Refer to the Newsela article "Alas, Shakespeare Won't Be Taught in This Class." What is the author's purpose in writing the article?

- "chilles is sad and angry because hector, the trojan leader, killed his best friend patroclus. he seems angry with himself because he didn't or protect patroclus against the trojans."

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.