Why did Absurdist French Playwright Eugène Ionesco Choose the Rhinoceros for his Play Rhinoceros?
In the play Rhinoceros by Eugène Ionesco, Berenger watches as the people in his life turn into rhinoceroses, including his coworkers, his best friend, Jean, and his secretary, Daisy. Berenger is left alone to fight all of the rhinoceroses. In the classic play that bolstered the playwright’s career in America, Engene Ionesco was
