What is the best meaning for the word cultivate as used in paragraph 3? a) to produce by culture b) to prepare and raise crops c) to improve oneself personally d) to seek the acquaintance or friendship of a person

c

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as for symbolic actions, the narrator's tearing down the wallpaper in an attempt to find the "woman" in the wallpaper represents her struggle to retain or regain her sanity.   the wallpaper has been part of her confinement and by her tearing it down, she is freeing herself from that confinement.