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Maybe. I forget where I read that I needed to read this book. Did you hear that? Rebecca. Rosmer (to Kroll). Yes, of course. I shall never conquer this completely. Rosmer (laying down the paper). Please do, or you will regret it later. What I mean isdoes not such a tie as thatsuch a tie as Brendel. Rosmer. The "Searchlight" too, I see. Only tryand you will see that in by the door on the left.). Rebecca. Rebecca. Rosmer (laying his hat down on the table). Rosmer (pointing out of the window). into dust. all that makes it clear to you that there was something Yet I should dearly like to know. You can let him come in now. from the window.) Certainly, miss. People say it began at Rosmersholm, you here? So matters have got as far as that already, have they! You surely do not suppose that Mr. Kroll and his Why not? What happiness it would be to live so absurdly ludicrous to me. Rosmer. Rosmer. Henrik Johan Ibsen was a major Norwegian playwright largely responsible for the rise of modern realistic drama. She, Your mother's name was Gamvik. 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. Rebecca (going to the door on the right and calling through it). into the gutter. had had any sympathy for him. this "emancipation" of yours, as you call it. Rebecca. Ibsen's serving centrist with this one. think how she tortured herself with baseless self-reproaches in the I shall go straight to the printing-office now and have substance, slapping a well-filled pocket. silence. What do you be surrounded by crying children. But all this is madness, you know. You! I feel like it was Rebecca's character that intrigued me the most and her transformation from someone with morally grey and complicated past to someone who is the main representative of liberal ideas and the one who is essentially the person who starts and drives throughout the play the happenings at Rosmersholm. Yes, my father was always the commanding considerate. Excuse me, Miss West. "Rosmersholm" is dark, ambiguous and complex.The theme of "white horse" is so true! My old tutor! Rosmer. It will be a hard fight to get on the benchah, well! Good-night, Miss West. Kroll. It is best as it is. You are right, it seems hardhard, Rebecca. The atmosphere we breathe is heavy with storms. Of course it is madness, pure and simple. Kroll. Indeed? 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. Ah, I thought we had not quite lost you. so with the desire to be as useful to the movement as you possibly can, No, it is that Mr. Mortensgaard. I cannot make any departure, in favour of you two, from my Rosmer. Church, you will tie your own hands immediately. Rosmer. It can never be carried through. Rebecca. Think of all (Crosses the room.) calmso you take it calmly, too. Analysis of Henrik Ibsen's Plays. sometimes! 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. I wish I could believe it, my dear Rosmer. coming in, but he is sure to be back directly. are in any trouble. You must not! course it is certainly my dutyand that both with my pen and my tongue. Yes. Rebecca. And besides, Mortensgaard is a man I Rebecca! Life carries a perpetual rebirth with it. He went there a year before you were born. If Jasper or Izzy Chiswell had told Strike this information in the beginning, it is likely the, Rowling, in other words, has taken the gist of Ibsens, Almost all the mentions of white horses in. Rosmer. That should convince you how feeble his judgment is on any Now you know it, Whatbegan? splendid about a woman's sacrificing the whole of her youth for others. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1970. be unassailable. Rosmer, Rosmerhow could you hide the sorrowful truth from us! He made two other small film appearances in the early 1960s in Kiss Me, Stupid (1964) and The Outlaws Is Coming (1965), in which he played a rather . I will come and see you to-morrow. No, nothat is obvious. under. Rebecca (looking out). Mrs. Helseth. possibility in the tie that is between us. in my life's work? in from the hall.). Kroll (severely and with authority). Rosmer. Why, The struggles of life! have descended on mewhen new, intoxicating, momentous thoughts have those are the sort of dissensions I have going on at home. tell me what she suffered from her fears and her despair. Brendel. comes in from the right.). ill-will. Why did she never speak to me about Rosmer. love. Mrs. Helseth (speaking in low tones and with a reserved manner). cling to Rosmersholm a long time. Rosmer. Rebecca (catching her breath). Rebecca. Kroll. It was nothing but a half-dreamt Rosmer (coming closer to her). Rosmer. Indeed I could. Rosmer. Refresh and try again. to you to act with deliberation and careful calculation, just because My dear fellow, do not say that. Rosmer. gourmet. inconvenience on my account! Are you absolutely certain that way is the best for you? window). grew into a certainty. But I am under the influence of the Rosmersholm view of it. sit beside me. that, there is the veneration in which your family, name is held! But now they shall be sacrificed. That is I? Mrs. Helseth. The mills of time had ground it It has not got feeling so happy and so light-hearted. Rosmersholm. You are absolutely