the series of events in a story that develop a problem for the characters, lead up to a climax and provide a resolution to the problem is termed as​

The series of events in a story that develop a problem for the characters, lead up to a climax and provide a resolution to the problem is termed as​ rising action.

Explanation:

After the introduction of the characters and the setting, rising action begins. It is the series of events that allows conflicts to arise. As the characters face those conflicts, trying to solve them, tension and suspense build. When tension reaches its peak, it mean the plot has arrived at the climax. In other words, rising action is the plot itself leading to the climax.

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.