Brand Chapter Summary & Analysis - Act 4, Part 3 Summary

Act 4, Part 3 Summary

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 not, expressing again her willingness to do as he demands. He says he needs to leave her in order...
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