"Behind the Screen Door" Analysis

Ÿ  Symbolism of the "door/doorway"

- Open = flow of the story continues/progresses

- Closed = all thought and progression comes to a stop

Ÿ  Door sets up a rhythm: Regularizes action and sets up expectations.

Ÿ  Represents:

- Openness and flow of information

- "Newness": new thought, new ideas, new experiences.

Ÿ  Implications:

- Practicality: changes to structure and rhythm

- Simple and innocuous, but brings about profound metaphoric, symbolic, philosophical developments.

- “There are things known and unknown, and between are the doors” - Jim Morrison

Ÿ  August Strindberg’s A Dream Play: structured around a locked door

Ÿ  Ibsen’s A Doll House: based modern drama on the slamming a door

Ÿ  Symbolism of the door occurs countless times in religious stories/references.

Ÿ  Comedy and doors

- Aristophanes emerged after the intro of the door.

- Spatiotemporal relationships