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 dream."
This is a dream I have had often throughout the ....
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.... 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 th ....
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