Goffman“All the world's a stage, and all the men and women are merely actors: they have their exits and their entrances; and one man in his day plays many parts…” A student of sociology, he believes Erving Goffman could easily claim to have made this statement just as Shakespeare is due. The presentation of self in everyday life details dramaturgy, or, as Goffman himself reports, "The perspective employed in this relationship is that of theatrical representation..." (Preface, p. xi). Using theatrical metaphors, Goffman wanted to analyze the organization of social experience frame by frame. He created a framework, a common sociological language, for conceptualizing social interactions and thus authored influential work that produces deeper intellectual inquiry, scholarly discussion, and development of the social sciences. Through critical review, Goffman's book reveals its central concept and considers how its influential paradigm, the dramaturgical perspective, can be situated in terms of sociological discussions within the discipline. The book examines a series of social exchanges by which the author demonstrates that we in our daily lives participate in representations of ourselves in ways similar to actors describing characters. Essentially for Dr. Goffman it is about taking action - the presentation of oneself - whether the individuals involved recognize it or not. He begins by quoting George Santayana in an exploration of the mask. In the first chapter, entitled “Performances”, the theatrical objective initiates the analysis. It reports the concept of the sociologist Robert Ezra Park: “We come into the world as individuals, we acquire character and we become people” (p.20). These examples and all other pertinent information to support his thesis are recorded through the theater. Previewing the... center of the paper... sic was the way of the intellectual craftsman." This describes Goffman as a serious sociologist. He uses the scale of the setting to develop the intellectual skill that his colleague calls upon academic. The dramaturgical perspective of Erving Goffman, Ph.D., has been examined in this report through an investigation of the assertions of his book. The lineage of sociology before his publication of his conceptual study on the social sciences was detailed and linked to his stated views on micro-sociology. The sociological discussion within the discipline based on his book concluded this critical review. The entire investigation made me appreciate Goffman's work as a student of sociology because he showed me intellectual tools to make concrete the abstractions so that I can operate on a cognitive level to understand group dynamics in a scientific way..