Logic Breakdown

Passage Summary: An actor claims Brecht's plays fail because the characters are too confusing to understand, and you can't have a good drama if the audience doesn't care about the characters.

Conclusion: The plays written by Bertolt Brecht do not qualify as genuinely successful dramas.

Reasoning: Audiences cannot figure out the personalities of Brecht's characters, and a play cannot be a successful drama unless the audience cares about the characters.

Analysis: We are looking for a Sufficient Assumption to bridge the gap between 'not knowing a personality' and 'not caring about a character.' The argument provides a requirement for success (caring) and a fact about Brecht (no discernible personality). To guarantee the conclusion that Brecht fails, we must assume that if you can't discern a personality, you cannot care about the character. This link completes the logical chain: No Discernible Personality → No Caring → No Success.

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The conclusion of the actor's argument can be properly drawn if which one of the following is assumed?

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A
A supplies the missing link: if audiences cannot readily discern a character’s personality, they will not take any interest in that character. Given the premise that audiences find it not readily possible to discern any character’s personality in Brecht’s plays, it follows they will not care about any characters. Since caring about at least some characters is required for dramatic success, Brecht’s plays cannot be genuinely successful dramas.
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