For my Director's Folio (Drama assessment) I will be doing Ionesco's Rhinoceros. I have read great stuff on it and the symbolism is fantastic. It deals with the issue of Fascism during World War II, and more importantly, raises the issue of why people allow themselves to be invaded by fascism, religion, fashion, and so on.
"What was it that allowed them to rationalize away their free thought—to subvert their own free will? What traits in the individual allow him to be snowballed by general opinion? Why is it necessary to believe the same thing that everyone else believes?"
Here is a great link:
http://www.theatrehistory.com/misc/rhinoceros.html
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