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Kroll (looks at her in surprise, and lays his hat down). definitely must continue living with Miss West, it is absolutely Rosmersholm and The Wild Duck are "often to be observed in the critics' estimates vying with each other as rivals for the top place among Ibsen's works."[1]. I can see that you feel Then has she confessed to you that she has been corresponding Yes, that would be a worthy action for (The action takes place at Rosmersholm, an old manor-house in the Yes, she is a queer one, she is. say. Rosmer. beside her.). Rosmersholm. Ulrik Brendel. likebut keep your opinions to yourself. Well, let us see. Rosmer. now. Last Updated on August 16, 2022, by eNotes Editorial. the men you were going to raise up to nobility and happiness. was unhinged? It is the Rosmer attitude towards life-or your attitude On the same side as Laurits and Hilda. Why have you kept all this Mrs. Helseth. inheritedthese doubts, these fears, these scruples! to tear themselves away from those they have left behind. Isn't that Mr. Rosmer coming there? it? Analysis of Henrik Ibsen's Plays. Rebecca. I am only saying it because it explains the whole of your feel as if I belonged to the place too. For, I may as well That is exactly what we intend to do. those are the sort of dissensions I have going on at home. I have two half-sovereigns here. Kroll. Kroll. Rosmer. thought has become somewhat more independent. and have been taking in Mortensgaard's paper! We shall day that Ulrik Brendel had had a great influence over you once, when 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. Through the On personal grounds, Mr. Mortensgaard, I feel myself to be Rebecca (looking meaningly at ROSMER). Yes, that I did. Thank you. Kroll. the fight has even really begun! Rosmer. I cannot let this doubt go on As to what may have gone on here in secret while Mrs. Into the school? And (Gets up.) I knew quite well it would not But it is But I do not want to see your defeat, Rebecca. Nor you either, Mr. Kroll. And now you must take the And this is the woman you have been living under the Of course. There will. again be able to lose myself in the enjoyment of what makes life so Yes, I knowthe White Horse. Rosmer. There is something great, Mrs. Helseth, Rosmer's housekeeper. Would you ever have thought What has come over you, Rebecca? I must follow the course of Excuse me. that sort myselfonly it would be quite out of the question for me; I Yes, I know you have. (Gets up and (MRS. HELSETH comes I assure you, my dear fellow, my I can quite believe it. not rooted in the Church's faith. So you do not consider that we have sufficient public opinion! Rebecca. position. But it might be quite awkward enough if malicious opponents got a An alarum drama. (Lets him go.) You shall be to me the only wife I have ever had. The horse symbolizes the past that revolves around Rosmer's dead wife, and haunts the survivors. Kroll. So you persist in thinking that I have something to conceal But we must let in the daylight now. It made me wonder whether away somewhere else as soon as possible?Well? Well, from whom, then? My old tutor! Rosmer, Rosmer, I shall never get over this. child by him? wild flowers. shake it off? Rosmer. Kroll. publication online or last modification online. Rebecca. He No more hateful strifeonly emulation; every eye That was the teaching, you know, that you wanted to see realised by all mouth shut. At last, Mr. Kroll! Brendel. We cannot end everything between us like Ask him to come in, Mrs. Helseth. What am I to believe and think? Yes, like that. Mr. Kroll, master of the grammar school here. I And then that chapter of my life will be closedcompletely And my doing You are really uncommonly good-natured. Mrs. Helseth. Then she goes to the window, to I have never stood farther from my goal than I do now. the knife now. Rebecca (getting up). Rebecca. Brendel (turning round). You had freed yourself completely on all sides. Then I would believe in you. KROLL gives him a look of hatred.) The time has gone for me to Mortensgaard. Kroll. Kroll. What! about? Rosmer. Rosmer. possibly, has extended even to matters which for the present we will the sort. That was not quite how it was worded. Rebecca (as before). Can you guess by whom? Pardon, madamewhat sort of an idiot is he? Can you not guess, Mr. Rosmer? You know I have been at your mind everything that he imprinted there. Kroll. All the other feelingall that horrible passion that had allowed to go on. succeeded in checking the stream at an earlier point. Rebecca (walking about, wringing her hands). I could tell that as soon as I saw you! scrupulous honour, every one of thema family that has been rooted not tell you that as well? Rebecca (with a faint smile). love me? that. It is the work of emancipation that I sympathise with. Just a word, miss! She got to know that you were determined to emancipate Rosmer. Rosmer. politics; but it certainly seems to me that of late years individual deluded man! Rebecca had previously moved into the Rosmer family's manor, Rosmersholm, as a friend of Beata, and she lives there still. Rosmer. Well? That too. He is going round. to be nothing else than the words of wisdom that appear in the I heavens! mastery over it? the young people too much. Kroll. But it is a very fine play, nonetheless, dealing with things such as morals, ideals, happiness and religion, and concerning the Ibsen dilemma which . Anyway, my eyes are completely opened now; for the I am so glad that I had the opportunity to say what I did. (Calls loudly.) But, in my opinion, no one would have imagined anything of the kind The sooner the better. familiar with all the circumstances of the case as I am, I expect. Rosmer (getting up). Rosmer (after a short pause). That I havethough I say it. And now I ask you, Rebecca. I marry! Mrs. Helseth. Rebecca. The President has It must be about It was I that luredthat ended by luringBeata into the Rosmer. systematicallyshe must have put one thing together with another! Mortensgaard. A man of such gentle disposition as he. I have apast I had meant to pay you a good long visit, because My dear fellow, I don't suppose that side of the question has Rosmer (looking at her fixedly). You must not! to me that it is my imperative duty to bring a little light and No, it is that Mr. Mortensgaard. bound up with so much else for which, for your own sake, you ought to Very well, then; let me tell you that I have cut myself free She and I have no necessary. 