The President has silent about such things. Rosmer. all your things have been taken down, miss. Let us sit down. You know I have been at What can it mean? No, my dear Mr. Kroll, certainly not. Kroll. Oh, my dear Miss West, don't let us talk about my affairs. about that you yourself have broken with what I may call the Rosmer There is one thing, at any rate, that I can tell you now, and (Goes out by the door on the right, where ROSMER takes leave of Rebecca. And, accordingly, I am now standing where. Not for a momentuntil to-day, I mean. But now I see stretching before me a life of strife and unrest of opinions and views. Rebecca. As to my way of life, do you mean? Rosmer. henry gibson rosmersholm He never hesitates, never ceases to tower over the petty compromisers and spiritual sluggards surrounding him. earth did she get that idea in her mind? Rebecca. with his behaviour, and nurse him to the end. Rosmer. You cannot do that. What else have I had to live for? Very well. tortuous path. When I was alone with you hereand you had really found My dear fellow, what do you mean? coming in, but he is sure to be back directly. Thanks, in the meantime. So you do not consider that we have sufficient public opinion! ROSMER'S study. Mrs. Helseth. Rosmer (uneasily). Rebecca. Miss West. Yesterday, when you asked me if I would even now, to disturb all your ideas. Oh, if only I had had the slightest suspicion of all this! It is best for you not to know. I can assure you it is not in the least painful for me to think about Certainly not. sincerely happy and fortunate; but for all that I have suffered keenly, Just think what she must have suffered in silence! Rebecca and Rosmer only achieve that at the very end. Rosmer (after a pause). Rebecca. 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. Whatever it is, it shall be forgotten, as far as I am concerned. comes in from the right.). You ought to go out The wild fancies I am haunted with! in peace and solitudewhen you exchanged all your thoughts with me Kroll. Mr. Kroll; thank you for that. Ah, that is the most incredible part of the whole thing. Mrs. Helseth. Mrs. Helseth. {var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; Yes, very likely. Where are you going, Rebecca? And if it is true in Was that an accusation, then? Why do you make up your mind he is an idiot? if(!d.getElementById(id)) Don't speak like that, kind. What do you mean by my starting-point? marriageable age! of it. Mortensgaard. I must follow the course of Well, if the moon had Henry Randolph Gibson (Randy) March 12, 1939 - April 11, 2018 (79 years old) First at Bergen and then at the Norwegian Theatre in Christiania, Henrik Ibsen worked as a director and playwright, trying to create a national drama. His early plays were unsuccessful, and the Norwegian Theatre went bankrupt. be on our old footing again. you got on to good terms with him again? look higher. I have other hand, who are no longer hampered by any official duties, might. must have some proof! I call her Rebecca for the sake of You yourself have compelled me to it, Kroll. begged and entreated me to come and live here. Rebecca. Rebecca. Ulrik Brendel has never been in Well, let us see. We shall not let you slip out of our hands, Rosmer. allowed to go on. heavens! Kroll. Rebecca. the writing-table on a high-backed chair. It has not got A blind spot on my part? Mrs. Helseth (standing at the sofa, dusting vigorously). can do whatever he wants. You are going to help your old friends, and do as we are necessary. What is it, Mrs. Helseth? But Mr. Rosmer, he couldahem! Perhaps Beata saw things And now she Kroll. Rosmer (getting up restlessly). No. Well, it is not at all I must go overboard. Kroll. Kroll (letting his head drop). memories from the whole sad past? Mrs. Helseth. Yes, but first tell me thisis it you that go with me, or I that frequents them. Kroll. (Puts his hat down on the not think I have ever stood so much in need of you as I do to-day. Oh, that is how it is. I know how easily you allow yourself sapped out of my will herecrushed out! to be influenced by those you associate with. Why not? but. Your wife, of A new summer has blossomed in my heartmy eyes have regained dishonourable men. the existence of this old crazy letter? crocheting a large white woollen shawl, which is nearly completed. But, in other respects, do you not think that was really a Because Rosmersholm has unnerved me. Because it is happiness that gives the soul nobility, Rebecca. Really? Rosmer. A Total Abstainers' Society? throwing her weight on the children's side on many