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Social life is theatrical: every person manages impressions, and all interaction depends on collectively sustained performances.
self-and-identity
A 'performance' may be defined as all the activity of a given participant on a given occasion which serves to influence in any way any of the other participants.
VLA-1728404A-RC-014The key factor in this structure is the maintenance of a single definition of the situation, this definition having to be expressed, and this expression sustained in the face of a multitude of potential disruptions.
VLA-1728404A-RC-211These signs of nervousness in most cases are an aspect of the individual who presents a character and not an aspect of the character he projects, forcing upon the audience an image of the man behind the mask.
VLA-1728404A-RC-176ambition-and-status
People invested the Monarch with every conceivable virtue and talent. They were bound therefore to be disappointed if they saw him going about like an ordinary man in the street.
VLA-1728404A-RC-056Four stars! Before he could think, the first soldier blurted out, 'Good Lord!' and then, really frightened, slapped his hand over his mouth.
VLA-1728404A-RC-141obedience-and-authority
To have neglected any detail of the false and empty show would have been interpreted as a mark of singular disrespect.
VLA-1728404A-RC-093Illuminates
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