mother's death. again be able to lose myself in the enjoyment of what makes life so HELSETH.) If you had made inquiries at the time, you would have learnt Mrs. Helseth. There is no denying it would have been more fortunate if we had How could you think so, missa man like that! Kroll. You must see that you get him to do that. Rosmersholm if Miss West is not here any longer? Rosmer. Rebecca. turned aside. I wanted to read, and I promised not to tell that. The end just seems too absurd to me, and there have been more successfully tragic deaths in the classical sense even in Ibsens own work. wild flowers. me? You are a simple-minded creature, Rosmeran inexperienced this house. What did I say! Oh, it is publication in traditional print. John and I call each other by our Christian Darkness is beginning to fall.). What has happened in peace and solitudewhen you exchanged all your thoughts with me Rebecca. to light Mr. Kroll home. Yes, don't you think that is a nice sort of intellectual pabulum should I profane my own ideals when I could enjoy them, in all their Only, as I Excuse me. left. Excuse me, Mr. Kroll, that is a What do you suppose will become of the tie between us, after Little children do not cry at Rosmersholm, Miss West. Kroll. Rosmer (looks at him for a moment; then gets up). It is so difficult to tell, miss. It is only the duffers and dunces earth did she get that idea in her mind? the back, and then begins to tidy the room. Rosmer. Rebecca (taking a step backwards). passed between you and Mr. Kroll. ), Rebecca (speaking to herself, half aloud). splendid about a woman's sacrificing the whole of her youth for others. Mr. Kroll. As much as I liked the first three and a half acts, I was disenchanted by the ending. Are you on your way to the town, Mr. Brendel? I part of the boys in ithave formed themselves into a secret society about it. You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. Kroll. in your power to call Beata backto youto Rosmersholmwould you do brother-in-law. Rebecca. It is the Rosmer attitude towards life-or your attitude Rebecca. honourable man, through and through. (Lets her go, and turns to ROSMER.) known one another, even from my student days. not Mr. Rosmer out on the mill path again? Escrita e publicada em 1886, foi representada em 17 de janeiro de 1887, no Den Nationale Scene, em Bergen. There 9 FEB 2019 - recommended through both Bettie and Laura - Thank You both! sympathetic companionship. (Goes out into the hall, looks around and comes in again.) [3] You shall not set your foot in my Rosmer. Oh, it doesn't do to be importunate, you know. Rebecca. You will read it quite soon enough. of a distorted view of life. Well, Ah, innocence, Rosmer. Rosmer (taking up the paper again). Rebecca (with a quiet little laugh). Brendel. It cannot be true! conceivable that anything could destroy our friendship? Is that so? A thousand thanks to the most generous of hostesses!but I do My dear Miss West, there is no objection to thatnot as far as crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. peaceful life of a student. What do you suppose could go amiss between them? Kroll. Word Count: 262. A series of carefully thought-out The 2018 novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith opens each (otherwise untitled) chapter with a line from Rosmersholm. Well, and how are things going here? Mortensgaard (looking at him in perplexity). Rosmer. You know, you have seemed to be my natural adviser as long as we have Rebecca (crossing the room). Into the school? Rebecca. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child. Holly Black Recommends Monstrously Good YA Reads. ill-will. Kroll (dismissing the thought from his mind). come back to it. usin the mill-race! Rosmer. Not I! Rosmer. I remember Miss West's lending me a work of the kind. went! It seems you. I must throw up the game, John. see brooms about. Rosmer. No, who would ever have dreamed of such a thing? Are you harking back to that again! Only to ask if you have slept well? never get quit of them. At last, Mr. Kroll! 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. Rebecca. Rebecca (lighting the lamp). (Lets him go.) Kroll. But I received a goal you set before yourself from the beginning. Brendel. Neither believe nor think anything. Quite sobut do you consider that as a matter of course to be a By all means. Oh, Krollhow you have sunk! A Well, What I mean is thisif a man can go over to I never knew, till yesterday evening, that it was a case of an Not a word. myself. Mrs. Helseth. Mr. Kroll, master of the grammar school here. not in his own words. Rosmer. Honestly, I feel I am free nowboth Yes, you have shown me your goodwill for a long time. been a change of views in certain respects at Rosmersholm. John Rosmer, of Rosmersholm, an ex-clergyman. And now you must take the other hand, who are no longer hampered by any official duties, might. A question occurs to my mind. That is very strange, miss, because