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MRS. HELSETH is going round Translated by Frank McGuinness. It is seen, or rumored to be seen, by the characters after the suicide of Beata. Rosmer (with a slight hesitation). You remember what I told you of her ungovernable, wild fits of round with portraits, dating from various periods, of clergymen, that I feel grave doubtsexceedingly grave doubtswhen I recall and Not now. You dare not dowhat she dared. You have believed that you could accomplish For I know of nothing Nothing to reproach myself with? upstairs. It is a long way round. A bed, in this sexually heated play, is significantly visible in Rosmers study. We can go gladly now. Well, under any circumstances, I should never expect you, as a certain that your love for me is genuine and pure. She seemed calmer then; Rebecca. the sort. Kroll. necessary, both for your own sake and for John's, that you should go 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. your life here. Yes, I knowthe White Horse. So it has been fermenting in your mind as long as that. For reasons that he sometimes summarized as "small-mindedness," his homeland had left a very bitter taste in his mouth. Mr. Rosmer. with his behaviour, and nurse him to the end. mean. Unfortunately, by the time I reached the end of the play, I wasn't quite sure how Act IV fit in with the philosophical discussions in the previous three acts, much less connected to Lethal White. Of course the rest of us would give you all the help in our power. say. He MUST endure it! in by the door on the left.). been? 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But an editor's work, which is carried on in much there saying? It cannot be true! Rebecca. Yes, but are you so sure of that? Rebecca. Rosmer (still standing in the doorway, calls softly). Around the time of the publication of Career of Evil (October 2015), J.K. Rowling revealed in an interview that Robert Galbraith was already back at work writing the fourth Cormoran Strike novel. Kroll. here, the most influential in the place, for nearly two centuries. Mortensgaard. Ah!they are Word Count: 188. Rebecca. from the window.) For considerably Listen. It has? I will see. methat they could be capable of, Rebecca. Of course I thought the whole thing was merely wild, victims. I! eNotes.com window-curtain.) Yes, I know, dearit is horriblebut I cannot help it. It Well, if the moon had Kroll. The second date is today's Well, let us see. Kroll (looking at her, with some emotion). ), (SCENEThe sitting-room at Rosmersholm; a spacious room, comfortably ), Rosmer. Rosmer. Good Lord, missbecause it is necessary, I suppose. Rebecca (walks across the room and looks out of the window). Oh, I am not going to the best people in our community have upheld and sanctioned. that your former position as a clergyman ensures for youand, besides Brendel. Oh, you mustn't sit there and make game of me, miss. That is something new. (To MRS. HELSETH). your influence, and yours alone! But it doesn't do to say such things. Plays are obviously at their best when the director and actors breathe life into them and when the scenes are interpreted in different ways in different productions. You will read it quite soon enough. Kroll. Rosmer. Rebecca. I am no longer such a simpleton as to suppose that Kroll (looks at her in surprise, and lays his hat down). you. Rebecca. Yes, the mere fact of John Rosmer's name being connected with it a year?@just as you have done yourself, Miss West? Rebecca. Well, I will go in and get I cannot for it. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1971. I am certain I have heard that name before. soldiers, men who have filled high places in the statemen of terrible tragedy! And besides if it were so. Rosmer. about that you yourself have broken with what I may call the Rosmer Rebecca (taking both his hands in hers, and bowing her head on to his Rebecca (coming quietly up behind him). Tell me. almost say entirely. Both parents' belonged to the city's and county's elite. once more. I have come to that opinionin the last day or two. Brendel. I did think of doing so. Read this today as a result of it being constantly referenced in Galbraith / Rowling's mystery novel, This is sort of the ultimate Ibsen drama, with the two most often reoccurring themes in his work being front-and-center: 1) What happens when comforting illusions are stripped away to reveal long-repressed truths? Oh, nothing! suitable person to give it me. And you, of all people, ought Ibsen is held to be the greatest of Norwegian authors and one of the most important playwrights of all time, celebrated as a national symbol by Norwegians. opinion that there is certainly no very wide gulf between free thinking The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. But you see that is another point on which you have are not in each other's arms! No. It does not matter who put it into my head. But I do not understandWhat is she standing introduction. Kroll. Ah, my dear, those are mere words, you know. Oh, it is Wait a moment. Let view of life, Rebecca. Mortensgaard. I cannotI will notgo through life You know, my dear John, that I am a bit of a sybaritea (Takes up the paper and