I think the answer is A. Im sorry if it's not.
the answer is D.The reason is that only this answer has the correct meaning of the word <em>conceited</em>.It has a negative meaning , or in other words a negative connotation.As a result the use of the word makes Malik a bad person or a person with bad qualities. Then the use of the word <em>confident</em> will change the opinion about Malik from negative to positive
Lord Capulet's angry reaction to Juliet's refusal to marry Count Paris addresses the theme of family because it showed what little choice Juliet had when it came to wanting to marrying him . He did not care about Juliet's happiness but his own and the fact that Juliet felt and knew this pushed her to make the choice to run away and the overall ultimate choice that she made at the end of the story .
The gerund phrase would be "is foolish" because it indicates what reckless driving is.