Full resolution (JPEG) - On this page / på denna sida - The Scandinavian Drama - Henrik Ibsen - A Doll's House
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
Below is the raw OCR text
from the above scanned image.
Do you see an error? Proofread the page now!
Här nedan syns maskintolkade texten från faksimilbilden ovan.
Ser du något fel? Korrekturläs sidan nu!
This page has never been proofread. / Denna sida har aldrig korrekturlästs.
28 Henrik Ibsen
Manders. Yes, of course.
Mrs. Alving. I have, too.
Oswald. Well, you may take their word for it.
They know what they are talking about! Oh! that that
great, free, glorious life out there should be defiled in
such a way!
Pastor Manders is outraged, and when Oswald
leaves, he delivers himself of a tirade against Mrs.
Alving for her
"
irresponsible proclivities to shirk
her duty."
Manders. It is only the spirit of rebellion that craves
for happiness in this life. What right have we human
beings to happiness? No, we have to do our duty!
And your duty was to hold firmly to the man you had
once chosen and to whom you were bound by a holy tie.
... It was your duty to bear with humility the cross
which a Higher Power had, for your own good, laid
upon you. But instead of that you rebelliously cast away
the cross. ... I was but a poor instrument in a Higher
Hand. And what a blessing has it not been to you all
the days of your life, that I got you to resume the yoke
of duty and obedience!
The price Mrs. Alving had to pay for her yoke,
her duty and obedience, staggers even Dr. Man
ders, when she reveals to him the martyrdom she
had endured those long years.
Mrs. Alving. You have now spoken out, Pastor Man
ders ;
and to-morrow you are to speak publicly in memory
<< prev. page << föreg. sida << >> nästa sida >> next page >>
