Дракон
Евгений Шварц
Is it worth entering into an unequal battle with evil, if your fight is practically doomed to defeat?
This is a reasonable question when you have a choice: to join or not? And when you are stuck in a dead end, there is only one reasonable (I mean, rational) solution - a duel! Small chances are better than no chances at all. To try is a very important mission. For example, in "The Plague" by Albert Camus, the main character Dr. Bernard does not imagine it that way: "I am just doing my job", but he is a desperate hero who challenges a powerful (otherworldly) force. The same role is played by the protagonist of the play "The Dragon" by Eugene Schwartz. He challenged the dragon despite the obvious superiority of the enemy. I gave this example…
