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Rosmersholm
(1886) Translated by R. Farquharson Sharp.
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The way Beata went
The way Beata went seems key to the play. Her way combines the centuries-old integrity and solemnity of the house of Rosmer with a modern infusion of liberal idea, espoused by the likes of Rebecca West. In the ending, Rebecca goes the way guileless Beata went to prove her integrity to John Rosmer. More interesting, Rosmer goes the same way out of unfettered love: 'The dead mistress has taken them'.
Posted By Gladys at Mon 21 Dec 2009, 9:26 PM in Rosmersholm || 0 Replies
'For now we two are one'
Rosmer and Rebecca echo the sentiment 'we two are one' before performing a show of unity by falling together into the mill-race. Only this terminal act can dispel all doubt of each other's love. Only by this act, is the integrity of each assured and confirmed. The same need for integrity, earlier, 'swept poor unhappy Beata' into the mill-race. Is this a play about the need for moral certainty amidst ambiguity, doubt and guilt? Is this what Leonard Cohen means by: I saw her wince, I saw her cry I saw the glory in her eye Myself I long for love and light But must it come so cruel, and oh so bright?
Posted By Gladys at Tue 26 Aug 2008, 1:53 AM in Rosmersholm || 0 Replies