Which excerpt uses actions to develop marlene's character?
a. "i wish my parents were more like kat's," marlene confessed. "they let her stay out late."
b. marlene got her brown eyes from her mother and her pointy chin from her father.
c. as tami passed marlene, she shoved her and gave a loud snort when marlene landed on the floor.
d. marlene paced back and forth outside the vet's office as she waited for her cat.

C. As Tami passed Marlene, she shoved her and gave a loud snort when Marlene landed on the floor.

Explanation:

Marlene in "Top Girls" by Caryl Churchill is portrayed as a high ranking official at Top Girls Employment Agency and develops into a deft and cunning woman who has a sharp tongue and carries a dark past which she has gone through to acquire her current position. She is the mouthpiece of the author to symbolize the pitfalls of the relentless pursuit of economic success by neglecting the other offerings of life.

She withers and shirks her responsibilities as a daughter or sister that symbolizes her emotional, moral and social impoverishment. Although she attains financial success but fails to accomplish her moral duties. The option c displays her anguish that she shows to the life's other offerings except for the economic success.