I would say A " As I look back now on my life" shows the characters reflection of themselves and the people around them.
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C. The baseball player hit the ball, and the crowd cheered.
A and B would create grammatically incorrect sentences, while we can see an oxford comma in the last one.
To show that a specific person is speaking out loud. Quotations should be in dialogue, any speech and can be used in movie/book titles.
He vows to forgive Gertrude for what she has done in marrying Claudius. He vows to apologize to Ophelia for the way he has treated her.