Act 5, Scene 1, Part 3 Summary

The Mayor hurries in, urging Brand to get ready for the celebration. Brand says he's preparing to leave, referring to how excitedly demanding the people of the village are becoming. The villagers appear, shouting for the church to be opened. The Dean, the Mayor and the Schoolmaster all rush in, urging Brand to try to control them. Brand speaks to the crowd, urging them to create new lives for themselves. He says he was wrong to suggest they could find their way to God through the construction of a new building rather than by living according to the law of "all or nothing." He shouts that the word of God must be lived in every aspect of daily life, in nature, storms, sun and the music of the organ and of singing. He describes the church as being derelict...