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Lesson 5
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What I learned doing this assignment is that elements can overlap for each character, but each character must have unique characteristics/qualities, which is where AI helps.
The Queen’s Gambit
Beth:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: To conquer world’s chess champions / Fears turning into Alma, who is dependent on alcohol.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: To win each chess game, but also to make deeper connections romantically with a man.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Negative emotion is spending too much time worrying about potential outcomes. Public mask is her ability to act confident in public.
D. Weaknesses: Falls into depression easily.
E. Triggers: seeing Alma drink and losing to top player.
F. Coping Mechanism: Drinking and pills
Alma:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: To be accepted by society and those close to her (namely Beth). Fears loneliness and rejection.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: To play piano for fun and to have a significant other; Needs companionship, whether romantic or platonic.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Base emotion is sadness for negative treatment in life from others. Lives for Beth. Asks her questions and gives advice. It’s a mask to cover up her vulnerability.
D. Weaknesses: Insecure about her ability to function independently.
E. Triggers: Rejection from significant other puts her into depression.
F. Coping Mechanism: Drinks herself to death (Hepatitis).My proposed show:
Liam:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: To be accepted by his friends/family; to recover and compete in ballet. His fear is pain for life and unable to pay off loans.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: To be a professional danseur. Shala inspires him even though she wants to be better than him. Again, he wants to be accepted and wants to have a family like he never had (looks for that in other people).
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: He smiles a lot and shows a lot of interest in others. He puts others first. His negative emotion is not having the support as well as his physical limitations to continue successfully with ballet.
D. Weaknesses: Insecure due to trauma and unable to ask for help from those in the community.
E. Triggers: His physical pain causes him to go into dark places, but inspires him to persevere.
F. Coping Mechanism: Meeting people on apps for lustful endeavors.Jack:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: Hopes to be rich and successful. Is obsessed with mid-80s TV shows and situations that involve successful people of that era. Fears that Liam will be more successful and move away from the town that they live in.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: Drugs in the pharmaceutical business, where he words, is a motivating factor to find ways to be successful. He is very smart and has creative ideas, but dabbles in the dark side of the drug business to get ahead.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: He talks out of situations easily. His public mask is that of a person who is smooth talking even though he is seen as a person who pulls fast ones on people.
D. Weaknesses: Can’t see his true potential until Jack finds it in him.
E. Triggers: Pushback from Liams (Liam pushing him aside for his own agendas)
F. Coping Mechanism: Setting Liam up as the fall guy during situations.Shayla:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: Wants to relive her high school years by being popular / Fear of aging and losing top spot in competitions.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: Wants to be everybody’s friend and a motivation to seek that is to get involved in the difficult moments of her friends to help them out. In the process, she hurts others.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Is insecure and always has been; In public and on social media, she has a mask of sorts.
D. Weaknesses: Cannot tell when she is hurting her friends while helping others at the same time.
E. Triggers: Seeing others who are more popular in social media apps, etc. as well as those better at ballet than her sets her off.
F. Coping Mechanism: Hacking systems to make things work in her favor.Misty:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: Hopes to maintain conservative family cover, even if it is just that, a cover. Fears that her husband may leave her.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: Wants her entire family to be on the same page, e.g., attend the same events together, have the same interests, etc.
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Perfect family image and lies
D. Weaknesses: Unable to cope with the reality in front of her. Cannot seek help for herself and her husband.
E. Triggers: Her husband’s distant personality and Liam’s dancing ambitions set her off emotionally.
F. Coping Mechanism: Gambling and lying.Martin:
A. Situational: Hope / Fear: Hopes to feel younger and free with mistress / Fears that his wife and son will drag him down.
B. Motivation: Want / Need: Wants to be successful financially and socially
C. Mask: Base Negative Emotion / Public Mask: Kind and appears successful to community.
D. Weaknesses: Unable to support wife and son, but seems to prefer the company of his daughter (and her friends).
E. Triggers: His wife’s lack of ambition and his son’s desires to be a danseur (seen as sissy) makes him angry.
F. Coping Mechanism: Alcohol and affairs
AI:
1. Liam
• A. Hope / Fear:
o Hope: To be seen as strong and indispensable
o Fear: Being abandoned or replaced
• B. Want / Need:
o Want: Control over his life and others
o Need: To feel loved without conditions
• C. Mask:
o Base Negative Emotion: Insecurity
o Public Mask: Charismatic leader, always “in charge”
• D. Weaknesses: Control issues, resentment, passive-aggression
• E. Triggers: Being sidelined, others’ success, lack of loyalty
• F. Coping Mechanism: Overworking, emotionally detaching, manipulating relationships
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2. Jack
• A. Hope / Fear:
o Hope: To start over and redeem himself
o Fear: That his past defines him forever
• B. Want / Need:
o Want: To be forgiven
o Need: To forgive himself
• C. Mask:
o Base Negative Emotion: Shame
o Public Mask: Laid-back, humorous, acts like nothing matters
• D. Weaknesses: Gambling addiction, self-sabotage, fear of intimacy
• E. Triggers: Financial pressure, accusations, being compared to others
• F. Coping Mechanism: Drinking, sarcasm, disappearing for days
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3. Shayla
• A. Hope / Fear:
o Hope: To prove she’s worthy of success
o Fear: Being overlooked or used
• B. Want / Need:
o Want: Recognition and validation
o Need: Self-worth independent of others
• C. Mask:
o Base Negative Emotion: Inadequacy
o Public Mask: Overachiever, flawless perfectionist
• D. Weaknesses: People-pleasing, workaholism, fear of failure
• E. Triggers: Criticism, betrayal, feeling ignored
• F. Coping Mechanism: Obsessive control, emotional suppression, avoidance of vulnerability
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4. Misty
• A. Hope / Fear:
o Hope: To be loved for who she truly is
o Fear: That her truth will alienate everyone
• B. Want / Need:
o Want: Romantic connection and stability
o Need: To embrace her sexual identity without shame
• C. Mask:
o Base Negative Emotion: Confusion
o Public Mask: The flirt, light-hearted and carefree
• D. Weaknesses: Infidelity, indecision, emotional dependency
• E. Triggers: Rejection, confrontation, moments of honesty
• F. Coping Mechanism: Escaping into relationships, fantasy, denial
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5. Martin
• A. Hope / Fear:
o Hope: To break generational cycles
o Fear: That he’s doomed to repeat his father’s mistakes
• B. Want / Need:
o Want: To protect his family
o Need: To confront his own emotional repression
• C. Mask:
o Base Negative Emotion: Guilt
o Public Mask: Stoic provider, emotionally distant
• D. Weaknesses: Trust issues, emotional unavailability, moral rigidity
• E. Triggers: Family conflict, dishonesty, perceived weakness in others
• F. Coping Mechanism: Withdrawal, rigid routine, self-sacrifice
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