... self-reflexivity. Self-reflexivity is the quality of looking inward rather than outward as one would with self-certainty. In "On the Marionette Theater" Herr C. is an established and talented dancer, yet he does not hesitate to claim that marionettes – lifeless objects – possess a grace that humans ... 23) he seems to be claiming that removing the last connecting between the marionettes and humans – the puppeteer – would allow for even more grace. Herr C. reflects upon and criticizes himself through the irony of a marionette dancing with more grace than he ever could, contrary to...

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