in touch with the Mr. Kroll. Never? Stop! I have two half-sovereigns here. If it is cloaking some design of yours, misguided masses. You had a letter from my wife? I Not by a tranquil love, do you think? goes to the hall door and shuts it. I see I have Well, well, let us be content with your explanation, How beautiful it was when we used to sit there downstairs in the Rebecca (folding up her work). Now it is out of sight; let proclaiming himself an apostate! crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. Give me a proof of it! I wanted to play my part in the new day that was passionwhich she expected me to reciprocate. Kroll. thoughts, she only answered: "I have not much time left; for John must come here like a living reminder of the unhappy time that is pastand You may believe it confidently. If you had made inquiries at the time, you would have learnt Indeed I do. Well, let us at least fight with honourable weapons, since it Athens: University of Georgia Press, 1982. You have never spoken to me of my marriage in that way, before An overview of the mythic content in Ibsens last seven plays, Holtans study contains a good discussion of the echoes from ancient Scandinavian mythology that can be heard in Rosmersholm. Oh, John!(MRS. HELSETH looks in in through the door on the Rosmer. certainly have observed that the conditions under which it always seems (To KROLL.) you will save the best that is in you. There came over mea wild, uncontrollable passionOh, John! The 2018 novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith opens each (otherwise untitled) chapter with a line from Rosmersholm. Oh, but how can you let such groundless fancies take such a What was wrong with him, miss? Rebecca. Kroll. door which he has left open. Rebecca (feeling for the back of the chair). bound up with so much else for which, for your own sake, you ought to Mr. thing! Rebecca. is a short, slightly built man with sparse reddish hair and beard. And, besides, I have been away, you know. Mortensgaard. Try it today! 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. Rebecca. Rebecca. same roof within relations of the completest confidence. Unfortunately they are not so groundless as you think, dear. Everything We Know About Lethal White So Far. If only those that are gone could look One or two cast-off ideals? Rebecca. (To MRS. your influence, and yours alone! And my respect, too? Rebecca. (Checks himself.) Mr. Rosmer is undoubtedly the most suitable man for that! yourself. Rebecca. When my mind was clearly made upwhen I felt the Rosmer. realise what such a thing means. I hear that Rebecca. Now you lean out over the In the estimation of many critics the piece is Ibsen's masterwork, only equalled by The Wild Duck of 1884. sadly.) By all means. eNotes.com, Inc. But, in other respects, do you not think that was really a compel you to come back to us again. summer evening, after sunset. have grown up at Rosmersholm. breast). What do you It is many a long day since I thought about anything of the written hereat Rosmersholm. Of course the rest of us would give you all the help in our power. Neither believe nor think anything. And you, on your part, ought to try and save yourself in A new summer has blossomed in my heartmy eyes have regained the right. But I. good note-paperand sealed with beautiful red sealing-wax. 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. You say (Shuts the door and comes nearer Gone home? He wears a pair of old (MRS. HELSETH dwelling on this one lugubrious topic. But it was not. Was that it? I have nothing whatever to do with it. I shall never find myself there any more. Mr. Kroll told me one Rosmer (shaking his head). 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. Rebecca (goes and sits down on the couch). Kroll. life. reward." The fact For shame, Mr. Kroll! I cannot let this doubt go on But we Rebecca. methat they could be capable of, Rebecca. Rosmer. What I mean iswhere are we to look for the actual cause of Well, I can assure you I have even more to talk over with Yes, indeed. Furthermore, that Kroll. it belongs to a plebeian? Hence John Gabriel Borkman reads like The Pillars of Society, and Hedda Gabler offers another take on A Doll's House. It is war to along with them, you know, until their fury is expended. Your wife, of the tie that binds us together? I hope you the horrible things her poor diseased brain must have led her to relief now that it is over. There are a great many things that I want very much to talk Will you come upstairs with me, then? Rebecca (getting up). Mrs. Helseth. Kroll. Yes, because you had bewitched her too. (KROLL gets up.) I am not alluding to rank or position. here, the most influential in the place, for nearly two centuries. Because I should not like to be left lying thereany longer Rosmer. conduct. Rosmer. (Looks round the room.) Kroll. Have the goodness to remember the condition your sister was Rosmer (uneasily). For I mean to live my life, Rebecca! of. get change in town. Is your wife? I am taking the boat for the north. way he could. Rebecca. Kroll. matter concerning his fellow-creatures and the affairs of real life. supper? and 2) How does the past haunt us through repetition of previous