What is the most likely meaning of confederacy as it is used in paragraph 7

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.

in my opinion, ap calculus was the most difficult. i often struggled with it a lot. however, i have gotten a lot better.

your awnser would be b.

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