How quickly is human consciousness able to impart features of everyday life to even the most wild and absurd phenomenon? How easily does conformism and flexibility of public morality come to terms with what it sees again and again, no matter what it is? Externally, the plot of the play-parable “Rhinoceros” , a work that many critics consider Ionesco’s programmatic work, is unpretentious. However, this parabolic plot is nothing more than a background against which the author, with the help of his unique dramatic language, creates a canvas of amazing satirical and intellectual power.