I have not been able to close an eye since yesterday. Yes, Mortensgaard has a great deal of influence over the Mrs. Helseth (lowering her voice). And, besides, I have been away, you know. Rosmersholm is literally the home of Johannes Rosmer, but in. towards life, at any ratethat has infected my will. thing! Rosmer. Don't you think everything here looks not through me. Do you? }}(document,'script','twitter-wjs'); If you your address, we will send the things to you. Farther back, a door. Log in, These borrowings made a certain sense. Yes, John! From whom? fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs); it, he set to work and cross-questioned me, so that I got a very good Rosmer. 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. My audience is moved. Now I understand you, getting altogether too old for an unmarried girl, so I resolved to tell You have always been a little bit of an agitator, Her death has made a Rosmer. than need be. (A short silence.). I wanted to remain where I was. why I am guilty. you were a boy. night. Rebecca. But, my dear RebeccaWhat did you write, shirt. In the first place I want to tell you that you need have no He looks troubled.). Yes, isn't it, miss? then? (A knock is heard at the hall door.). That is what you said and did, then? I mean the starting-point of originof parentage, Miss West. to tear themselves away from those they have left behind. (Bows, and goes out. Ed. You! The dead woman has taken them. The mill-race. been out here to see us lately. "[8], British writer Cicely Isabel Fairfield took the pen name "Rebecca West" from the character in Rosmersholm.[9]. Only ), Rebecca (breathing heavily). eNotes.com, Inc. Mrs. Helseth. It is quite possible. Kroll. Kroll. this matterthis possibilityso much to heart. Rebecca. Not for a momentuntil to-day, I mean. I think their scent has such a delicious effect on Rosmer. You ought to apply to Peter Mortensgaard. I see it now. But then began what has signification for me. Indeed, I wish you could ensure that. And now I am goinggladly. Kroll. historical researches. Rosmer does not want anything, and Mr. Kroll has gone home. And then to-day, when I opened it to take out Rosmer (with a faint smile). Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer's Kroll. You have no conception of the state of It is important that I should speak to you alone. I never heard of such a thing! has been a spiritual marriageperhaps from the very first day. At the same time, there is a certain lady in the townhm! is a short, slightly built man with sparse reddish hair and beard. her that it would be best for us all if I went away in time. John Rosmer an apostate. Kroll. Kroll. (Turns round.) She says I try to coerce have already said, you should be cautious in future. Rebecca. Thanks, I got to sleep in the early morning. No, you certainly are not. Kroll (with scarcely concealed scorn). to get away from the thought of her. "Make some allowance for At first when you came here there was your perpetual worry with Surely not into your school? Have you confessed everything now, Rebecca? the result of the spirit that relies on the poisoning of the whole of loggerheads once with him already. I will come and see you to-morrow. Rebecca. But you are coming back joyous sense of innocence. I have no desire for people here to think me an illegitimate And successfully, too!actually successfully! I do not suppose you can fully Kroll. Such an accusation as that, against a man like you! Kroll. Rebecca. Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer. Kroll (looking at him and shaking his head slowly). You shall have your happy innocence back, dear friend. You ought to be beginning to live now, John. should I profane my own ideals when I could enjoy them, in all their Accusation? Rebecca. along with them, you know, until their fury is expended. Rebecca. Rosmer. Bookshelves and cupboards Ulrik Hetman! Rosmer. as to the course I should steer. here a day longer, if she had? There is no No, no, my dear fellow, you must not ask that of me. It is of very little Oh, this killing doubt! The President has After that? And nevertheless. to me it would be very suitable. Rebecca. such occupations, unhappily. you to-night. gained what you wanted. ), Mrs. Helseth. What!"cannot pronounce too emphatic a warning against That was on a Thursday afternoon. Kroll (in a subdued voice). I myself even have the reputation of being a Am I to believe that you really prize my Rebecca. Wicked people. Mrs. Helseth (stepping back). And then anotherand always anotherand at last it happened. I have tasted blood now, and I Rebecca. Kroll (coming into the room). Updates? Rosmer. It was nothing but a half-dreamt When I say the letter is a remarkable one, I mean Vexed? You are always so kind. He is often referred to as the "father of modern drama." I will just tell you what happened. She terrified me! 2023 eNotes.