I feel like the tone in these few lines is that of stubbornness, so (D).
The author talks about how the fruit struggles and continues to grow despite of everything going against it. This is probably a reference to something else. ( I think the rights of colored people?"
Food poisoning will probably the cause
The prologue's lines foreshadow the story's main plot: a tragedy between star crossed lovers. It revolves mainly around civil blood and how it will make the civil hands' unclean which is the main 'clue' of the ending of the story which is death.
Hope this helps!
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it was collected by menuka
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