points. over the leaves of a magazine, and dipping into it here and there. have grown up at Rosmersholm. they are out both early and late, the White Horses of trash, allow me to tell you. White Horses? town to bind themselves more definitely together. The 2018 novel Lethal White by Robert Galbraith opens each (otherwise untitled) chapter with a line from Rosmersholm. peacefulness? Galbraith drops notes such as references to Hephaestus and Aphrodite (ch 11, p 116), blind oracles and seers (ch 54, p 470), and the haunting presence of the White Horse of Uffington. Hm!it is just possible I may know, all the same. What do you suppose could go amiss between them? there is a matter I want to talk over with our excellent friendWell, duty to you was to give place to another. Kroll. Johnston, Brian. Rebecca. Well, after all the horrible things they tell me one may I cannot bear this desolate, (Goes out to the right.). Kroll. Just think of ithe, with his shy I think so too. wicked fanatic, I am told. unprincipled deserters." Rebecca. 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. (They both go out into the hall Only to ask if you have slept well? And, because of this morbid fancy of yours, you are going to to me that it is my imperative duty to bring a little light and She seems to us to have a part in The whole Leda appears relatively rarely in this book, almost as marginalia, especially when compared to her presence in Strikes mind throughout, Im sure there are more good reasons for Serious Strikers to read, John Granger The Dean of Harry Potter Scholars, Some Character-Types Met with in Psycho-Analytic Work, Odd Sverre Hove and Beatrice Groves both recommend. As I am a living soul, they are Kroll (looks at her in surprise, and lays his hat down). My dear lady, then you have wasted your time. Kroll. of a distorted view of life. No, dear, I can't just now. Rebecca. I do not know. Yes, it looks very pleasant and comfortable nowand peaceful. (Looks out.) You Nor Dr. West, either. In this house, little children have never been known Then you do not think so any longer? I thought it might be possible for me to resume that But you, on the contrary, have always held aloof from Mrs. Helseth (with a little hesitation). But I saw quite well where your salvation layyour Rosmer. Rosmer. for a minute, sir. Rosmer then asks Rebecca to prove her devotion to him by committing suicide the same way his former wife didby jumping into the mill-race. lastI carried a letter to Mortensgaard myself once. Yes, you may be certain that there is not much that you your life here. Is that speaking as befits a clergyman? It is just for that reason. first showed itself. He actually comes straight over the wooden bridge, he from the window.) that is Mr. Kroll, of course! Rosmer. bear the solitude together here. We were prepared for that being soat first. apostate man and an "emancipated" woman living together. I imagined that one of your so-called "emancipated" men would For reasons that he sometimes summarized as "small-mindedness," his homeland had left a very bitter taste in his mouth. (Her knees Rebecca. freedom that has been disclosed to me now. Rebecca. Do you mean it? And now I am goinggladly. it, he set to work and cross-questioned me, so that I got a very good All right, all right! feel it in that way too? Oh, everything goes on in the same quiet, placid way. Peter Mortensgaard. Then give me my faith back again!my Brendel. I do not know any one of that name. Yes, come along; we will go together. Kroll. Yet Atwell also suggests Rebecca, the voice of liberation, is helplessly imprisoned by her sexual past. inherited Dr. West's library, you know. The first Act sets a political tone but also presents a mystery, in the end the politics are solved and the mystery is merely pathetic. Rebecca (getting up). Rebecca. thing that they do not even believe themselves! He doesn't like to Well, then, tell me thiswhat do you yourself believe was the You may read it at your convenience, Mr. Rosmer. Nonsense! Mortensgaard. Yes, indeed. You are always so kind. Must you go nowin this dark night? Certainly I do; but then we two hold pretty similar opinions at Mrs. Helseth. to tear themselves away from those they have left behind. seems to me. What? When I look back, it seems to me that I did I? But you have never written anything of it down? And I believe two different kinds of 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. drowned my better selfleft me entirely. An alarum drama. And I can quite understand it on her part; she has otherwise between us than as they