Line #5 Characters/Brand


1	The characters of ''Theatre/{{Brand}}'' by Creator/HenrikIbsen. AlternativeCharacterInterpretation is always a possibility.
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3	!! Brand
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5	* AlwaysOnDuty: In the third act, he states that he has an obligation as a priest, putting his duties over the needs of his family. He goes through a lot of angsting over this, though.
6	* BadassPreacher: When he braves an impassable fjord in a storm, alone in a nutshell of a boat, with only Agnes to help him. Earlier on, he passes unsafe ice, making others cringe for him.
7	* CatchPhrase: "All or nothing".
8	* CloudCuckoolander: Deemed to be one at the end of the play.
9	* CosmicPlaything: Every time Brand resolves on something, the universe hits back at him.
10	* DarkAndTroubledPast: His mother didn`t love his father - they married for money. Then, his father died early, and he witnessed his mother rob his father on his deathbed, to get a hold on all the money. Brand was so squicked by this, he left home as soon as possible, not returning until the second act - and his mother hadn`t seen him since he was a boy. To this, add the climate: The farm he grew up in was placed right under the glacier, sheltered from the sun. Einar points out that he almost never played with the others.
11	* DeadPanSnarker: Brand snarks back a lot of times during this play.
12	* {{Determinator}}: If he decides on something, he will follow suit, until the bitter end.
13	* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: Especially when Gerd is around.
14	* FailureIsTheOnlyOption
15	* HeroicWillpower: Lampshaded: "It is the will that counts. The will sets free, or makes you fall".
16	* HolierThanThou: Brand triggers a lot of resentment in the start, flatly saying that the people around him just aren`t worth the bother.
17	* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: Brand honestly thinks it.
18	* IChooseToStay: For the sake of his mother, later for the sake of the community.
19	* IWorkAlone: Most of the way.
20	* PrinciplesZealot: To a T.
21	* RebelLeader: In the fifth act, he comes out as this, leading the entire parish away to a better life.
22	* TheSoulsaver: He tries, and succeeds with Agnes, and a starving man who killed his children out of need.
23	* StrawNihilist
24	* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Brand keeps his sacrifices to himself, making others interpret his actions in the wrong way. It backfires.
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26	!! Agnes
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28	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence
29	* BreakTheCutie
30	* HeroicWillpower
31	* IChooseToStay
32	* IDieFree
33	* KillTheCutie
34	* TheLancer
35	* ManicPixieDreamGirl: In act I.
36	* RedOniBlueOni: Blue to Gerd`s red.
37	* UndyingLoyalty: to Brand
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39	!! Gerd
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41	* ActionGirl
42	* BarefootPoverty
43	* TheCassandra
44	* CloudCuckoolander
45	* {{Determinator}}
46	* GirlsWithGuns
47	* RedOniBlueOni: Red to Agnes` blue.
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49	!! Einar
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51	* GrandpaGod: He painted God that way.
52	* {{Foil}}: To Brand in the first act.
53	* HolierThanThou: Even holier than Brand himself, when returning in act V.
54	* KnightTemplar: When he returns in the fifth act.
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56	!! Brand`s mother
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58	* BrokenBird
59	* GoldDigger
60	* MoneyDearBoy
61	* NoHuggingNoKissing
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63	!! The Bailiff
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65	* AlwaysOnDuty
66	* TheAntagonist
67	* CombatPragmatist: He uses BlatantLies to get the crowd away from Brand in act V. He has no qualms about it either.
68	* ComicallyMissingThePoint
69	* TheDitz
70	* LiteralMinded
71	* ObstructiveBureaucrat
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73	!! The provost
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75	* ComicallyMissingThePoint: of [[Literature/TheBible the entire Bible]]
76	* TheDragon: To TheDarkSide, as Brand interprets him.
77	* MoneyDearBoy: The reason why he has the position at all.
78	* WeCanRuleTogether: He plays it straight.
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80	!! The Beggar mother
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82	* BarefootPoverty
83	* {{Determinator}}: She is actually after everything Agnes can give her to clothe her child.

Context Characters / Brand