Talk:Brand (play)

Dab

There's a dab needed here, a link to romantic. Not sure which one is the right choices -- there are a bunch related to literature and the arts. Maybe someone else can identify the right one and link it. --Bookgrrl 01:38, 12 August 2006 (UTC)

What hawk?

In §Fifth act, changing "the hawk" to clarify that this is the hawk that Gerd has been hunting since before the beginning of the play:

At the very end of the play, Gerd takes him to the glacier, her personal church, and Brand recoils when understanding where he is, the "Ice-cathedral". He breaks down in tears. Gerd, being a hunter from the start of the play, fires a shot at the great hawk she has been hunting and lets loose an avalanche, which in the end buries the entire valley.

--Thnidu (talk) 15:54, 24 February 2020 (UTC)

Removing what seems to be OR from this article

Hi everyone:

I don't have time to check up on this myself, but I have copied and pasted a section below that I am removing from the main article that appears to be Original Research. I like the observations, but as there is no source we have to conclude that it is not an encyclopedic entry. This was at the very bottom of the page:

Problems in modern interpretation In recent years, Brand has often been regarded as an unsympathetic, fundamentalistic and conservative character. In many ways, his view of life is rather too radical for his peers, who fail to understand him. While Ibsen provides an open ending, as he does in most of his plays, modern directors often condemn Brand where Ibsen does not. The attitude of Brand is regarded as dangerous. The Norwegian judgment of Brand and Peer Gynt often goes in favour of Peer, and disregards Brand. One could interpret this change in judgment of the character as a consequence of postmodernism and the acknowledgement of a fragmented soul.

Problems in interpretation of the character arise even more when considering what kind of people today are willing to sacrifice their lives for a cause. Before getting into that discussion, one has to consider what Brand's cause really is. The answer to that question can only come through examination of Ibsen's text; however, the most important questions that Ibsen raises require that the reader not only study the text, but also engage in self-reflection.

--Hen94hen (talk) 17:02, 25 August 2020 (UTC)

Does anyone know of an English translation that is in the public domain?

Does anyone know of an English translation that is in the public domain? WordwizardW (talk) 12:50, 17 April 2021 (UTC)