COMMUNICATION: PERSPECTIVES AND METHODS
             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 and audience, constructed to provide others
             with 'impressions' that are consonant with the desired goals of the actor." This means
             that we are actually acting out a role while interacting with someone in order to maintain
             There are certain ways and rules described by Goffman how we act and keep our
             integrity. One of the things we need to do in our interactions with others is present
             ourselves as an acceptable person. 'Backstage' preparation, for example, can help in
             presenting an effective 'front'. In this sense, our 'selves' are presented for the purpose of
             interacting with others, and are develo
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