Doors are used to screen areas of a building for aesthetics, keeping formal and utility areas separate. Doors also have an [[aesthetics|aesthetic]] role in creating an impression of what lies beyond. Doors are often [[symbol]]ically endowed with [[ritual]] purposes, and the guarding or receiving of the [[key (lock)|key]]s to a door, or being granted access to a door can have special significance.<ref>See, for example the doorkeeping duties of the [[Black Rod|Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod]].</ref> Similarly, doors and doorways frequently appear in [[metaphor]]ical or [[allegory|allegorical]] situations, [[literature]] and [[the arts]], often as a portent of change. |
Doors are used to screen areas of a building for aesthetics, keeping formal and utility areas separate. Doors also have an [[aesthetics|aesthetic]] role in creating an impression of what lies beyond. Doors are often [[symbol]]ically endowed with [[ritual]] purposes, and the guarding or receiving of the [[key (lock)|key]]s to a door, or being granted access to a door can have special significance.<ref>See, for example the doorkeeping duties of the [[Black Rod|Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod]].</ref> Similarly, doors and doorways frequently appear in [[metaphor]]ical or [[allegory|allegorical]] situations, [[literature]] and [[the arts]], often as a portent of change. |