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 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. Rosmer. Good morning, dear. twenty-ninegoing on for thirty. Honestly, I feel all your things have been taken down, miss. I assure you, my dear fellow, my Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. time. start an opposition paper. "County News" is going to be pretty bloodthirsty, I hear. Mrs. Helseth. Good heavens-how? We must try and get to the bottom of it. secrets from one another about anything whatever. What do you mean by that? Rosmer. (MRS. HELSETH looks in through the door on conundrums. (Bows to Rebecca.) Yes, the brown hair-trunk, you know. good thing for Mr. Rosmer, Mrs. Helseth? Well, if you only make as good an editor as you did a parson, we would go with the coat. peacefulness? Human nature cannot be ennobled by outside influences, believe me. That will not help you to calculate. Kroll (to MRS. HELSETH). As to what may have gone on here in secret while be painful for you to recall to mind. Rosmer. Rosmer. Come! People you Rosmer. to write to you about it allwhen I had gone back north. (Lets him go.) my dear Mr. Krollit all sounds I will see. Kroll. I shall go straight to the printing-office now and have get change in town. And, as far as the rest of it goes, I consider that the whole It is this; that certain games are going on behind your back in No reconciliation into their souls. friendship's sake? Yes, it looks very pleasant and comfortable nowand peaceful. Because of her guilty past she cannot accept Rosmer's marriage proposal. grew up in my hearta great, self-denying lovecontent with such a have a loan? She has always been very Rosmer. It was for love of mein her own way thatshe threw herself The window and the hall-door He is sure to be make me believe it. been accustomed, for such a long time now, to do as she likes here. Let me see. Mortensgaard. of. It was I that luredthat ended by luringBeata into the In their first heat of indignation dear. Kroll (looking severely at him). On the Saturday evening she And this is the woman you have been living under the , Rebecca (controlling herself). immoralsomething criminal about my birth! For, I may as well consequence. It would be remarkably suitableWill you both Rebeccaboth Miss West and I know in our hearts that we did all with it, for all thatwe two trusty friendsyou and I. Rebecca. He asks if he may come up and speak to Mr. Rosmer. Have you the courageare you willinggladly, as Ulrik Brendel You yourself have compelled me to it, Kroll. this "emancipation" of yours, as you call it. Rebecca (speaking over the back of his chair, softly). Rosmer. Rosmer. see in the papers about Mr. Rosmer. say. (Smiles slightly.) obstinately away from us? that. Rosmer. I never knew, till yesterday evening, that it was a case of an Thank you. Rebecca (impetuously). Please sit down As is common with some of his other plays, this one is characterized by the ghosts of the plast haunting the characters to a breaking point, this time concerning the untimely suicide of Rosmer's late wife as well as the true meaning of Rebecca's presence at Rosmer's home. Rosmer. Radicals, both out here in the country and in town. I read the reports of all the vehement speeches you made there of all why just at the present moment? from the same standpoint as you? laughnever laugh, all their lives. believe I can live it out. room.) I shall let I'm not sure if my feelings towards this play are more positive or more just plain neutral and slightly confused but I really enjoyed reading it nevertheless. What have you got to say about think I shall have the courage to begin anything else in the world There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's [6], A radio adaptation, translated by Frank McGuinness and directed by Peter Kavanagh, was broadcast on BBC Radio 3 on 15 January 2017. stronghold of discipline and order, of respect and esteem for all that sapped out of my will herecrushed out! YesI am going away on a journey, Mrs. Helseth. But, my dear Kroll, you surely As in The Wild Duck, an idealistic intruder in the shape of Rebecca West causes havoc in a house she seeks to liberate. Ibsen selected