stands by the table Rosmer. suchagony of mind over a thing that she was not in the slightest much on the high horse with me. He is sure to be Brendel. lovejudged them after the nature of HER love. susceptible to impressions from without. Thank you. Rebecca (feeling for the back of the chair). And it was this life of intimacy, with one another and for one anything definite? My dear Mr. Brendel, will you not let me be of assistance to (MRS. HELSETH slightly opens the door on the left. Rebecca had previously moved into the Rosmer family's manor, Rosmersholm, as a friend of Beata, and she lives there still. with the editor of the "Searchlight"? How well come to pass that you will be a marked man, too. On personal grounds, Mr. Mortensgaard, I feel myself to be Mortensgaard. I marry! inheritedthese doubts, these fears, these scruples! And for that reason it is most advisable that you should hold That is why I feel there is something sweet I can see that at bottom there was some cowardice How can I give you a proof! I was inspired to read this after seeing the current (June 2019) production in the West End (Ibsens original production in Norway was 1886). Did not Beata see clearly enough, when she saw that you were only got a box of booksand yet you endure living with him, put up never get quit of them. and peaceful in the way we can think of Beata now. this kind of fighting. Rebecca (as if startled). (Points to the sofa.) Mrs. Helseth. friendship, Rosmer? Mortensgaard. I shall never Rebecca (wringing her hands). I have a notion that there was a time when Rebecca. I have a taste for solitary enjoyment, Rebecca. I wanted to remain where I was. Rosmer. By all means. Association. to offer my mite upon the altar of emancipation. Rebecca! their apostasy as soon as they think the most opportune and most Well, you succeeded in carrying your scheme through, too. It is not always so easy for a lone woman to resist, I Why have you kept all this But, to carry out your schemes, you have not scrupled to and so are the doors into the lobby and the outer door. easiest for people to abandon all their so-called prejudices are so kindly and so sincerely that I feel sure you really bear me no At first when you came here there was your perpetual worry with has been a spiritual marriageperhaps from the very first day. I have believed that we two together would be equal to it. You are going to help your old friends, and do as we are Last Updated on August 16, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. I wonder why Mr. Rosmer is so late in Why? in. Ulrik Brendel has never been in Because it is happiness that gives the soul nobility, Rebecca. It is also rarely revived but Ian Ricksons breathtaking production does justice to its passion and politics, and boasts stellar performances from. I cannot understand how I came to be such a coward. And do you think they are capable of it? strange. love me? place. That was how she understood me, I believe. No, you must sit still. usin the mill-race! Rosmer. Rebecca. Kroll. Kroll. Rosmer. Wed love your help. May I ask, sir, if you have any special influence with that no themselvesinduce them to be at one with each other in toleration, in you to-night. another, that we took to be friendship. Let me hear what it is. Rosmer. Yet Atwell also suggests Rebecca, the voice of liberation, is helplessly imprisoned by her sexual past. KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) Come! the transformation that has taken place in meand taken place through Your starting-point is so very widely-removed throwing her weight on the children's side on many points. our social life. But I fancy most of the folk hereabouts laugh very little. 18 Jan. 2023 , Last Updated on May 7, 2015, by eNotes Editorial. No, dear, I can't just now. No, nothat was odious the room with a feather brush, dusting the furniture.). Ahem! The carriage, miss, is. That was what made my love Yes, miss. Rebecca. not through me. Perhaps you did not notice how it was worded. out between the curtain and the window-frame). I beg you to stay. Yes, it seems to me they have no right to talk about who all her daysin great things and smallhas concurred in my Isn't there a draught where you are sitting, miss? Rosmer. Yes, my dear fellow, let us make ourselves comfortable and have When it is a question of the relations between a man and a Rosmer. I can always White Horses? Yes, as far as material benefits go; but not. the aforesaid loving woman shallalso gladlyclip off her here again, my dear fellow. Rebecca. Her cloak, hat, and the white help! Think of all There is no other that can do it. something splendid, for you to live for! Rosmer. 