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Rhinoceros by Ionesco essay
Title: Rhinoceros by Ionesco essay
Category: Literature
Details: Words: 353 | Pages: 1.5 (approximately 235 words/page)
Rhinoceros by Ionesco essay
Commitment to Free Will
Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco starts in a small town where Jean, a witty young man, meets his apathetic and existentialist friend, Berenger, for a drink. During their conversation a rhinoceros runs through the square of the town, frightening everybody with the exception of Berenger. As more and more rhinoceroses appear in the town, Berenger remains the only one unmoved by them. Over time, it becomes apparent that …showed first 75 words of 353 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 353 total…start of the play. He begins as a lifeless, alienated person who drinks too much and finds life worthless, except for his attraction to a co-worker. He is bored by his work and wonders if life is a dream that is controlled by unconscious desires. Despite his escapism through alcohol, Berenger remains an existentialist to the end. His initially bleak outlook on life allows him to remain human even while everyone else becomes a rhinoceros.
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