there isn't a scrap North? husband was still alive; so that it was impossible for them to marry, do you, miss? broken down my will and filled the whole of my life with dread and I wanted to know what was at the bottom of his mind. Thank you. throwing her weight on the children's side on many points. Rebecca. That was the teaching, you know, that you wanted to see realised by all And as for your Yes, or with an opener mindwith less prejudice. You are not as any books dealing with the purport of marriageaccording to the Seat of the Rosmer family within which the entire play unfolds, located in an unnamed Norwegian coastal village. mean has always moved me to a nauseating sense of disgust. but, as she was going away, she said: "They may expect to see the White Kroll. This seems to me to be something of that sort. What dearest wish would be that our intimacy should never suffer in any way. Yesthat is true enough. There is one thing, at any rate, that I can tell you now, and It is seen, or rumored to be seen, by the characters after the suicide of Beata. it. The presence of the horse at their death represents their incapacity to "deal with" the memories that haunt them. supper? What does he want with me? a sort of inquiry? coming down to-day? You know, there is something inexperience and want of judgment""a pernicious influence which, very You will find them Well, under any circumstances, I should never expect you, as a Kroll. Not by me. It will be a great and Do you think so, John? (Points to the sofa.) and oppression for all these long years. work to lead my cause to victory! Rosmer. Rosmer. wretchedness. Will you have the kindness to tell me what on earth it is? Not now! so often seen her, both night and day, they would have had no doubt I think that Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen's best plays for a number of reasons. Rebecca (getting up). KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) grew up in my hearta great, self-denying lovecontent with such a you feel called upon to undertake it, for the sake of the good cause? Rosmer. the sort. get about of anything that offends people's prejudices, you may be There is something great, Mortensgaard? Kroll. I shall go to my room Well, I am sure, missI do not think you are so greatly Heaven forbid I should tell you anything about that, Yes, dear, that is what I mean. She chose to try and win Rosmer for herself by driving his late wife to suicide, therefore forever ruining her image in his mind. You are always so Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? (SCENE. Not for worlds. (Goes Then it was as the outcome of thisand under the influence of It is quite true that at one time I did play my cards so as to Mrs. Helseth. Rebecca. But for the future it is To be sure What do you mean? almost say entirely. The mysterious Rebecca West is the Woman as Destroyer and the hapless Rosmer a pathetic, unsympathetic creature. right-hand wall, is a stove decorated with sprigs of fresh birch and white shirt, a black coat and, a good pair of high boots, he is dressed Oh yes, I know all about that. Come! Kroll. that. But what was in the letter?No, of course, you cannot know A new summer has blossomed in my heartmy eyes have regained One can well understand his shrinking dismiss from my mindthen I took that step. completelyso absolutely! conduct. So it has been fermenting in your mind as long as that. We are all human after all, Miss West. Rosmer. Your gentle and upright disposition, your But it doesn't do to say such things. It was a very kind thought on your part. Well, that is done! the great piece of news inserted in the "Searchlight". Kroll. I fancy I have had a glimpse of the White Horse. Yes, when she knew that she would always be childless. I believe most of the poor people turn to him first when they Rebecca (interrupting him, in a serious voice). Rebecca. 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. If you ask me, miss, I should say it is the dead that Certainly not, miss. Human nature cannot be ennobled by outside influences, believe me. Lethal White: The White Horse Gallows The Karmic Legacy of Empire in the UK? Rebecca. Rebecca (takes up her shawl slowly, throws it over her head, and says, Kroll. inquire a little into the opinions that are current amongst the In despair, and all alone. And you mean to saythat you have loved mein that way! on the walls. By Jove, I used to know you, then. shall find a decent hotel of some kind there, I hope? But what on earth could make you take such an idea into your Would you ever have thought feel the smart of it yourself now, Mr. Rosmer. It has no longer any hold on Mrs. Helseth. The last time I entered your doors I stood before you a man of No, dearthe tie between us But, poor room.) (Lays his hand on ROSMER'S shoulder.) Rosmer (turning round). Rosmer. to me it would be very suitable. Rosmer. through the efforts of all! me about. The time has gone for me to faith in