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What is understood about the character through relationships and interactions with other characters?Does the character grow and change during the play, or is the character static and unchanged? How developed or round is the character?

Before beginning this assignment, read the following 10-minute plays: What Are You Going To Be?, Magic 8 Ball, The Blizzard and Zombie Love.

How do the words the character says reveal information about who he/she is? Does the character have a noticeable speech pattern? Does the character’s use of language reveal his/her emotional state? What is revealed through what others say about the character?

What is shown through the character’s actions or lack of action?

What is revealed through the character’s placement on the stage, movements, and use of props?

What is understood about the character through relationships and interactions with other characters?

Does the character grow and change during the play, or is the character static and unchanged? How developed or round is the character?

Role – Is this character the narrator? If so, is he/she reliable or unreliable?

Why do you think the situation at Blizzard grew to become this bad?Review Activision Blizzard’s response to-date (see PC Gamer timeline). What aspects of their response have been effective or ineffective?

Case Study

Read the three articles about the Activision Blizzard scandal, linked under “modules” in “material for Blizzard case.” Then, answer the three assignment questions below.

Why do you think the situation at Blizzard grew to become this bad?

Review Activision Blizzard’s response to-date (see PC Gamer timeline). What aspects of their response have been effective or ineffective?

Review CEO Bobby Kotick’s letter. Assuming this proposed response is carried out, what are its strengths and weaknesses?
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