In this assignment I am going to dramaturgicaly analyze the interaction in a random

seller - buyer scene in a pub. To do this I will first have to explain the term of

dramaturgical perspective and then use it to analyze the scene. By the end of my work I

will have analyzed the interaction using the dramaturgical perspective.

"All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players: They have their

exits and their entrances; And one man in his time plays many parts, His acts being

William Shakespeare (As You Like It; Act 2, Scene 1)

As Shakespeare, in dramaturgy and literature, compares the world to a theater stage and

the people to actors we can also find this theory in the science of communication.

Goffman, a Chicago School symbolic interactionist, (1956,1973) has analyzed and

described how people negotiate and confirm their identities in face-to-face situations and

He set up the theory of dramaturgical approach (1959) in which he states that "interaction

is a 'performance', shaped by environment a

Costume: Nick is wearing a black muscle-shirt and jeans and Louise is wearing a tight

with 'impressions' that are consonant with the desired goals of the actor." This means

non-meaningful. In the bar scene I tried to show that the whole 'play' is set up with interrelated processes and meanings for one common aim: "...acquiring support for ones idealized conceptions of oneself."(McCall&Simmons)

Louise acting out her informal role as the customer

In the following scene I am going to show and analyze the interaction between a male

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Approximate Word count = 992
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)