FRIEDRICH DÜRRENMATT'S "THE PHYSICISTS": MADNESS, SCIENCE AND CIVIL RESPONSIBILITY

Abstract

In this article will be made a presentation of the comedy The Physicists of the Swiss author Friedrich Dürrenmatt. This play has been represented countless times all over the world and remains current to this day. The reasons for the constant representations are in the literary genre chosen by this Swiss author and also in his conception of literature. The themes that are addressed - science and research - are areas whose advances have brought great improvements for the human being, however, they also can have negative consequences. Nevertheless, the civil liability exists in some scientists, as is the case of the character Möbius.