NEED HELP ASAP According to the dictionary, -ment can refer to an action, a place, or a state resulting from an action. This definition is useful to know because -ment functions as a A: suffix.

B: verb.

C: prefix.

D: root.

A: suffix.

Explanation:

A suffix is added at the end of a word to form a derivative, like -ation, -fy, -ing, -itis.

what play?

explanation:

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.