The correct answer is to mock the epic form, which was popular among the upper class
The other answer are also correct, however, they don't refer to the style and structure, but rather to the content. He wanted to show stylistically that the society read only epics that were bad and wanted to make fun of that.
B for sure. style is different for each author and influences potentially anything in the text. Think about shakespeare, he would obviously write differently to someone writing about teenage vampire romance.
Every woman received their prize
if the prison represents the harsh justice of the Puritan, which it does, then that surprising rosebush represents kindness and forgiveness. Prison is a place of sin, and darkness so the beauty of a wild rose bush growing in such a odd place, symbolizes god's grace.