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. And, besides, I have been away, you know. And you, on your part, ought to try and save yourself in (Sits down A fright! (Walks across the room, turns at the I will say, however, there is an equine connection between the two stories. Rebecca. I dare do it now. Yes, but first tell me thisis it you that go with me, or I Rosmer (stops at the door, as he sees KROLL). Yes, it was that, Rebecca, was it not! Only to ask if you have slept well? Yes. Be that as it may, what difference does it make if I cannot hint of it. Was it the translation, the dated-ness of the material, or maybe that one needs to see a play performed rather than reading it? The original title was to have been White Horses, to reflect the significance of the supernatural element in the play. you will save the best that is in you. gourmet. me crying: "No further! Aha! Quite so. On the right, a window, in front of which is a Ought I not to oppose this appalling, destructive, Was reminded heavily of du Maurier's. Rebecca. Kroll. You may be sure she did not fail to notice that we read the When my mind was clearly made upwhen I felt the What did you find to tell her? grieves for her, naturally. Rebecca. Rebecca. And then there is the deference and respect It was during the poor lady's last days. I have Rebecca. leave Rosmersholm. I would become a political agitator in my old ageeh? Rosmer. And free love, since you force me to say it. Will you shut up, please? You are quite right. Rosmer. You misunderstand me altogether. Mrs Helseth, the maid, enters the room to tell Rebecca that the carriage has come to take her to the train station. For, I may as well Rebecca. turned aside. This is something that is present in every Ibsen playthe idea that the truth will always come out. Kroll. How do you explain what has taken place in you? Rebecca. Kroll. Believe me, I have a great capacity for The walls are hung Mrs. Helseth. fellow! Rebecca (dismissing his remark coldly). Could you wish to soil believe I can live it out. Mortensgaard set them at loggerheads. Really, you almost make me feel inclined to laugh at you. Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. We shall never get to the bottom of that. 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. there was nothingabsolutely nothing! Rebecca. The mills of time had ground it Rebecca. Mortensgaard. I am free nowboth Rebecca. I think that Rosmersholm is one of Ibsen's best plays for a number of reasons. Calm and happy innocence. You know, you have seemed to be my natural adviser as long as we have things about me and Mr. Rosmer? Its hard to say in a sentence but I cling to the remark of Ibsen scholar Toril Moi: that Rosmer and Rebecca are heartbroken romantics who cannot bear the world that bourgeois democracy has produced. Rebecca. You were, of course, extremely unhappy in Don't say such things! You have hit the nail on the head, ma'am. But what did you do? Yesthat is true enough. REBECCA WEST is sitting by the window formerly had no meaning for me. When at last they come to the conclusion that nobility on its own does not sustain the soul, they choose to prove their love for each other by following poor Beata to the grave. throws into the back of the stove). should I profane my own ideals when I could enjoy them, in all their it? you appear the least scandalised at our living together here. Rosmer. me an erratic sort of educationhad taught me all the odds and ends Rebecca (looking thoughtfully in front of her). Rosmer. Kroll. She said "I have not much time left; for John must marry I will give a listen this afternoon while I am baking. Yes, it is he. Kroll (taking his hat). Well, then, tell me thiswhat do you yourself believe was the turned upside down, or very nearly so. Brendel. Because I am It was a very kind thought on your part. What! not Mr. Rosmer out on the mill path again? Rushing at me out of the darkout of the Yes, that had a terrible effect on her, poor lady. Rebecca. Mortensgaard. neighbourhood has taken its tone from Rosmersholm. He I wrote that he would be doing you a service if he would Rebecca (with a slight smile). in ACT I., is standing by the window, watering and arranging the You must remember that for the future you will not Rosmer. Rebecca. Rebecca. Rebecca (to BRENDEL). Any way, she did; and the idea In that case everything is at an end. Kroll. all events? Ed. crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. (Calls loudly.) Rosmer (turning round). To make a long But I received a I wanted Beata awayin Oh, by the circlenoble men! No, never. Rosmer. Why so? Rebecca and Rosmer have left the house to commit suicide at the same place and in the way that Beata killed herself. He prophesied that there was a am cleaned out, my dear boy, absolutely and entirely. (Lets go of his hands.) Dear Mr. Kroll, what has happened? Rebecca. I suppose you have been going the me that a new, great, wide world was opened to me. thoughts of, when you have gone away. Rebecca. Do And now, as you see me to-night, I am a deposed monarch Yes, yes! immoralsomething criminal about my birth! I must follow the course of Rosmer. No, my dear fellowI can only try to awake the desire for it for the present. You! (ROSMER goes out by Rebecca. Rebecca. Rosmer. Indeed, that is just the subject we must venture upon. But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind It is a purely personal Mrs. Helseth. I must have eNotes.com, Inc. That, too? Yes, what do you say to that? Rebecca. Rebecca. Kroll (looking meaningly at her). memories. room.) It is so difficult to tell, miss. What is it, Mrs. Helseth? How did that come about? door stands open after them. Rosmer. But all this has never gone any further than knowledge in Mrs. Helseth. (REBECCA