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Date Posted: 18:21:54 03/28/05 Mon
Author: Heather Riedel
Subject: Re: Roles When Alone
In reply to: Rett Rogers 's message, "Roles When Alone" on 11:28:24 03/17/05 Thu

I agree with Rett in that I found Goffman's statements hard to believe when talking about human roles when they are alone. I do not think that we act out roles when we are alone. I believe that I am my "true self" when I am alone because I am not putting on a performance. The reason I don't think that I am putting on a performance is because I do not have a front stage or a back stage when I am alone since there is no audience. If there is no audience then how could i possibly be playing a role? Even if I am doing things that prepare myself to be presented for a future role (such as painting my nails) I dont think it should be considered a role itself. Perhaps there should be another name for it, even calling it preparing for a role would make more sense to me.

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Re: Roles When Alone -- Devin Mulhern, 21:04:10 03/28/05 Mon