For example, moonlight is used as a symbol of time for women. During the day, the woman in the newspaper is still and stagnant, but, as the moonlight begins to shine on the wallpaper, the woman begins to move. Additionally, the wallpaper itself is a symbol of women's place in Victorian era society. The wallpaper is a sickly yellow, representing not only the narrator's mental condition, but the condition of women's rights during the time "The Yellow Wallpaper" was written. It is also not a coincidence that the woman behind the paper is trapped, this is an obvious use of symbolism to show the reader how women in Gilman's time were trapped as such. You can consider the house itself as a symbol of the women's struggles by the way the narrator describes it “there are hedges, walls and gates that close” making the house seem almost like a prison. John's sister Jennie, who serves as a housekeeper in the narrator's home, is also a symbol, representing the woman who has accepted her place in society as a second-class citizen. The narrator even claimed to have seen Jennie touch the wallpaper, saying, “I once caught Jennie with her hand on it,” as if Jennie had accepted her role, but deep down still wished to enjoy the same rights and freedoms of men ("Yellow”