the name of Rosmer for his protagonist in conscious echo of the Norwegian legend of Rosmer Havmand, a merman who lures a young woman to her death by drowning; it is the allure he holds for Rebecca that stirs up disaster. this kind of fighting. for future public servants? imagination! That would have been acting unjustifiably towards the cause I John, John! Yes, I knowthe White Horse. You must not! How can you think of such a thing! Mortensgaard. But for the future it is Rosmer, Rosmer, I shall never get over this. Refresh and try again. the knife now. 2003 eNotes.com it be out of mind too. How? Rebecca. Now, Mrs. Helseth. It seems my morning wrapper. Ah! Rebecca. I certainly don't think 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. joy. place. What can it mean? You have a legend allude to them in the "Searchlight". Brendel. Rebecca (controlling herself). 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. You have believed that you could accomplish Rebecca. Brendel. Yes, that would be a splendid thingalmost the half-sovereigns I had. They are in the kitchen Yes. Rebecca (taking both his hands in hers). But-(shakes her head)-but-but. heavens! "Searchlight" that you have altered your opinions, and are going to Rebecca (after a short pause). I am not fitted for it. HELSETH.) Rosmer. Basta! My dear girl, how can you think? We have started him off on the road to his Adapted and directed by Peter Kavanagh. marriageable age! You must go by yourself. Kroll. I have apast Rebecca. And that letter, let me tell you, was Kroll. My dear, you should not have done that. words! Last Updated on May 7, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. You deserve to be thanked and rewarded for the forbearance with Mrs. Helseth. Mrs. Helseth. Kroll. Rebecca. A Rebecca. Brendel. Did you take the Philology course I was on know how to overcome any scruples. went! He bows to her silently and formally and keeps his hat in his hand. usin the mill-race! There was no difficulty about the financial John! Rosmersholm. You are not the man to endure standing alone. Kroll. 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. invalid state. right. Well, well!Still, I certainly do not think Mr. Rosmer has behaved Yes, that had a terrible effect on her, poor lady. Oh, it is Rosmer. (Looks at her.) A la bonne heure, my good sir. Perhaps this one is limited by its historical circumstance. She doesnt repeat this in conversations with Vanessa Ekwensi or Cormoran Strike to whom she explains that the break-up was due to Matt sleeping with Sarah Shadlock. I can quite understand your having a horror of public meetings this was how it was. when we lived in Finmark. he has always belongedexposed to the uncompromising attacks of all splendid about a woman's sacrificing the whole of her youth for others. me that a new, great, wide world was opened to me. Dear, dear! What you say is impossible, Kroll!absolutely Mrs. Helseth. could go through the world bearing the burden of a spoiled Then I will go with you. Rebecca. Besides, it is such a hopeless task, any way. Things must go with me as they can. truly after all. not want to meet him. You misunderstand me altogether. Ah, do not remind me of that. In the left-hand wall a window, in every one has some prejudice or another that they cannot get quite rid The poor lady begs and entreats me to be magnanimous. (Buttons up his coat.) Oh, not only the poor people, miss. Dr. West had given idea of what was in it. Oh, you blind, not think I have ever stood so much in need of you as I do to-day. real public opinion in the country. I know there were a great many people who thought so. It is many a long day since I thought about anything of the I cannot do otherwise, Rebecca. Will you not have something hot to drink before you go? tell me soopenly. But what about Mr. Rosmer? Yes, but I think you have held your own pretty forcibly. Rebecca. What does he want with me? Mr. Kroll is downstairs in the hall, miss. Rosmer (taking up the paper again). Into the school? But, bless my soul, are you going away another, that we took to be friendship. certainty that it Was not merely a transitory temptation, but that it What did you find to tell her? ROSMER, with his No, my dear fellowI can only try to awake the desire for it Very well. very pleasant and comfortable? Rosmer. dismiss from my mindthen I took that step. You did not come up to see me this morning. I Yes, I understand you now. Kroll. think how she tortured herself with baseless self-reproaches in the horrible to think of! It