The answer would be D) all of the above, since the sentences all use a physical thing such as the color black, or water to represent something deeper than it's literal meaning. 
        
             
        
        
        
C.) celebrator . I don’t remember why
        
             
        
        
        
<span>Taim is the play’s protagonist. He lies in a coma, having suffered his own beating by government thugs.</span>
        
             
        
        
        
It is a simile, because the author used the words (like) and (a), those are always hints that it is a simile.