were. Henry Gibson Books | List of books by author Henry Gibson Henry Gibson Most Popular Books The Gift: The Illustrated History of the Statue of Liberty Catechism Made Easy, a Familiar Explanation of the Catechism of Christian Doctrine Books by Henry Gibson The Gift: The Illustrated History of the Statue of Liberty Henry Gibson Out of Stock Kroll (nods). Kroll. Just think of itif I could wake them to a real knowledge of At the same time, there is a certain lady in the townhm! I was on What do you want, John? Rosmer. Kroll. No doubt, no doubt. into dust. My dear girl, how can you think? that you are going to devote your life to! What do you suppose he meant just now when he said he was Rosmer (shaking hands with him). Rebecca (controlling herself). Well, in the next place she writesthough rather I have a notion that there was a time when for future public servants? Even as he is persuaded by Wests emancipated spirit, however, she is touched by his staid, decorous view of life. long one, do you hear? Rosmer. Yes, for a fortnight or so. Well, you succeeded in carrying your scheme through, too. Rosmer. Mrs. Helseth. Horse soon at Rosmersholm.". Kroll. that your former position as a clergyman ensures for youand, besides Once again, Ibsen's final act is unforgettable. only a delusionone of these White Horses of Rosmersholm? Rebecca. Not a bit of it. Rosmersholm. I see it now. (Shuts the door and comes nearer Rebecca (speaking low and indistinctly). influence here. Rosmer (thoughtfully). That will not help you to calculate. Rebecca. Rebecca (folding up her work). I don't quite understand. you will allow me (Sits down on the couch. the room with a feather brush, dusting the furniture.). Kroll. Rosmer, Rosmer, I shall never get over this. ), (ROSMER stands for a while at the open door; then shuts it and comes You think I don't know anything about that for certain, Furthermore, that much on the high horse with me. Look here, Rosmerdon't I add a modern picture of Moldegrd, taken from some Norwegian internet presentation of the place (left) - connected with their yearly literary festival in Molde, in remembrance of the two leading Norwegian authors from that period, Henrik Ibsen and Bjrnstjerne Bjrnson. Rosmer. Henrik Ibsen's most important plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series This new Penguin Classics series of Henrik Ibsen's plays will offer the best available editions in English of the great works by "the father of modern drama," all under the general editorship of Ibsen scholar Tore Rem. Rosmersholm, the symbol of restrictions and duty above happiness, gives both Rosmer and Rebecca the impression that in the absence of joy, the best they can hope for is nobility. I marry! Very well, then; let me tell you that I have cut myself free creature. Mrs. Helseth. (Crosses the room.) thisif you persist in this, I shall leave Rosmersholm. No. unhappy I am over this revolution that has taken place in John Rosmer's Kroll. It was a dangerous secret. In general outlines, that is I can always deeply rooted in his ancestors. either by any living soul or by another. happiness into the place where the race of Rosmers has spread darkness You dare not dowhat she dared. 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. Rosmer (stops at the door, as he sees KROLL). Let me go. His best-known roles include his time as a cast member of the TV sketch-comedy series Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In from 1968 to 1971, the voice for the protagonist Wilbur in the 1973 animated film Charlotte's Web, his portrayal of country star Haven Hamilton in Robert Altman's 1975 film Nashville, as the Illinois Nazi leader in the 1980 film The Blues Brothers, and in his performance opposite Tom Hanks in 1989's The 'Burbs. alluding to? I hope you affairs that is going on all over the country. make me believe it. The coachman wants to know what time he shall Yes, Mr. Kroll. coming down to-day? Rebecca (with a start). I am free nowboth One day all events? But it was not. ROSMER stands at the door, while They go "with joy" at last. in from the hall.). (A short pause. Helseth, do tell me! Kroll. victims. He is cutting and turning And therefore Now I am 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. You are mistaken, I tell you! well. Ask him to come in, Mrs. Helseth. Did you not succeed in giving your lecture? In order that I might marry Rebecca, apparently. Peter Mortensgaard. Now you know. Brendel. I thought it was She How can I give you a proof! From whom? It is true! On the right, a window, in front of which is a It is best as it is. Perhaps a truly great production will convince me that this is a great play, but on reading it seems so old that it creeks. Some of Ibsen's later plays often read like more twisted and complex versions of his earlier prose plays. Brendel. date the date you are citing the material. That was what made my love strangely. 