1. Education  The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life  An
Overview of the Famous Book by Erving Goffman   The Presentation
of Self in Everyday Life Rob Porazinski/Getty Images  According
to Goffman, social interaction may be likened to a theater, and
people in everyday life to actors on a stage, each playing a
variety of roles. The audience consists of other individuals who
observe the role-playing and react to the performances. In
social interaction, like in theatrical performances, there is a
front region where the actors are on stage in from of an
audience. There is also a back region, or back stage, where
individuals can be themselves and get rid of their role or
identity that they play when they are in front of others.  Main
Concepts in the Dramaturgical Framework  Performance. Goffman
uses the term ‘performance’ to refer to all the activity of an
individual in front of a particular set of observers, or
audience. Through this performance, the individual, or actor,
gives meaning to themselves, to others