The revolution does not , however , help Gunnar 's financial situation ; while shearing sheep with Óli , he is visited by the local sheriff who serves an eviction notice : Gunnar 's house is to be repossessed and put up for auction . Helga moves to Norway to take a job in a restaurant there , taking Óli with her . The backstory of her relationship with Gunnar is explored as a flashback to their first meeting , drunk , outside a bar , involving a graphic representation of drunken outdoor sex , during which Helga implicitly gets pregnant with Óli , on the occasion of whose birth Gunnar proposes marriage to Helga , which she accepts . After two months in Norway , Helga calls Gunnar asking for a divorce . Gunnar sells his horses at a knock-down price to be able to buy a plane ticket to Norway to try to save the marriage but is thwarted by the 2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull and their consequent disruption of air traffic . Gunnar 's rage provokes the appearance of a representation of his inner Viking , depicted as a huge , bald , black-haired , axe-wielding figure reminiscent of Egill Skallagrímsson , and a fantasy of raising a '' Níðstöng '' against his oppressors followed by a homicidal , spade-wielding rampage against them . Gunnar does not , however , follow through on this , instead chasing the Viking away . However , he does not vacate his house ahead of the auction as he is supposed to , and chases away a prospective buyer . A few days later , the day before the auction , the auctioneer brings a policeman to the house to ask Gunnar to leave ; Gunnar promises to and the policeman pretends that Gunnar already has . Inspired by his inner Viking , however , Gunnar instead pours petrol around the inside of the house and sets fire to it before driving the jeep into the unfinished jacuzzi . His is knocked unconscious by the crash , but wakes up , climbs out , and calls Jón asking for help . Jón is not shown to appear , however , and the play closes with Gunnar lying beside the crashed car surrounded by the sinister figures of the puppeteers
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
2010 eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull
SAGA (play)