By Zac, Lee & Julia

1. DRAMATURGY
Zac, Lee and Julia

2. DRAMATURGY
“The individual offers his performance and puts on his show for the benefit of
other people”-Goffman 1971

3. Idealisation
“A performance is „socialised‟, moulded, and modified to fit into the
understanding ad expectations of the society in which it is presented”
- Goffman, 1971
SOCIAL LIFE AS A GAME
“ They are playing a game. They are playing at not playing a game. If I
show them I see they are, I shall break the rules and they will punish me.
I must play their game, of not seeing I see the game.”
- Laing, RD, 1970

4. SOCIAL LIFE AS A DRAMA
 Life is a massive stage
 We are constantly performing
 Act out various versions of the „self ‟ to fit the scene
 Conscious of saving face while performing
 Dramatise actions so that we make a good first impression

5. SCRIPTED LIFE
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6fq3Jkh9Es

6. CYNICAL
 A person who does not believe in their own performance but acts the way
they do in order to satisfy society norms.
Sincere
 A person who is committed to their performance and believes in what their
„self ‟ is portraying.

7. DELUSION
 “One can be convinced that their impression of reality which
they stage is the true reality.”
 “ A show for other people, performance to have others
believes that one has the attributes they appear and show they
have.”

8. SCRIPT

9. THE GAME
 The delusion, manipulation  But the end goal of any game
and ignorance of interaction are is to win. In order to do this you
ultimately assisting one thing- need to be able to manipulate
the game characters around you and
change the performance

10. MANIPULATION

11. WHY/WHY NOT

12. EXISTENTIAL VIEW
 No point in anything  Punishments, rewards, levels
including the social game. and try to „win‟.

13. LIFE AS A GAME

15. SIMS- LIFE AS A GAME
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1U-b9QEXyY

16. IMPRESSION OF SELF
 Exits, entries and  Everything is staged, even
performance actions. intimacy.

17. STAGES
 Front: Presentation of  Back: Where you prepare for
yourself to others and society presentation, in solitude.

18. TEAMS
 2 or more people reliant on outcome of performance and script
 Cooperation among members of a team define the script
 Without teamwork meaning of interaction would be lost
 Audience also plays a role in the development of a performance

19. AUDIENCE
 The “audience” consists of  Their presence influences the
people surrounding the characters and script, as audience
interaction, a silent character, is one of the many factors that
basically any witness to the contribute to dramaturgy.
performance and interaction

20. FRAMES
 Symbolic interactionism  Frame of a situation
produces the event itself.