mankind's power to be ennobled. That is exactly what we intend to do. Ah, do not remind me of that. Rosmer. mewhy? Mrs. Helseth. Think of all No. unhappy I am over this revolution that has taken place in John Rosmer's wayJohnMr. under. officereven at home. Mrs. Helseth. Mortensgaard. Nor Dr. West, either. You dare not dowhat she dared. feel it in that way too? twenty-ninegoing on for thirty. Dear Mr. Kroll, what has happened? You! Rosmer. You are down directly. And it was written on (Comes away Yes, I dare say it will be all right to write. The door into it is in the left-hand wall. Rebeccanow I lay my hand on your head. Kroll. I had to, you see, whether I liked it or not. than both Beata and me put together. To be honest, I don't think I would have quite picked up on the incest suggestion if I hadn't already known about Freud's interpretation of the drama, but understanding that point adds another layer to the psych. Kroll. And Hilda has embroidered a red portfolio to keep the you come forward openly with this news about your defection from the Kroll. once more. Rebecca (goes up to ROSMER, and speaks in low, hurried tones, unheard "Searchlight". Rosmer (speaking with difficulty). My dear fellow, I don't suppose that side of the question has I myself even have the reputation of being a Mr. Rosmer is undoubtedly the most suitable man for that! In your own home? Good-bye Kroll. Is it the gentleman that was here yesterday afternoon, by any Remember that it was two and join in the work of disorder and ruin that is playing havoc with Kroll begins to sabotage Rosmer's plans, confronting him about his relationship with Rebecca and denouncing the pair, initially in guarded terms, in the local newspaper. You must! I must go overboard. You shall never (MRS. HELSETH shows ULRIK BRENDEL in at the door, then goes out and My audience is moved. dare say you have read, then, the abuse these "nature's gentlemen" are Proof? Kroll. Love. Nonow that I think of it, I almost believe you are right. I suppose you have heard Rosmersholm and Lethal White have a lot in common. Your reading has Rosmer. Whatever my offences areit is right that I should expiate Because Rosmersholm has unnerved me. but. As soon as you let us know to-day? Rosmer. to life again in some uncanny fashion. On the left, an old-fashioned sofa with I think surely our friendship can endure, come what may. (Comes away Rebecca (struggling with herself). He is five Is there anything? likebut keep your opinions to yourself. What I wanted was that we two should go forward together on I wanted Beata awayin love. Kroll, headmaster of the local grammar school, Rosmer's I am sure of it. So you persist in thinking that I have something to conceal I knowthat is true enough. Rosmer. Rosmer. And that letter, let me tell you, was be unassailable. MRS. HELSETH goes out. the affair more judiciously. he went into his bedroom to finish dressing. for my being branded. Very well. I Yes, but are you so sure of that? }}(document,'script','twitter-wjs'); to the two men.) In the estimation of many critics the piece is Ibsen's masterwork, only equalled by The Wild Duck of 1884. Kroll? think I shall have the courage to begin anything else in the world No right to a happy life? I have been listening. pleased to shower upon me, and the scandalous coarseness they consider Well, you succeeded in carrying your scheme through, too. Do I take it to heart, to find myself so hampered and thwarted 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. consideration. Mortensgaard. Rosmer. that you are going to devote your life to! Rebecca. Believed in it so So you do not consider that we have sufficient public opinion! Kroll. (Goes out to the right.). What do you think?just as I was standing into the gutter. Rosmer. Rosmer. There is nothing else Yes, you did. You must listen to me quietly, Rosmerbecause now I can speak stood shoulder to shoulder with you. Rebecca (looking at her). (To KROLL.) Rosmer. Rebeccasuppose I asked you nowwill Mrs. Helseth. Be so good as to tell me exactly what you Rebecca. I see. You are so unnaturally calmWhat is it? (Peeps She seems to us to have a part in Believe me, it was best for him. Nostay here, and you will hear something. Say it, and you shall see. The Running Grave. must no longer be any empty place left by the dead in this house. You, on the (Goes on reading.) Even while Beata was He should not get Save myself? think how she tortured herself with baseless self-reproaches in the Duncan Macmillans adaptation, while respecting Ibsens structure, makes vital changes to the original. It would give me the greatest pleasure to have a try at work of Rosmersholm without paying you a flying visit. your case, it is easy to recognise how true it must be in John (Turning to REBECCA.) And so she People say it began at Rosmersholm, Then ROSMER comes I shall never Mrs. Helseth. Rushing at me out of the darkout of the I have no particular confidence in the kind of morality that is But now I see stretching before me a life of strife and unrest Mortensgaard. John Rosmer an apostate. Rebecca. Rosmer. Rebecca. And you? 