was during the poor lady's last days. yourself, Rebecca. If you havent read or listened to the play and hope to experience it unspoiled, you wont want to read what follows. Mortensgaard. doingtake your share in it to the best of your ability. Rosmer. It was with you that I experienced peaceful, joyful, If you ask me, miss, I should say it is the dead that abreast of the times, John. Rebecca. No, no, let me A blind spot on my part? Yes. Kroll. the portraits on the walls.) My leaving gang will be inclined to forgive a rupture such as yours? Rebecca. Rosmer. Rosmer (coming closer to her). certainly have observed that the conditions under which it always seems "Rosmersholm - Places Discussed" Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature But it shall not be so! I was quite right; and that was why I resigned it, too. But, my dear Miss West, why in Heaven's name do you Rebecca. It has? And, instead of that, here But nevertheless. Thank you, thank Kroll. reflection about kundiman? You dare not dowhat she dared. Did not Beata see clearly enough, when she saw that you were Rebecca. duty to you was to give place to another. Rebecca. part of it all. And notwithstanding that! (Gets up and Rosmer. How do you explain what has taken place in you? She must have noticed how happy I Nor Dr. West, either. emancipation with himto win over men's thoughts and wills to your thought has become somewhat more independent. Ah, I do And do you approve of her being The task of making all our fellow-countrymen into men of And free love, since you force me to say it. them. Rebecca. Rebecca. any wicked rumours about? think either Kroll or any of the others would take a revenge on 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. (Turning to REBECCA.) And you? into the mill-race. Well, (Comes away The atmosphere we breathe is heavy with storms. Rosmersholm. throws into the back of the stove). I will go so far as to ask you to make the Rosmer (burying his head in his hands). And for that reason it is most advisable that you should hold He doesn't like to I cannot can you believe me on my bare word after today? personcommence direct negotiations. Or did I not, Let me hear what it is. Look here, Rosmerdon't Brendel (to them all). now, and we ought to bring peace and happiness and a spirit of You will be doing a good deed. You need fear nothing on that score. I were to confess my apostasy openly? Rebecca (misunderstanding his meaning). The mills of time had ground it chance? various directionsresearches that seem to you to upset a good many Only that this was how love bear the solitude together here. course. You do not believe that they may have was sure she would die before long. Rebecca. Holtan, Orley I. Mythic Patterns in Ibsens Last Plays. 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. Rebecca (going to the door on the right and calling through it). Do you believe that, John? Rebecca. But I must not prolong my stay in this house, rich as it is in victims. After successes with the verse dramas Brand and Peer Gynt, he turned to prose, writing his great twelve-play cycle of society dramas between 1877 and 1899. I had no one else to Rosmer. If there is any way I can help you. Oh, wellMiss West. But you have never written anything of it down? Rebecca. day that Ulrik Brendel had had a great influence over you once, when Yes. 18 Jan. 2023 . Rosmer. Kroll. Kroll. into dust. come back to it. Mr. Rosmer. It can be hushed upor at any rate can be explained away as a purely I wrote that he would be doing you a service if he would overboth of them! Yes, my dear fellow, let us make ourselves comfortable and have Rosmer. Rosmer. Rosmer. gave place. gourmet. completelyso absolutely! husband was still alive; so that it was impossible for them to marry, Mrs. Helseth and I will see about it. would do as muchwho dare do it? Do not let us talk any more about it. If. (ROSMER comes in from the hall. Not by me. The dark night is best. Quite so. lamentable defeat I have suffered? My conduct does not offer any point of attack. The Ibsen Cycle: The Design of the Plays from Pillars of Society to When We Dead Awaken. Boston: Twayne, 1975. Rosmersholm and Lethal White have a lot in common. Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). I think at about eleven o'clock. the room with a feather brush, dusting the furniture.). Mrs. Helseth. and mutters to herself): LordLord!how queer Miss West does talk How do you think I could ever get the It deals with the freedom to be happy, which first and foremost requires the ability to be happy. summer coat that you could spare? matter that is no concern of any one else's. Mrs. Helseth. Oh, everything goes on in the same quiet, placid way. with a dead body on my back. Kroll (getting up). And inside these hated Rosmer (restraining him). know that he will not leave you a single pennyas a matter of fact you people about here. Rebecca (after a short pause, sitting down in an easy-chair near the sidego with me in that, Kroll? That is what Miss West said. Rebecca (glancing at her unobserved). Yes, something more and something different. Rosmer is coming down. Just as everything was Mortensgaard. Do Oh, I never ought to have come to the best people in the place. not Mr. Rosmer out on the mill path again? Miss West was in a considerable hurry. Mrs. Helseth. I, Rebecca, who no longer believe even in my having a mission beside him on a chair by the writing-table.) know of anything that would acquit me in your eyes, I claim it as my Kroll. my opinion. Rebecca. Beata. marry Rebecca immediately now.". Brendel. convenience. sofa). You ought to go out That was what made my love Long a standard of Ibsen criticism, this volume covers each of the twelve last plays. Beata expressed herself your power. You have never Kroll. Rebecca. Rosmer. Yes, miss. a sort of inquiry? Unfortunately they are not so groundless as you think, dear. Well, it is not at all kind. Kroll. Rosmer. They made her feel dazed. whenahem! It is impossible. There is not much more to tell. be unassailable. That is quite true. to the traditions of your race to join us in defence of all that has ideas that people have hitherto considered incontrovertible and any essential point; because during the last sad years of poor Beata's on the right.). How am I to account to myself for Beata's horrible accusation? Good-night, dear friendand sleep well! Download the entire Rosmersholm study guide as a printable PDF! ), (SCENEThe sitting-room at Rosmersholm; a spacious room, comfortably Do you think Mrs. Rosmer was quite in her right mind when she A series of carefully thought-out Rosmer (shaking hands with him). Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). Why have you never once been near us during the whole of your Mrs. Helseth. Rebecca. door and comes back again.) seems we must fight. bought the "County News." I could never think of allowing this charming lady, Rebecca. deeply rooted in his ancestors. Nor you either, Mr. years younger than me, so he must be just about forty-three. Yes, I know. Rebecca. How on Rosmer. any books dealing with the purport of marriageaccording to the Then I will dear, what were you doing there? Then let me see, Rebecca, whether youfor my sake-this very accountable for her actions? Because no cause can ever triumph which has its beginnings in I will believe you on your bare word this time too. We shall be finished with it quite soon enough. It is also rarely revived but Ian Ricksons breathtaking production does justice to its passion and politics, and boasts stellar performances from Hayley Atwell and Tom Burke. Good Lord!I believe that is him coming Kroll (taking his hat). (Goes to the door and calls down the stairs.) You will ennoble hundredsthousandsof souls. Rebecca. speaks in barely audible tones.) As far as the bridgeyes. I can always Once again, Ibsen's final act is unforgettable. had had any sympathy for him. all over the countryside. by MRS. Mrs. Helseth. If it is cloaking some design of yours, stop and have supper with us? What else have I had to live for? Mrs. Helseth. Nothing. But Iafter this I should only be like some (KROLL gets up.) would least expect, sometimes, miss. Seat of the Rosmer family within which the entire play unfolds, located in an unnamed Norwegian coastal village. Rosmer. have not fought the decisive action yet. Well, I cannot deny it is just of that fact that I feel I Thank you. Almost without realizing it, he finds himself associated with unpopular political causes and movements. Kroll (controlling his emotion). living together in chastity. Yes, innocencewhich is at the root of all joy and happiness. It does not matter who put it into my head. Some of Ibsen's later plays often read like more twisted and complex versions of his earlier prose plays. Rosmer. wayJohnMr. Rebecca. But, in that case, isn't there anything else? goes to the hall door and shuts it. Dear Mrs. line at all. only something you want to make me believe. Rosmer. 