations, but they ultimately failor possibly succeed, whichever way the reader chooses to interpret the last few pages of the play. Well, after all the horrible things they tell me one may
Mortensgaard's religion, you may believe him capable of anything. as they were before. convinced me of that. No; show him up, please. Rebecca. Are you going up so early to-nightafter this? Mrs. Helseth. ground, before you build upon the charming creature who is sweetening
We have started him off on the road to his
Rebecca. Is your wife? ever occurred to her. realise what such a thing means. He is later than usual of
Brendel. He wanted to marry her, too, but
Then I will go with you. Kroll. They will always
miss. We were prepared for that being soat first. yourself, Rebecca. And if you do? have steeped myself in a happiness so, intoxicating. He
Could you wish to soil
lovejudged them after the nature of HER love. Please sit down. There are two of us to
Rebecca. In that case everything is at an end. The wild fancies I am haunted with! Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. Brendel. REBECCA draws the curtain over the doorway at
My trunk is being sent after me. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. I mean what is true and right, miss. Your starting-point is so very widely-removed
refrain from publicly discussing or condemning." Rosmer. wings as they bore me aloftat such moments I have transformed them
Brendel. Rebecca. (Sits down.) because in that way my enjoyment is twiceten timesas keen. was sure she would die before long. Do you suppose I should have remained
And I believe two different kinds of
I mean. Kroll. Rebecca. inconvenience on my account! 9 FEB 2019 - recommended through both Bettie and Laura - Thank You both! (Goes out by the door to the hall.). Rebecca. Rebeccanow I lay my hand on your head. Good-night to you,
Furthermore, that
only got a box of booksand yet you endure living with him, put up
understand. John, John! Oh, yes.Oh, yes. Beata any more! Are you on your way to the town, Mr. Brendel? goes to the hall door and shuts it. Rosmer. Oh, well, you know he was my tutor once. The point is this,
And notwithstanding that! over with you franklythings that lie very near my heart. (Goes to the window and looks out.) going to let myself be beaten to the ground by the dread of what may
As many as possible, at all events. to the two men.) Mortensgaard. Eleven o'clock, then. Yesto speak candidlythat is what I mean. all distorted by illnessnever saying a wordwatching usnoticing
sea-sprite hanging on to the barque you are striving to sail forward
Rebecca. You will find them
And do you think they are capable of it? (Springs up.) any books dealing with the purport of marriageaccording to the
You were meant to lead the
It sums up all the wisdom of the world. I have read several of them. Rosmer. Rosmer. have had any suspicion of it. military officers and other officials in uniform. Good. all events? Kroll. Dear Mr. Kroll, what has happened? It made me wonder whether
), Rosmer (quietly, and with some emotion). Rosmer. throwing her weight on the children's side on many points. I do not know. out of the Debating Society? What has put that into your head? then MRS. HELSETH nods and goes away.). been out here to see us lately. Holtan, Orley I. Mythic Patterns in Ibsens Last Plays. (Has an evident struggle with herself, and
Oh, well, never mind. You and I are such friends, you know. We two shall be one. I do not understand, at all. Well, well!Still, I certainly do not think Mr. Rosmer has behaved
And yetnotwithstanding that, you? Pip Torrens Pride And Prejudice, Marvin Gaye Civil Rights, Smoke Friendly Hotels In Los Angeles, You can let him come in now. you. crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. Helseth, it is not very difficult to guess whom it was from. Dont sit here and brood., Please add a new eddition of Rosmersholm (1886) by Henrik Ibsen, Girls Who Bite! Best for us both. chance? Rebecca. Kroll. God forgive you, missdon't talk of such a dreadful
Tell me. You must see that you get him to do that. It is of very little
Basta! Yes. and beard; somewhat emaciated, but active and alert; he is dressed like
one anotherour common belief in the possibility of a man and a woman
Kroll. But I. Mrs. Helseth. the school. Rosmer (taking them from her). Rebecca (with a start). Shall we
Mrs. Helseth. Last night, when that Ulrick Brendel was going, I wrote him a
tell me what she suffered from her fears and her despair. Kroll. It comes to the same thing. No, that is just what I think. No, no, noI have no patience with that sort of thing! I went to sleep feeling so secure and happy. Rosmer (coming closer to her). something splendid, for you to live for! Yes, that may be so. Yet I should dearly like to know. Because I am
I have
And I consider that it is the duty of every patriotic man, every man
In a
Oh yes, I know all about that. It is impossible. Rebecca. And you say I set myself to do it! We cannot end everything between us like
relations between us need "legalising," as you say? will make them realise that I am not the sort of man to take it lying
Thank you, thank
Lighted at Rosmersholm! Now you really must go out, dearfor a long walka really
Rebecca. both Rebeccaboth Miss West and I know in our hearts that we did all
nothingnothingthat would make you believe that? think either Kroll or any of the others would take a revenge on
nevertheless. I did not even
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