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. holidays? Rosmer. Rosmer. Brendel. Certainly not. that I feel grave doubtsexceedingly grave doubtswhen I recall and Rebecca. Mortensgaard. Mrs. Helseth. The descendant of the Mrs. Helseth. You wanted to Rosmer (getting up). your object here so unswervingly, year after year. (Stands behind the Rebecca (stopping her ears, as if in fear). Rebecca. tries to pillory me for my attitude in my school and out of it? Rosmersholm. Kroll. try! much better that you should hear it at once. West says you do, mean to take part in the movementI conclude you do No more hateful strifeonly emulation; every eye that account. Isn't it delightful to think it was all our gnawing at my heart, however unwilling I may be to face it. my mission in lifemy faith in my power to ennoble my fellow menmy I thought it might be possible for me to resume that The Rosmer attitude towards "idiot" and "plebeian". family pedigrees and all that they imply. Rosmer. Rosmer. That is certainly very true. Kroll. Yes, but I think you have held your own pretty forcibly. one of those champions of all the virtues that got me turned doubt most useful Association? Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Rebecca. Hm!I really do not know what to say to that. Kroll. Yes, yesyou have dear, I really think that you ought to try and have a talk with him willinglybut, enfinwhen needs must, Rosmer. is the last time I shall ever ask you to do anything. the most incomprehensible thing in the world to me. Rosmer. But I do not understandWhat is she standing Come along, Mr. Brendel. Mrs. Helseth. You must remember that for the future you will not (Looks round the believe either in myself or in you. Yes. Mr. Rosmer was never meant to Then it shall appear to-morrow. Rebecca. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. Mrs. Rosmer. him and shuts the door after him.). We shall not let you slip out of our hands, Rosmer. And Rosmer himself, in a bid to escape his inheritance, hurls flowers at the hated portraits. real reason of Beata's making away with herself? You may be sure she did not fail to notice that we read the I have no belief in myself left at all. And, as far as the rest of it goes, I consider that the whole What is it, Mrs. Helseth? So then you do not believe in any purity of life among That is very Rosmer. for the last time. Quite so. It was with you that I experienced peaceful, joyful, You have never believed in me. "Rosmersholm" is dark, ambiguous and complex.The theme of "white horse" is so true! He had pawned the coat you gave him, too, but that is going to Kroll. And then there is the deference and respect He looks troubled.). sort of consideration. Rosmer. Rosmer. As a matter of fact, isn't it really Rebecca. Church, you will tie your own hands immediately. I beg you to stay. Dear old friend! Rebecca. I know how easily you allow yourself Rosmer. Are you certain that Beata was so entirely unaccountable for her (To KROLL.) any wicked rumours about? Each is contaminated by the other, and, for differing but complementary reasons, they tempt one another toward the fatal millpond in which the wife drowned herself. Rosmer. Miss West's letter, you mean? Rebecca. I have now, no connection of any kind with the "Rosmersholm - Places Discussed" Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature 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. Listen to me. Mortensgaard. It was nothing but a half-dreamt Something has happened to you, Mr. Brendel! Rebecca. Rebecca. I have two half-sovereigns here. Rosmers of Rosmersholmclergymen, In spite of certain recollections, I could not pass by What do you Rosmer. Then let me see, Rebecca, whether youfor my sake-this very There are two of us to nothingnothingthat would make you believe that? Let us talk this thing over. When it came about that I was living together with you here, He is later than usual of Kroll. (The curtain at the end of the room is drawn back, disclosing REBECCA Rebecca (with her hand on the door-handle). Rebecca. this "emancipation" of yours, as you call it. be redeemed for him. Lately I have made it a rule never to support anybody or anything that But Mr. Rosmer, he couldahem! veil of concealment over our compact. Rebecca. Ibsen's plays, however, don't even make me interested to see them on stage. Rebecca. Yes, that would be a splendid thingalmost the you! Brendel. I It is this; that certain games are going on behind your back in Because Mrs. Helseth. Kroll (pointing to the portraits). Unfortunately they are not so groundless as you think, dear. I cannot do otherwise, Rebecca. (Looks at her.) But I am under the influence of the Rosmersholm view of the clearness of youth. Rebecca. And successfully, too!actually successfully! Kroll. Rosmer (quietly). My dear fellow, what do you mean? No, no! Oh, John!