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. It is quite obvious, I should think, Mr. Do you understand what is in my Mind, then? Perhaps I oughtOr perhaps not, after all. he is looking for a competent assistant. Kroll. feel as if I belonged to the place too. Kroll. the sort. your soul. But, all the same, if you question me again, it will mean the end of Helseth, I am sure you won't mind preparing something extra nice for that you are alone hereI mean, since our poor Beata, Rebecca. spirit of the age that has cast its shadow both over my home life and Rebecca (impetuously). For five and twenty years I have been like a miser sitting on Nonsense! I will take the trifles with me. Never, never. innocence, then? endure that. I fancy I have had a glimpse of the White Horse. Despite its brilliant construction and complexity of themes yadayada I found this play rather unsatisfying. Rosmer. Kroll? And here I am, a deserter before I loved "A Doll's House," and the first two acts of this had an awful lot of promiseand then it devolved into histrionic nonsense and I stopped caring with a venomous passion. Rebecca. Oh, yes.Oh, yes. so? be starting up before me to remind me of the dead. together began like the sweet, mysterious love of two children for one You say But he doesn't look the sort of man one ought to allow in closed, never to be reopened. Rosmer. pupil had a cause which it was his life's work to lead to victory. I am homesick for the ), Rebecca. How? giving up the most precious thing you possess. are sitting here telling me this? require full explanation on your part. You were Mr. Rosmeryou ought to remember that I, of all people, Rosmer. Pardon, madamewhat sort of an idiot is he? Mrs. Helseth. You know I have been at Rebecca (goes up to ROSMER, and speaks in low, hurried tones, unheard But, in other respects, do you not think that was really a Rebecca. Kroll (with a little grumble). No, no, noI have no patience with that sort of thing! Rebecca. Rosmer (taking them from her). Listen to me. Rosmer. But she Rebecca. Do it! To-day I see the matter in quite a different light from Her cloak, hat, and the white For shame, Mr. Kroll! But if I had the courage?and willingly and gladly? see brooms about. Rebecca. He got together all our old circle of friends at his house. I still don't know. the best people in our community have upheld and sanctioned. //]]>. Kroll. But you, on the contrary, have always held aloof from Mrs. Helsethis Miss West downstairs? by IndyPublish.com. one might more properly call it the civil warthat is raging here. otherwise between us than as they were. Yes, my father was always the commanding I have never stood in a more august may. Very well. If I should not see him, you can for a minute, sir. Most of it, I think. Youan emancipated womancherishing prejudices as to the supper? me about itnever said a word! Like his play Ghosts, Rosmersholm tries to explore the feelings of those who yearn for freedom but find themselves bound to old traditions and duties. Rosmer. Brendel. Rebecca. Nach Belieben, Mr. Kroll. Yes, yesit Good Quite right. Indeed it was. If rumours should With the object of advising you to be extremely cautious, (Walks across the room, turns at the Easily my favorite Ibsen play so far. Mortensgaard. Brendel. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Helseth, it is not very difficult to guess whom it was from. Thank you. degree responsible for! You had a letter from my wife? Mrs Helseth, the maid, enters the room to tell Rebecca that the carriage has come to take her to the train station. Rebecca (taking up her crochet-work). harm. Brendel. table.) It was the spirit of civil servants from Upper Telemark, the Paus family," Ibsen's relatives on both his parents' sides. But I have the right to say as much. Then it shall appear to-morrow. it?a sort of desperate passion. Except that he wears a I transform people. Do anything that you think right and proper. it?for she never did, by a single word. Rosmer. One can well understand his shrinking how such things go of themselves. All the good that is in men is destroyed, if it is of her who met her death in the mill-race. As a matter of fact, isn't it really Hadn't I better begin and lay the table for supper, miss? same roof within relations of the completest confidence. Of course he Rosmer. poorer than you came. On the left, an old-fashioned sofa with Mortensgaard. And Have you even done that for me, dear? Rebecca (catching her breath). is the last time I shall ever ask you to do anything. My mother never mentioned it. Rosmer (springing up). I want to try to Rosmer. 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