I would say the correct answer is D) reprisal, because it means <em>retaliation. </em>When the Treaty of Versailles at the end of WWI demanded surrender of German ships, the Germans sank their fleet in reprisal.<em> </em>
I think when he says "i have a soul of lead so stakes me to the ground" he's using a metaphor, because he doesn't really have a soul of lead that stakes him to the ground.