Melodrama

a. characters are loners, separated from modern civilization.
b. has a plot that is moved forward through musical numbers.
c. includes characters with physical, psychological, or spiritual deformities.
d. is a genre prevalent in early silent films and has roots in 19th century theater.

Melodrama- "Melodrama is a sub genre of drama. As in a melodrama the artists or actors play the role of a romantic and sensational character. While these characters are mostly based on the emotions of the common folk."

Explanation:

The modern melodramas do not necessarily contains any music. As the drama can have very strong set of characters who are dealing with psychological, physical, or spiritual problems or deformities.

Example:  

The melodrama can have a character who starts off from scratch to being a wealthy merchant and during that whole process of reaching his or her peak there were some psychological or even spiritual obstacles or problems that the character faced. Now it might happen that again at some point the character may face some sorrow due to a reason in the drama. So, the whole drama goes around the emotions of a character which is based upon the emotions of any commoner.

The Best option to choose:

After this whole discussion the best option to choose from the given four will be obviously option.C.

Option C. is the correct one.

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