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Commentary #5 Goffman

I think we are all conscious at some level of the differing roles we take on in our lives; as teachers, students, parents, children, siblings, spouses, friends. We are not only playing different roles in different situations, we play them…

Truth and Lies

Tina Bell 5870 Commentary 5 24 March 2009   Commentary 5   “You see how long he hesitated before answering?  That’s a lie.  When telling a lie, one hesitates longer before answering in order to think about the arrangement of…