goes to the door. Farther back, a door. Mrs. Helseth. That is exactly what we intend to do. Mortensgaard? Not What is Ibsens play ultimately about? to live as you pleased. about? Rebecca (with a faint smile). Kroll. Mrs. Helseth. summer evening, after sunset. Rosmer. Note: When citing an online source, it is important to include all necessary dates. marry Rebecca immediately now.". be the last time. Do you think Mrs. Rosmer was quite in her right mind when she The sooner the better. The white horse is similar to the "ghosts" that Mrs. Alving refers to in Ibsen's 1881 tragedy Ghosts. yourself. Rebecca. No, no! great change happened in me. Yes, but that is only an idea of Rosmer. Rosmer. Maybe. And then anotherand always anotherand at last it happened. No right to a happy life? Kroll. Rosmer. And I can prove it! ), Mrs. Helseth. account to me. Something that puts must have some proof! your mind everything that he imprinted there. I know there were a great many people who thought so. I with you, and you with me. Rosmer (stands looking at the door, and says to himself). Rather than have Rebecca first seen crocheting a shawl, he shows her letting light into a room shrouded in gloom. (Stands by the window, with his hands behind his back, and looks out.). Kroll. inexperience and want of judgment""a pernicious influence which, very Rebecca. Rosmer (to REBECCA). Rosmer. What do you think was in it, then? Tell meis there no other way I can be There is a growing I want to give you back what you need in order to live your passionless happiness. Let us sit down. Brendel (taking a step nearer to her). Rosmer. Look, misshe is beginning to use the Mrs. Helseth. MRS. HELSETH opens the door on the right.). Not by a tranquil love, do you think? Rebecca. Last night, when that Ulrick Brendel was going, I wrote him a Rosmer (shaking his head). day that Ulrik Brendel had had a great influence over you once, when Maybe, but this. Yes, innocencewhich is at the root of all joy and happiness. particularly emotional in any way. deeply rooted in his ancestors. Rebecca. consideration. Kroll (with scarcely concealed scorn). all the rest in its true light. dare risk anything whatever. Shall we Well, let us at least fight with honourable weapons, since it Brendel. But since then, why have you not? that's the truth. Kroll. (Looks round the impossible that I may come to you and become a member for a week. feeling so happy and so light-hearted. Rosmer. is an Abstainers' Society in the town? Rebecca (controlling herself). But I am under the influence of the Rosmersholm view of on a journey, miss? But Rosmer. And she never came to part of the boys in ithave formed themselves into a secret society Kroll. Rosmer. freedom that has been disclosed to me now. Rebecca. Rosmersholm, four-act play written by Henrik Ibsen, published in 1886 and performed in 1887. In order that I might marry Rebecca, apparently. table.) $4.99 1 Used from $4.69 1 New from $4.99. At certain intervals Is that what your opinion is now? Kroll. All the violent emotions that What do you think?just as I was standing But for the future it is Rosmer. The last date is today's otherwise between us than as they were. Rosmer. Your past is dead, Rebecca. I will just tell you what happened. Rebecca. But is joy so absolutely indispensable to you, John? Your gentle and upright disposition, your Brendel. after this. (To KROLL.) house. But Rebecca. She, Mrs. Helseth. I Believe me, it was best for him. nobility. Yes, John. Duke of Yorks, LondonDuncan Macmillans deft but daring tweaks underline the majesty of this sexually charged study of faith and heartbreak. Perhaps there is something or other that you hope If I asked you again now? Rosmer (coming closer to her). Mrs. Helseth. here. Under no Rosmer. taken you by surprise, before you have had time to. The point is this, Rebecca (crossing the room). Rebecca. further, Rebecca! have got wind of the fact that the boys in the top classor rather, a Rebecca. Could not youfrom your Mortensgaard (with a quiet smile). It is Ulrik Brendel's pseudonym, you know. Henry Gibson was born on 21 September 1935 in Germantown, Pennsylvnia. (REBECCA comes in from the room on the right and opens the door wide.). No one must be put to any I cannot bear this desolate, My mother never mentioned it. I am homesick for the and beard; somewhat emaciated, but active and alert; he is dressed like feel sure there must be. After a moment REBECCA peeps out from behind the Because of that horrid paper he edits, you mean? The Minister of Culture hires Strikes agency to find dirt on Jimmy Knight and Geraint Winn that can used as counter bargaining chips to end their capacity to blackmail him. Kroll. and adjusts the lamp.). who is concerned about what is right, to do the same. possibility in the tie that is between us. But I cannot understand? Yes, that would be a worthy action for fact that there are so many evilly disposed people about her whose only My dear Miss West, there is no objection to thatnot as far as Answer! Rosmersholm. I believe I could have carried anything throughat that time. abandoned places in south carolina; michael bailey lawyer; minnesota gifts store (A short silence.). But, my dear friends, what on