Boor Tonn, Endress, and Diamond (1993), "Hunting and Heritage on Trial"

1. Act-Scene ratio is often used to absolve guilt. Scene can also be used to identify in-group/out-group.

Boor Tonn, Endress, and Diamond (1993) note that scene-agent ratio is often used when rhetors hope to absolve themselves of guilt. By shifting the focus of the drama to scene, the agent implies that they were moved by the container rather than by agency that is uniquely their own. An emphasis on scene can also engulf an individual into a community or exclude that individual from their role in a group.

2. Humans are inherently tribal. Hierarchies in the tribe contribute to reframing scene.

The authors argue that establishing solid hierarchies redefines a scene. The dominating persona in the drama dictates the scene, by seizing control of the territory. The dominated person is considered an interloper. The scene is defined by the dominater's right to be there, which recasts the act as justified.