Read the following stage directions and then choose the best answer for the question.

(enter john. his family background is poor. he has five brother and sisters, who don't appear in the play but he thinks about them often. life is getting him down and he is contemplating s**cide. we don't yet know what he will do but will find out in this scene).

are these stage directions effective and why?

a. effective because they give a lot of background information.
b. effective because they are formatted correctly.
c. not effective because they give too much unnecessary information.
d. not effective because they are not formatted correctly.