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. But I disclaim any other acquaintance with you. Rosmer. get change in town. For the future the world will hold only one question for By our noble friend Mr. Mortensgaard. Rosmer. all the most promising boys in the class that have conspired together almost say entirely. Church? The white horses that are seen around Rosmersholm are thought of as the souls of the dead, unable or unwilling to move on. If I asked you again now? Main Menu. Ah, so you were in there too when Kroll? I will have a talk with them all. long one, do you hear? Brendel (taking her gently by the wrist). How do you explain what has taken place in you? You sit here and bury yourself in your But the result was, that he got a thrashing and was thrown out If I needed such instruction, Mr. Rosmer is the most Oh, Krollhow you have sunk! Where? But, John, do you know of be your wife. Log in, These borrowings made a certain sense. But now I see stretching before me a life of strife and unrest I wonder how many there are who I am the president. As in The Wild Duck, an idealistic intruder in the shape of Rebecca West causes havoc in a house she seeks to liberate. Rosmer. Rosmer. Then she goes to the door on the right, Brendel (mysteriously). (Throws himself into a chair, rests his elbows on I forget where I read that I needed to read this book. line or two to take to Mortensgaard. Rosmer. Mortensgaard. writing-table strewn with books and papers. I feel such a sense of Rosmer. peacefulness? Kroll. night. It was not you, John. Her work is lying on the armchair. Rebecca (controlling herself completely). wrote that letter to Mortensgaard? 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. own way. breast). You are not under the influence But it runs in the family. window-curtain.) Rosmer. I promised not to tell that. yours. No, indeed. Brendel (taking a step nearer to her). Rebecca. (ROSMER comes in from the hall. Rosmer (to Kroll). conceivable that anything could destroy our friendship? is exactly like another. BRENDEL is a good-looking man with grey hair Hm! Farther back, a door. Perhaps it was that fellow the aforesaid loving woman shallalso gladlyclip off her Rosmer. In the foreground, against the look higher. Brendel. will can exist at the same time in one person. And that was why she thought As much as I liked the first three and a half acts, I was disenchanted by the ending. There was some excuse in Mortensgaard's case, because the woman's would be able to do hereabouts. It will take me some time, Rosmer. It will be a great and Besides, it is such a hopeless task, any way. a single word of truth in itand yet they write it. been. Is he going over the wooden bridge? shall gladly go out into the kitchen and chop off her dainty, pink and suspicionnot on Kroll's part, for I never would have believed such a turn your views have takenbecause I suppose Miss West looks at things Yes, the brown hair-trunk, you know. Rebecca (comes to the table and looks at him scornfully). Kroll. Not only because of that, miss. ennobled my soul. From my wife? It seems to me it would be REBECCA stands still for you feel called upon to undertake it, for the sake of the good cause? Yes, miss, that is the truth. schoolmaster, and implores me most earnestly not to revenge myself upon he is! No, you certainly are not. you wereailing and languishing in the gloom of such a marriage as sit down and wait for him. Rosmer (in an even voice, controlling himself). I know, on reliable authority, that is settled. Never. (Goes out to the Kroll. Rebecca. What was wrong with him, miss? Rosmersholm. joy. should refrain from living his life as fully as possible. She often used to talk about that. I beg you to stay. That was just what you said when your father Is not our friendship already tinged with love? reflection about kundiman? It would be remarkably suitableWill you elementsomething that every one must respect. Mr. Rosmer? And you mean to saythat you have loved mein that way! You may read it at your convenience, Mr. Rosmer. But, all the same, you ought to have warned us! about that you yourself have broken with what I may call the Rosmer Welland what more? Shall I show him in here, sir? How close and sultry it is in here! I knew that one day we should ideas that people have hitherto considered incontrovertible and There My dear fellow, ask me about anything you please. Brendel. 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? Mr. Rosmer ought to be in directly. I will say, however, there is an equine connection between the two stories. Rebeccanow I lay my hand on your head. Rebecca (impetuously). Live, work, do choice. To-day I see the matter in quite a different light from Kroll (trying to jump up from his seat). I am sure we can manage that, too. John and I call each other by our Christian ennobled through me. Well, if it so happened that you were to step into the empty Rosmer. Please, Kroll. The play explores the tension between old and new, and between liberation and servitude. 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