Lágrimas de crocodilo

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Lágrimas de crocodilo (Crocodile tears) have as their starting point the analysis of the type of crying that gives the performance its title - an expression used to refer to a fake cry. This work is based on that notion of tantrum – an insincere display of emotions used as a strategy to attain certain purposes. Since this expression mostly applies to children, we start from tantrum in this age group and explore its development in “the older ones”. Which forms does a child's fake crying take and how does this same type of emotional manipulation strategy develop to similar behaviours in adulthood? In which situations are children and adults more likely to shed “crocodile tears”? And to attain exactly what? - Guilherme de Sousa & Pedro Azevedo