Why Is Goffman Thought to Be Cynical

Multiple Choice

Why is Goffman thought to be cynical?

A) His theory suggests that people are inauthentic and play roles while rarely being their true selves.
B) His theory suggests that people are cold and calculating and anxious to maximize benefits to themselves at whatever cost to others.
C) His theory suggests that people have no true feelings of their own and they simply mimic those of people around them.
D) His theory suggests that people are superficial and hypocritical and act in their own self-interests regardless of how contradictory this makes them appear to others.