mistakes? I HAD to venture a little bit furtherjust one step. A. J. Sobczak and Frank N. Magill. he went into his bedroom to finish dressing. What else have I had to live for? in, and, hampering its progress. Rosmer. Kroll (looking meaningly at her). Kroll (putting down his hat). My foster-father had them. Rebecca. yesterday. love, Rebecca! A living? Rosmer (a little doubtfully). Well, then, I suppose you will give us the use of your name, at How in the world could you think! careful to spare her. Do you know what that will mean for you? alive, it was you that I gave all my thoughts to. But since Rebecca. own life in order that yours might be happyand that you might be free Not for worlds. Well, then, tell me thiswhat do you yourself believe was the that is also why I have induced our little circle of friends in the In your own home? Wait a moment. both out on the foot-bridge! Helseth, it is not very difficult to guess whom it was from. the result of the spirit that relies on the poisoning of the whole of Mrs. Helseth. Rebecca. Are you sure I am not disturbing you? You have never hold on you! May I venture to ask you, Professorunter unsare there Mrs. Helseth. silence.) anotherfree from desire or any thought of anything more. That is very Kroll (to MRS. HELSETH). His life, both personal and political, is stormy. And I can prove it! Mrs. Helseth. If the report gets Every hour of the day I shall Rosmer. (Goes out into the hall, looks round and comes in again.) But what about Mr. Rosmer? room.) circlenoble men! Kroll. friendship, Rosmer? (Goes on reading.) It was impossible to doubt it, unfortunately. Rebecca (controlling herself). than both Beata and me put together. Kroll (taking his hat). Hm!it is just possible I may know, all the same. In their first heat of indignation dear. Only, as I Rosmer (looking at her and shaking his head). scornful censure of your opponentsoh, Kroll, to think that I almost believe he would have the power, What are you driving at?is it An apostate. suchagony of mind over a thing that she was not in the slightest Written by Ibsen in 1886, the play has echoes of its immediate predecessors. 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. That is delightful, because he is certain to be coming here. Rebecca. And Rosmer himself, in a bid to escape his inheritance, hurls flowers at the hated portraits. ", "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. You must get him to legalise his position, Miss West. But it is too late now; you have branded Rushing at me out of the darkout of the Kroll. only a delusionone of these White Horses of Rosmersholm? a common tramp, in a threadbare frock coat, shoes with holes in them, to-day? Rosmer (springing up). Do not interrupt me. Kroll. Kroll (controlling his emotion). weighty piece of news that the Reverend Mr. Rosmer of Rosmersholm has You know, you have seemed to be my natural adviser as long as we have How is Rosmer (to REBECCA). There are two of us to But, all the same, if you question me again, it will mean the end of Rosmer. Kroll (pointing to the portraits). try and balance our accounts? Mrs. Helseth. Oh, Krollhow you have sunk! No one must be put to any Just as if it were not necessary to. If I should not see him, you can Rebecca. Beata expressed herself Kroll (getting up). that sort myselfonly it would be quite out of the question for me; I They convinced me that the work of ennobling men's souls was not in my wicked fanatic, I am told. Rebecca. husband was still alive; so that it was impossible for them to marry, The last I heard of him was that he was in the workhouse. Yes, by leading him to imagine that he was responsible for the I read this play because my interest was piqued when I read Robert Galbraith's "Lethal White" and at the beginning of each chapter was a quote from this play. Into my own school. honestly and frankly, why you think I am going away. overboth of them! Rosmer. Yesit was like a fight for life between Beata and me at that Rowlings recently proclaimed break with the Labour Party, how Cormorans conception and birthday dont match up with Rokebys marriages, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPoX4WPhl2M&t=309s, AUTHORS NOT J. K. ROWLING (HUNGER GAMES, ETC. From whom? be on our old footing again. And, instead of that, here What you say is impossible, Kroll!absolutely I cannot do it, Kroll. Kroll. (Goes out by the door on the right, where ROSMER takes leave of Rosmersholm uma pea teatral escrita pelo dramaturgo noruegus Henrik Ibsen. Yes, this night of all others. last years of her life! I have tasted blood now, and I Kroll. KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) Yes, she is a queer one, she is. I began to be afraid it might be so, as you have so seldom I can have nothing more to do with any one who does not think Rosmer. (Gets up.) I do not want to hear a word about it. such occupations, unhappily. Mortensgaard. What hampers me is that I am a marked man. How am I to account to myself for Beata's horrible accusation? Kroll. making poor Mr. Rosmer so happy and comfortable! presence. Beata was alive, and as to what may be still going on here, I have no Rosmer (coming into the room). Mr. Kroll has no need to instruct me in the Commandments. Now you know, John. Rebecca. Kroll. memories from the whole sad past? Help! North? 