"The Hostage: A Drama in Three Acts" is a work by the famous French writer Paul Claudel, depicting important moral questions and spiritual conflicts. The action unfolds in an atmosphere of tension and internal contradictions of the main characters, who find themselves in difficult life circumstances. Each act of the drama reveals new shades of relationships between the characters, indicating the deep psychological and spiritual stress they are experiencing. "The Hostage" is a thought-provoking work that leaves behind a fruitful field for discussion and reflection on the importance of moral values in the modern world.