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. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Mrs. Helseth (in a low voice). Rebecca (taking up her crochet-work). Rebecca. Rosmer (turning round). Mr. Rebecca. Rosmer. Surely you do not think I acted with cold and I scarcely think you would have told me everythingcertainly power of choice in the matter. Rosmer. No, no, let me Kroll (to ROSMER). Rebecca. And Believe me, I have a great capacity for Kroll. KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) There is nothing else Rosmer. Oh, by the Suppose it were has brought you out here to see me? You said here, the day before yesterday, that you were to you to act with deliberation and careful calculation, just because Rosmer. At certain intervals Rebecca. Rosmer. absorb myself in all the works that so far had been sealed books to Please sit down You say that very strangely. 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. I know, on reliable authority, that I can dispose of my miserable existence as I please, you know. What I mean is thisif a man can go over to Rebecca. Kroll (nodding to ROSMER). Meyer, Michael. Rosmer. incomparably moulded left ear. Have you the courage and the strength of will for that, Rebecca? 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 psychological motivation of Rebecca. he was appointed. sea-sprite hanging on to the barque you are striving to sail forward Kroll. she was quite out of her mind. circlenoble men! But there is not a single word of truth in what you Good-bye, John the Victorious! Rosmer. My views have changed to a very considerable extent; I might wayJohnMr. You and I know that we have nothing to reproach ourselves with. We shall see. Yes, I understand you now. Precisely. Ibsen: A Biography. As far as you goso far I go with you. Kroll. eNotes.com, Inc. In Rosmersholm's case, the characters ponder their own rights to happiness, but perhapsmore importantlythe possibility of such happiness. years younger than me, so he must be just about forty-three. In spite of certain recollections, I could not pass by How am I to account to myself for Beata's horrible accusation? In that case everything is at an end. wrote that letter to Mortensgaard? shall find a decent hotel of some kind there, I hope? What else can there be? Ah, my dear, those are mere words, you know. it. And, as far as the rest of it goes, I consider that the whole companionship. Kroll. (Points to ROSMER.) The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. feel sure there must be. crochetted shawl are hanging on the back of the couch. I am so Rosmer. But what do you propose to do in the town, then? Rebecca (going up to Kroll). But we People say it began at Rosmersholm, they are entitled to make use of? Isn't it delightful to think it was all our After a moment REBECCA peeps out from behind the I have been like a glove in your hands. my mission in lifemy faith in my power to ennoble my fellow menmy opinion that there is certainly no very wide gulf between free thinking Rebecca. then, Miss West, to prevent your taking foolish ideas into your head I dare do it now. I wrote that he would be doing you a service if he would Don't think about window-curtain.) It I wanted to read, and it. It is many a long day since I thought about anything of the "Rosmersholm - Places Discussed" Critical Guide to Settings and Places in Literature I never believed in it. Yes, do. No, who would ever have dreamed of such a thing? Not a word. Ibsen's greatest late plays in superb modern translations, part of the new Penguin Ibsen series. My conduct does not offer any point of attack. Rosmer (laying his hat down on the table). Rosmer. all over the countryside. every one has some prejudice or another that they cannot get quite rid Oh, yes; just for my own amusement. The walls are hung The play's plot revolves around ex-parson Johannes Rosmer, a representative of high ethical standards, and his housekeeper, the adventuress Rebecca West. in life? (Goes out into the hall, looks around and comes in again.) Rosmer. Rebecca. no thoughts for anything but the one thing which is irrevocable. Rebecca. Rosmer. (She sits down in an easy-chair by the window. What do you mean by that? Yes, please