Throughout Frozen, an extremely pivotal metaphor is doors. Anna and Elsa used to be close when they were younger, but then a metaphorical door that they both wanted to open but could not closed between them. The rest of the movie is their metaphorical journey to open that door.
And they use that metaphor A LOT.
1) In every song Anna or Elsa sings, they use the word either 'door' or 'gate(s),' which is basically just a really big door.
"I never see you anymore, come out the door," (Anna, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?")
"The window is open, so is that door," (Anna, "For the First Time in Forever")
"Tell the guards to open up the gate," (Elsa, "For the First Time in Forever")
"Love is an open door," (Anna, um, duh)
"Turn away and slam the door," (Elsa, "Let It Go")
"Please don't shut me out again, please don't slam the door," (Anna, "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)")
"Go enjoy the sun and open up the gates," (Elsa, "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)")
Even Elsa can't let it go in Frozen Fever, when she sings, "You've never had a real birthday before, except of course the ones you spent outside my locked door." in "Making Today a Perfect Day." Anna, however, has dropped the habit.
2) In five of Frozen's nine songs, the words 'door' and 'anymore' are used as a rhyme scheme.
"I never see you anymore, come out the door," (Anna, "Do You Want to Build a Snowman?")
"The window is open, so is that door, I didn't know they did that anymore," (Anna, "For the First Time in Forever")
"Say goodbye to the pain of the past; we don't have to feel it anymore, love is an open door," (Anna and Hans, "Love is an Open Door")
"Let it go, let it go, can't hold it back anymore. Let it go, let it go. Turn away and slam the door," (Elsa, "Let It Go")
"Please don't shut me out again. Please don't slam the door. You don't have to keep your distance anymore," (Anna, "For the First Time in Forever (Reprise)")
3) At the end of the movie, the castle gates are opened and Anna and Elsa go ice-skating with Olaf, just like they did at the beginning of the movie when they were kids. This is meant to represent that this metaphorical door is open and the sisters are together again.
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