Rhinoceros Language and Communication Quotes

Whenever Dudard has his moments, it’s important to give Botard his response. Which is, of course, equally absurd. Dudard believes all written communication, Botard believes none. With these two guys, it could become difficult to ever know if anything actually ever happened. Even if it’s in the tabloids.

Minor or major, the bulk of the characters throughout the play seem to have an insatiable thirst to know what is going on with everyone else in the town. Like a middle-school cafeteria. However, without proof, or with refusal of all proof, it’s easy for characters to just devolve into gossip. Especially when they’re talking about who transformed into a rhinoceros. Which is the biggest dish in most middle schools, too.

What happens when you abandon your humanity and decide to change into a rhinoceros? You lose your words, that’s what happens. As Jean gets closer and closer to the transformation, it becomes more difficult for Berenger to communicate with him at all. He just has to guess from the type of snorts he makes.