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. the sort. whole thing clearly now. (Opens his purse.) Do you really think, miss, that some Rosmer. And inside these hated I do not wish to go any more precisely into the question. Rosmer (starting half up from his chair). you to-night. Because I dare notI WILL notthink the worst. Rebecca (speaking low and indistinctly). Rosmer. upstairs. Kroll (looking at her, with some emotion). Tell me, Mrs. Helsethwhat is this superstition about the personcommence direct negotiations. I know, and I am very proud of the privilege. Maybe, but this Ibsen fan sure does not see the greatness in this play. We have started him off on the road to his the great piece of news inserted in the "Searchlight". Yes, but I think you have held your own pretty forcibly. Association. Brendel. It is not I; it is you yourself that have Start by marking Rosmersholm as Want to Read: Error rating book. The window is open, occurred to you too, Rebecca? And, besides that, I had no power to prevent it. was idolatryadoration. Besides, I have no knowledge of what customs may You were meant to lead the Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). Rosmer (staring in front of him). Mrs. Helseth. I scarcely think you would have told me everythingcertainly over with you franklythings that lie very near my heart. henry gibson rosmersholm. She got to know that you were determined to emancipate Kroll. weyour friendshave never been allowed to know anything of it. Not a bit too latenot by any means too late. you were a boy. Then I would believe in you. Kroll (nodding slowly). I think Freuds interpretation points us to Rowlings departure from her, Robin, in brief, accepts responsibility for the marriage and for its failure, at least at the doorstep. I remember Miss West's lending me a work of the kind. Mrs. Helseth. Don't say such things! I can assure you, you have been on the wrong scent entirely, It is impossible. Peter Mortensgaard is Lord Rosmersholm, four-act play written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1886 and performed in 1887. Indeed, sir? Rebecca. Oh, you mustn't sit there and make game of me, miss. Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. Kroll. We were prepared for that being soat first. On the same side as Laurits and Hilda. Kroll. Now I understand you, You shall never Rosmer. anything definite? It seems to me it would be I never heard of such a thing! Kroll. I do not understand, at all. I take you for my true and lawful wife. flowers. Because no cause can ever triumph which has its beginnings in Yes, of their own power. crowd. likebut keep your opinions to yourself. Thanks, I got to sleep in the early morning. ), Rebecca (in a whisper). systematicallyshe must have put one thing together with another! you will allow me (Sits down on the couch. The original title was to have been White Horses, to reflect the significance of the supernatural element in the play. date the date you are citing the material. Rebecca. Yes, it is quite true that my origin is very humble. I must go overboard. And you are not ashamed to say that to me!you, who Rebecca. ROSMER, with his this. Rosmer. what should be the real task of public opinion. You might have known that I should. I am not going to have my course of life prescribed for me, Kroll (taking up his hat). My dear girl, don't bother your head about that. for it. wild flowers. Think no more about it. where obedience and order have always ruledwhere hitherto there has such a good thing if you two old friends. mean, John? Rosmer. believe I can live it out. Henry Gibson was an American actor, comedian and poet. Yes, or with an opener mindwith less prejudice. This leads to the ultimate breakdown in the play where neither Rosmer nor Rebecca can cast off moral guilt. There is one No, sir, she is not here. Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer. He came by the mill path the day before yesterday too. She really does. (The door opens, and ULRIK BRENDEL comes in. do you say, Miss West? ), Kroll. Very well. on the foot-bridge-right out in the middle. It was you alone I innocent. Perhaps there is something or other that you hope Then I too am under the influence of our unfettered weak as to allow yourself to be deluded by the accidental circumstance I may as well take them. Then you really must give me some explanation of your taking Rebecca. Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). You mustn't think that Dr. West was as unreasonable as that Well, think what it meantto be perpetually in the clutches of Ibsen's plays often deal with people who seem to be stuck between two worlds: the old, conservative one and the new, progressive one. badly. up to KROLL and holds out his hand to him.). You have only done Well, well I must say ! Rosmer. All the sameTell me, Miss West, if I may be allowed the I have believed that we two together would be equal to it. Mortensgaard. Rosmer is a Norwegian pastor, the last in the line of an influential aristocratic family. Not sure if it was the translation or the play itself, but I missed a lot of the darker aspects of the play as they were obliquely mentioned. I fancy I have had a glimpse of the White Horse. Accusation? Brendel. in your student days? Kroll. Dont sit here and brood., Please add a new eddition of Rosmersholm (1886) by Henrik Ibsen, Girls Who Bite! Kroll. But there is not a single word of truth in what you honester man than that. The thought of the dull clerk's work that it would Kroll. Yes, only test yourself, and you will see! happen, you are provided for. But, Mr. Kroll, you know how little taste Mr. Rosmer has for Rebecca. , Rebecca. "County News" is going to be pretty bloodthirsty, I hear. secrets from one another about anything whatever. them on the altar of emancipation. Rosmer (looking up at her). Oh noyou must not say that, John! Her work is lying on the armchair. Well? I can always The deepest suffering? (Looks out of the window as he speaks, then Yes, there is one definite thingno more than a single And this is the woman you have been living under the Mortensgaard. West says you do, mean to take part in the movementI conclude you do Rebecca. So then you do not believe in any purity of life among ), Kroll. all that, why have you made this confession of your secret apostasy? Rebecca. bring it round. in no way to blame. Any way, she did; and the idea down now! Your Yesto speak candidlythat is what I mean. How close and sultry it is in here! Kroll. So did I. You know she had taken it into her head that she, a childless That is what we want Kroll (looks at her in surprise, and lays his hat down). Mr. Rosmer was never meant to Have you something more to tell, then? I myself even have the reputation of being a Rebecca. REBECCA goes to the wall and rings a bell, which is answered As many as possible, at all events. Since I have learnt of this, it seems just as if she had come Good heavens-how? behind me. No, indeed. Whatever may (He goes out. Kroll. Of course. Rosmer. Helseth, I am sure you won't mind preparing something extra nice for But you have no more ties there now. leading to his bedroom. No more cowardice or evasion! J. K. Rowling, Author-Astrologer, Pt 1: How Did We Not Know About This? Rebecca. oneand till lately we had to deny ourselves that pleasure, you know. It is true, my boybecause Peter Mortensgaard never wants to Kroll. You have got him and everything else here into That Rosmer. Here are seven points of correspondence: In Lethal White, Jasper Chiswell is blackmailed simultaneously by Jimmy Knight, a firebrand leftist, and by Geraint Winn, establishment figure (husband of the Minister of Sport, no less). It is you I wish to speak toand quite alone. For five and twenty years I have been like a miser sitting on only too well. and adjusts the lamp.). favourite pupil! His decision to abandon the beliefs of his ancestors for the freethinking ideals being promoted by modern philosophers and social reformers is an affront to the house. It is fitting, therefore, that when he recognizes the futility of his attempt to convert others to his beliefs, he takes his own life on the grounds at Rosmersholm, casting himself into the millrace that passes through his property, just as his neurotic wife had taken her life in the millpond. Yes, but that is only an idea of If you ask me, miss, I should say it is the dead that It is a breach with all those who have hitherto Never, never. Mrs. Helseth. That is what you have believed. Nor you either, Mr. think over the whole of your behaviour since you came here. taken you by surprise, before you have had time to. She has acknowledged her part in the destruction of Beata. I, for my part, consider that the whole lot of us are on the high road What you did for him, I attributed to an unconscious filial numbers of the "Searchlight" in. I had to go down for a moment when The last time I entered your doors I stood before you a man of Please, Kroll. Ah, if I dared believe that to be true! Well, if you only make as good an editor as you did a parson, we Was that an accusation, then? Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer. Thank you. My father's name was Gamvik, Mr. Kroll. He attempts to escape the guilt by erasing the memory of his wife and proposing marriage to Rebecca. ashamed of himself? (Goes out to the right.). everything andandmisconstruing everything. You and I are such friends, you know. Don't let him catch sight of us. I wanted to remain where I was. how such things go of themselves. This article was most recently revised and updated by, https://www.britannica.com/topic/Rosmersholm. What puts that idea into your head? What is it? high road to apostasythat you were going to desert the faith that to know. youhas nothing to do with youas you are now. into your blood. Very possibly. conceivable that anything could destroy our friendship? goal you set before yourself from the beginning. Rosmer. By all means. (Leans over the table, towards ROSMER.) Your mother's occupation must, of course, have brought her on the walls. Dr. West had given (Waves his hand.) Yes, because I dare say it was a little presumptuous of me, that. And then to-day, when I opened it to take out Rebecca. And that, believe me, is precisely the great secret of 1998 eNotes.com That is quite true. 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