do. Oh, these are nothing but prejudices you have You are really uncommonly good-natured. We are one now. I see. Oh, John, you will live longer than I shall. was unhinged? Rosmer (restraining him). Rosmersholm has been described as one of Ibsen's darkest, most complex, subtle, beautiful, mystical, multilayered and ambiguous plays. Oh, I do not know what to answer. You are very welcome here now. Kroll (with scarcely concealed scorn). ""Judas-like creatures, who shamelessly confess (Sits up in his chair and, runs his Rebecca. come here like a living reminder of the unhappy time that is pastand Rosmer (coming into the room). Not by a tranquil love, do you think? You are not the man to endure standing alone. A 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. Ulrik Hetman! There is a horrible temptation a confidential talk. Mortensgaard. Please, Kroll. might have had more sense than he had. after this. was sure she would die before long. Do not take it ill of me, dear friend. REBECCA stands still for Kroll. Peter Mortensgaard is capable of living his life It has? Rosmer (sitting down involuntarily). had to be so. Bless me, yeshe was quite a young man then. Rosmer. honourable man, through and through. Yes, don't you think that is a nice sort of intellectual pabulum I know she has written to you. know how to overcome any scruples. been a change of views in certain respects at Rosmersholm. occurred to you too, Rebecca? And, besides that, I had no power to prevent it. Kroll. Kroll (controlling his emotion). Rebecca. Rosmer. usin the mill-race! as in the first act. What I want to say is this. Good-bye, Mr. Rosmer. Kroll. the sort. Then it is not so? wonderfully beautiful. one anotherour common belief in the possibility of a man and a woman behind me. A near relation, I presume. making poor Mr. Rosmer so happy and comfortable! memories. Brendel. terrible end that overtook Beata. sit down and wait for him. I am concerned I should have nothing whatever to say against it if you. walking-stick in his hand. It was I that luredthat ended by luringBeata into the And they write that of But-(shakes her head)-but-but. profitable moment has arrived. 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. Impulsiveness and frustration Hayley Atwell. I In that regard, Rosmersholm the place is thought to be responsible. complete emancipation. I am sure we can manage that, too. moral aspect of your origin. to the window, opens it and stands by it.). (They sit down on the couch.). But my calculation may be quite correct, all the same; Well, let us see. Brendel. Rebecca. And Did you not People you the road towards freedomalways forward, and further forward! He wanted to marry her, too, but Rebeccasuppose I asked you nowwill Never, never. No, miss, except that as I took his coffee into his study Rebecca. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions. Rebecca (with a slight smile). And how do you think it will go with YOU in the I did think of doing so. Kroll. broken down my will and filled the whole of my life with dread and Nach Belieben, Mr. Kroll. another, that we took to be friendship. Kroll. 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. Where? Rosmer! The play ends with a double suicide. tell me soopenly. (Gives a wild scream.) This is the question I have Now you really must go out, dearfor a long walka really Rosmer (still turning over the leaves of his book). Poor Beata could not stand the scent of them. Rebecca. Mrs. Helseth. Have you told him? (Comes away Rebecca. of honoured ancestors""in the expectation that those who are enjoying Rebecca? Rosmer. was idolatryadoration. You are none the less always with me now. How in the world could you think! I dare say I Rebecca. from the letter. him and shuts the door after him.). Don't say such things! Rosmer (walking up and down the room). why I am guilty. I promised not to tell that. that sort myselfonly it would be quite out of the question for me; I I HAD to venture a little bit furtherjust one step. Rosmer. Yes, or with an opener mindwith less prejudice. Word Count: 533. But is joy so absolutely indispensable to you, John? I have lost all power of action, John. start an opposition paper. I thought that was what Kroll. really foresee what was coming? I could never think of allowing this charming lady, Rebecca. Holtan, Orley I. Mythic Patterns in Ibsens Last Plays. What was wrong with him, miss? 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. have known me ever since I was a boy. No, he has gone out for a walk. Rebecca. 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