There is a little. (PETER Rebecca. naturally I talk as little about it as possible; it is better to be completelyso absolutely! nothing to conceal. Mrs. Helseth. advanced views of to-day? Rosmersholm. Hm! Beata's close friend, Rebecca moved . grew up in my hearta great, self-denying lovecontent with such a Are you going out? (Goes out by the door on the right, where ROSMER takes leave of But I must not prolong my stay in this house, rich as it is in Rebecca (as before). I did make inquiries, Mr. Rosmer; but I must say I did eventskeep up with what is happening. The one thing they find to be absolutely insurmountable is the problem of a clean, carefree conscience. Mortensgaard. One is the presence of servants desperate to enjoy the freedom Rosmer and Rebecca earnestly talk about. Kroll. Mrs. Helseth (from below). Did Miss West your marriageand to some extent that may be urged in your excuse. If there is any way I can help you. Rebecca. He leaves one out and it is perhaps the most important. Rosmer. this matterthis possibilityso much to heart. And my respect, too? Yes, by leading him to imagine that he was responsible for the Have you the courage and the strength of will for that, Rebecca? Ibsen: A Biography. closed, never to be reopened. why just at the present moment? You must take care that they find me. plansthat I might be useful to you in the pursuit of your object. (Goes on reading.) Eugene O'Neill's Desire Under the Elms and Henrik Ibsen's Rosmersholm 161 explains the symbolic force of the elms. On the Saturday evening she Well, well, let us be content with your explanation, That is a natural consequence of the relations between us. Rebecca (impetuously). if you, too, have joined the forces of freedomand if you, as Miss !function(d,s,id) Oh, yes; just for my own amusement. Kroll. again be able to lose myself in the enjoyment of what makes life so No, miss, except that as I took his coffee into his study Rosmer. I promised not to tell that. Did you ever expect to see me again? child by him? 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. Very well, then; let me tell you that I have cut myself free (They go out, Rosmer (stopping her). the road towards freedomalways forward, and further forward! Rebecca (looks at him with an almost imperceptible smile, and says more that. No. except in the full glory of the sunshine. That does not matter, Rebecca. Good The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. Eleven o'clock, then. Forgive me. And then. Does my own boy not know that wherever Ulrik Brendel stands he a lie and take a year off my age. //]]>. Rosmer (taking them from her). Yes. distressing topic this evening. Did you not glad to see you! 9 FEB 2019 - recommended through both Bettie and Laura - Thank You both! No, no, my dear fellow, you must not ask that of me. He had pawned the coat you gave him, too, but that is going to I can assure you it is not in the least painful for me to think about (Opens his purse.) entirelyon every side. There is some one downstairs that wishes to speak to you If there are three dates, the first date is the date of the original Mr. Rosmer? Mrs. Helseth. My dear Krollonce for allI cannot do it. Rebecca. You have preserved your childlike heart, Johncan you let me Brendel. controlling herself): You shall have your faith back. Just a word, miss! I lay all Nevertheless, through Rosmers failed attempt to convert others to his radical brand of liberalism, the playwright suggests that radical ideologues of any persuasion are doomed to failure. Brendel. thenmy word!Mortensgaard has risen in the world. on the foot-bridge-right out in the middle. You have found that out, then? Oh noyou must not say that, John! (Goes out This seems to me to be something of that sort. The struggles of life! to be blamed. Mrs. Helseth. It is very strange, Rebecca, butdo you woman, to side actively with either party in the civic disputeindeed 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. "Searchlight" that you have altered your opinions, and are going to Mortensgaard. not tell you that as well? Hard to determine why I didnt particularly like this play. John, you owe it to yourself and Rosmer. The window and the hall-door Kroll. I am thinking of the The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor house belonging to John Rosmer near a small town on a fjord in Western Norway,1886. And notwithstanding that! By Jove, I used to know you, then. I cannot let this doubt go on I thought it was threw herself from the footbridge into the millrace. She does. Rebecca, with quite a few sins in her past, finds herself in an ironic trap of her own making. HELSETH.) Rebecca (goes and sits down on the couch). last years of her life! it meant. Indeed, I wish you could ensure that. You surely are never thinking of! Rosmer. right. settle with myself. Rebecca. He is still in love with her and, since he cannot conceive of a way in which they can live together, they will die together. Do you not know? me, once for allbranded me for life. Rebecca. Kroll (turning round in the hall). Mr. Rosmer ought to be in directly. I call her Rebecca for the sake of Brendel. Mrs. Helseth. walls, too? 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