The "Theatre of the Fourth Wall Removed" Refers to the Central

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Multiple Choice

The "theatre of the fourth wall removed" refers to the central convention of realism that

• A)the stage was conceived to be the same as life in a real-world setting except that,in the case of the stage,one wall-the proscenium opening-had been removed.
• B)the human animal is seen to be like a rat in a maze,bound by the strictures of four symbolic walls: society,family,or economics.
• C)the "fourth wall" of the mind creates a frame around human experience just as a fourth wall completes a room.
• D)the three walls of Marxist economics,Darwinian biological determinism,and Freudian psychological determinism leave the fourth wall of political oppression absent.

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Definitions:

Social Construction

The theory that many aspects of reality, including social norms and knowledge, are created and maintained through social interactions and agreements among societal members.

Objective Reality

A concept referring to the existence of an external, independent reality that is not influenced by individual feelings, interpretations, or perceptions.

Achieved Statuses

Social positions that are acquired through an individual's own efforts, talents, or choices, as opposed to ascribed statuses, which are inherited.

Ascribed Statuses

Refers to the social status a person is assigned at birth or assumes involuntarily later in life, based on factors like race, family heritage, and gender.