Agnes comes in with candles, teasing Brand about how he will never admit that he's cold. She recalls how their son used to reach for the candle's light, imagines him seeing it from his grave and cleans the window so he can see better. Brand angrily insists that she close the shutters. At first she refuses, but then she does as he demands. He speaks sarcastically about how she finds such loving sanctuary in her vision of God, saying that her sacrifice hasn't been all she could make. She says she's got nothing left to sacrifice, but he says as long as she grieves, the sacrifice of her son means nothing. She comments that his love is hard, and he asks whether it's too hard for her. She then says it's.....
This is a free excerpt of 135 words. This section contains 1,376 words. This
study guide contains 29,505 words (approx. 98 pages at 300
words per page).
Read the rest of this Literature Guide with our Brand Access Pass.
