How do supporting details reinforce the central idea in this passage? The flowers of the lotus plant are important in many religions. The
plant grows from the bottom of muddy ponds, but the flowers
themselves are high in the air, above the water. So even though it grows
from mud, its leaves are untouched and beautiful. Because of this,
many religions use the lotus to symbolize a state of beauty and purity
that should be a goal for people.

- "the die is cast; i have consented to return if we are not destroyed. thus are my hopes blasted by cowardice and indecision; i come back ignorant and disappointed. it requires more philosophy than i possess to bear this injustice with patience. i have lost my hopes of utility and glory; i have lost my friend."

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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