Purpose

Assumptions of Dramatism• Humans are animals who use symbols.• We are motivated both by our animal nature(“animality”) and by the symbols we use (“symbolicity”).• Language and symbols for a critically importantsystem for humans.• Language itself molds and limits the kinds of ideas wecan have.• Recall the Sapir-Whorf hypothsis.• Humans are choice makers.• This theory posits that humans have free will.