People responsible for memorizing and reciting poetry in the Anglo-Saxon world were called
A: Druids
B:Thanes
C:Scops

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.

lets none because you provide no details.