Question

Many so-called social playwrights are distinctly ____ ; rather than allowing the members of the audience to form their own opinions, these writers force a viewpoint on the viewer.

Answer 1

d) didactic

Step-by-step explanation:

According to a different source, these are the options that come with this question:

a) conciliatory

b) prolific

c) iconoclastic

d) didactic

e) contumacious

Many of these playwrights would be considered didactic. Something is didactic when its purpose is to educate or teach. Plays are usually written in order to provide entertainment. However, if plays are also intended to teach, then they can also be known as didactic. Didactic sources usually present a particular viewpoint as correct, and they encourage people to accept this view, as opposed to allowing them to form their own opinions.

Answer 2

Didactic.

Step-by-step explanation:

They intend to teach, having moral instruction as an ulterior motive.

"(...) these writers force a viewpoint on the viewer."