What is an element of purpose in english (class)

newbie construction workers preparing to work at a job cite but are first going over safety concerns?

its probably fingerprint or personality

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.