Giddens og Goffmans teorier om identitet og roller

The first text is about Giddens theory, which is about our behavior and our choices in life. According to Giddens, we have a lot of choices in modern day life, that we didn’t have back in the time. He means that all our both big, and small choices are very important, and affect our identity and our personality.He also says that our identity change when we are in different situations. For example, when we are at home with our family or if we are together with friends.

The second text is Goffman’s theory. Goffman’s theory says that behavior is performance, and that we have 3 kinds of roles in our daily lives, front stage, backstage and off stage. Front stage is how we behave when we are around people and we know we are getting noticed. Back stage is how we behave when we are alone, he says its when we are our “True selves”.