2. The Gessler Brothers stand for their type of human beings Their personal moral victory reveals the richness of human values Their death symbolizes the defeat of something larger than themselves. It becomes a blow against the pre-industrial practice of combining making a living with making a life, an attack on the personal responsibility of an artisan for his work.2. The Gessler Brothers stand for their type of human beings. • Their personal moral victory reveals the richness of human values. • Their death symbolizes the defeat of something larger than themselves. It becomes a blow against the pre-industrial practice of combining making a living with making a life, an attack on the personal responsibility of an artisan for his work