I think that you might want to focus on a couple of items on the purpose of the door in Yolen's work. Prior to her approaching the door, Hannah is the type of adolescent who has closed many an emotional door on her spiritual and ethnic heritage. She is depicted as much more concerned with the social notions of conformity as opposed to establishing and enhancing a true and valid notion of the religious sense of self in her own life. As this "door" is closed, it would make sense that she is asked to open the door to allow the Prophet Elijah to enter during the Seder remembrance. This opening is not to merely fulfill the symbolic element, but actually begin the process where Hannah's spiritual sense of self will be "opened" from its closed state.
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