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Eugene Ionesco's "Rhinoceros": True Means Resides In Action Not Words
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I awoke sweating. Breathing heavily, I glanced over at my clock
and read the time. 4:00 AM. I wasn't sure if this was reality or not so I
ran my palm over my scalp. No bump. A sigh of relief came over me.
"Phew," I said, "it was only a d .... Middle of Term Paper
... rather than in mere words. A resistance to taking action
then results in one's becoming a rhinoceros. Jean illustrates this in the
beginning of Act 2, scene 2, when we see Jean and Berenger bickering.
Berenger feels that Jean isn't looking or feeling well and threatens to get
him a doctor. Jean resists by saying, "You're not going to get the doctor
because I don't want the doctor. I can look after myself." (pp. 62) This
refusal comes from his arrogant view of himself as a "Master of [his] own
thoughts," (pp. 61) and "[Having] will-power!" (pp. 7) By seeing the
doctor, Jean would have put himself in the position of taking
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