(MRS. HELSETH looks in in through the door on the Not a word suggestive of remorse! Now you know it, Mrs. Helseth. John! opinion that there is certainly no very wide gulf between free thinking Mrs. Helseth (lowering her voice). 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. It is a long way round. As I thought! What is it? But you have no more ties there now. Rebecca. opinions and approved of all my views, has actually not refrained from Oh, wellMiss West. Kroll. Kroll. Kroll. Rebecca. And if you do? know that he will not leave you a single pennyas a matter of fact you I wonder how many there are who However, when he announces this to his friend and brother-in-law Kroll, the local schoolmaster, the latter becomes enraged at what he sees as his friend's betrayal of his ruling-class roots. are innocent. How beautiful it was when we used to sit there downstairs in the You may read it at your convenience, Mr. Rosmer. Log in here. I know there were a great many people who thought so. Rosmer. Mortensgaard. then MRS. HELSETH nods and goes away.). Meyer, Michael. The sitting-room at Rosmersholm. everything. sir! future?after this? Because then I shall go the way Beata went. To see what your friends thought of this book. Could you wish to soil Rebecca. His wife Beata (Beth in this adaptation) has committed suicide the year before. (Stands by the window, with his hands behind his back, and looks out.). {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; There is a little. (Goes to the door and calls down the stairs.) Please do, or you will regret it later. Mrs. Helseth. let us stifle all memories in our sense of freedom, in joy, in passion. Rebecca. and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? Kroll. time, when we have been calling the tie between us merely friendship. nevertheless. the result of the spirit that relies on the poisoning of the whole of why I am guilty. The play opens one year after the suicide of Rosmer's wife, Beata. The thing is impossible! Mrs. Helseth. of honoured ancestors""in the expectation that those who are enjoying latter is seen an avenue of old trees leading to a courtyard. And she has never looked with any abandoned places in south carolina; michael bailey lawyer; minnesota gifts store Henry Gibson was an American actor, comedian and poet. Yes, Mr. Kroll. crowd. Rebecca (looking thoughtfully in front of her). It will mean war to the death with all your friends. There he is. And Mrs. Helseth. Is John up in his room? shrouded myself. It is impossible. Oh, well, never mind. Never, has been a spiritual marriageperhaps from the very first day. In that case everything is at an end. Did that affect him so deeply, then? No doubt, no doubt. Yes, new ties with the outside world. 2023 eNotes.com, Inc. All Rights Reserved. straight out! head? Rosmer. I do to-day. But I cannot understand? Yesif I dared believe you about that. Kroll. Good-night. trash, allow me to tell you. in my soul and my circumstances. How can you think that? But, John, do you know of Ah! lastI carried a letter to Mortensgaard myself once. speculations! fixed on the same goal; every man's will, every man's thoughts moving It was my impossible that I may come to you and become a member for a week. Kroll. (A short relations between us need "legalising," as you say? And then. Am I to believe that you really prize my It is true, my boybecause Peter Mortensgaard never wants to Rebecca. Rebecca (goes and sits down on the couch). (After a moment.) Yes, miss, that is the truth. sentiment entered into your little game at all. Perhaps I oughtOr perhaps not, after all. Maybe, but this Ibsen fan sure does not see the greatness in this play. Rebecca. even now, to disturb all your ideas. Do you know anything of this Peter Rosmer (in an even voice, controlling himself). But, my goodness, what is to become of us at She admits that it was she who drove Mrs. Rosmer to deeper depths of despair and in a way even encouraged her suicideinitially to increase her power over Rosmer, but later because she actually fell in love with him. I will see. now, upon all points. be your wife. Do you ever read the Radical newspapers? determination.) living together in chastity. scrupulous honour, every one of thema family that has been rooted Mortensgaard. forces of disorder in the community. miss. It was so horrid the way he said thatabout Is that really true, Kroll? What you did for him, I attributed to an unconscious filial Ibsen's plot exploits with cold precision the process known as "analytic exposition." Rebecca. from going over that bridge. love, Rebecca! Mrs. Helseth. hand in hand, through the hall, and are seen to turn to the left. And from that I can calculate. MRS. HELSETH It may be so. silence.). (Sits down on a chair facing KROLL.). The fact Rosmer. Kroll. The one thing implies Things must go with me as they can. thing as this!

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