Verbs usually end in -ing.
nouns: thing, places, objects, persons, etc
actions: similar to verbs
The question that should be asked when characterizing the antagonist is "How do others respond to the antagonist?" Option A is correct.
An antagonist is the character in a story who is against the protagonist.
The antagonist is opposed to, struggles against, or competes with another; opponent; adversary, in literature, it is the adversary of the hero or protagonist of a drama or other literary work.
The English word antagonist stems from the Greek antagonistēs.
discreet- careful and circumspect in one's speech or actions, especially in order to avoid causing offense or to gain an advantage.
"we made some discreet inquiries"
Our beliefs have many errors, i.e., deviations from truth.
Reducing error is important goal, for which we are willing to pay substantial costs.
The causes of our errors can be seen as ranging from context specific to general trends.
We in fact have many identifiable stable general error trends, in addition to legion context specific causes.
By reflecting on error causes, we can seek ways to adjust our pattens of thought and social institutions to reduce error.
For a substantial fraction of error causes, we can in fact find feasible adjustments.
It is often more cost-effective to seek and implement adjustments for general trends, than for context specific errors.