I'm not really sure what story this is but here are my thoughts.
Before you paint a masterpiece, you think of it as a finish product. You have a vision of what it will be once you finish painting it. When you firmly have the idea in mind, then you can start building the parts to create the whole.
In the above phrase, just like the process of painting, you need to envision what it will look like once completed. You should not let yourself be discourage when the parts are not what you expect it to be. Sometimes, we worry so much about small things that when we look back, we realize that the small thing is not so vital in creating the whole.
The question ask to choose among the following choices that states the way is the Lady of Shalott symbolic of an artist such as a poet and base on the excerpt, the possible answer would be letter B. She is aware of the existence of her curse although she doesn't know its origin.
