C). To demonstrate a character's interaction with the setting.
Explanation:
An artifact is an object of cultural or historical importance and a literary artifact is a tool that the authors introduce to comprehend and correspond the understanding of the readers by offering contextual details of the situation in the particular text.<em>The common way that demonstrates a character's interaction with the setting as the setting is the first thing that the authors bring into the frame as it not merely offers an atmosphere and background to the plot </em>but also proposes the contextual understanding to the readers that helps them to imagine and relate to the content of the work. Thus, <em>option C is the correct answer</em>.