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1. 4/30/2012 1 III. Revising the Thesis As Pat reads more about her topic, she comes to the conclusion the original thesis needs revision.
2. 4/30/2012 2 Table of Contents Results of the Preliminary Research 3
Interpretations 4
3. Selected Interpretations 5
4. Revising the Thesis 6-8
5. Pats Next Step: Taking Notes 9
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5. 4/30/2012 5 Pat selects three interpretations. #1. Wallpaper as symbol of the confining roles that causes the narrators mental breakdown.
#2. Wallpaper as symbol of social pattern of
19th century womens social and economic dependence on men.
#3. Wallpaper as symbol of values women were expected to follow: the values of True Womanhood (pure, pious, submissive, domestic).
6. 4/30/2012 6 She looks for a linking idea.
7. 4/30/2012 7 She finds a connection . . .
8. 4/30/2012 8 and writes her revised thesis
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