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The epigraph for Act II reads:
"A performer may be taken in by his own act, convinced at the moment that the impression of reality which he fosters is the one and only reality. In such cases we have a sense in which the performer comes to be his own audience; he comes to be the performer and observer of the same show." - Erving Goffman
How is the entanglement between reality and performance developed in the novel thus far?
A few potential moments and details students may point to include the following:
In Act I, the relationship between Willis and his father is described as a "pantomime" in which father and son play their respective roles, gesturing and delivering lines...
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