<span>Benvolio is a comic figure in this excerpt because he tries to make Romeo feel better and releive Romeo from his heartache.
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A short story conserves characters and scenes, typically by focusing on just one conflict, and drives towards a sudden, unexpected revelation. Go easy on the exposition and the backstory, your reader doesn't need to know everything that you know about your characters.
I would say that C is the best
