“with infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empires over matter” what does the following line from the text tell you about men in the last years of the 19th century? a: they lacked direction b: they felt bored c: they did important work d: they felt superior to anything else

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.

you didn't provide the passage.

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seeing as this is your first question on i can see why you may have not known that you need to provide the passage.

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