Discuss the similarities and differences in how Phillis Wheatley depicts the American struggle for independence in her poem "To His Excellency, General Washington' and how Philip Freneau depicts it in
his poem "A Political Litany." Use textual evidence to support your answer.

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.

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it's a way for authors to communicate with reader in this time period. books from the past can teach us about life.