Door Knocker as Literary Device/Person (Marley's Apparation in A Christmas Carol)
Door Knocker as Device of Social Dialog? (Knock Knock, I'm Here)
Door Knocker as Joke ("Knock, Knock... Who's There?...)
Door Knocker as Archaism, Why does it persist?
Door Knocker as Class Symbol
Class Ideas
More polite, better sound to have the object
Do you need a door knocker?
patpaul: In popular culture, especially scary movies, there is always a large door and a door knocker with an ominous knocking. Does that add to the creepy factor? Were door knockers relegated to the bourgeois and out of reach to the commoners, adding to their mystique and unfamiliarity?
