Explain how the metaphor in line 13-16 contributes to the theme of the poem? 13 line my father broke with each child, finer and finer, the clay of his body crumbling to a drizzle of silicone 16 line in the hour glass.

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.