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Rhinoceros is part of a series of plays that feature the character Berenger: others include The Killer and Exit the King. Consider also Ionesco's other plays, among them Hunger and Thirst and The Bald Soprano.
Consider critic Martin Esslin's book The Theatre of the Absurd, and the work of the other playwrights featured in it, such as Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot or Jean Genet's The Maids.
Consider Ionesco's autobiography Present Past Past Present.
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The Question and Answer section for Rhinoceros is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Berenger notices that Jean's skin has become like leather.
Berenger is disorganized, messy, and depressed.
The title, Rhinoceros, supports the play as an example of the Theatre of the Absurd. The author uses the chaos of the wild animal to present fascism as a disease that turns humans into unintelligent, violent creatures--rhinoceroses. More than any...
