In Between Dreams

Some of William Shakespeare’s most famous pieces are Romeo and Juliet, and A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy, where two people from feuding families fall in love and are forced to keep it a secret. Romeo and Juliet get married in secret and in the end, they die in each other’s arms. A Midsummer Night’s Dream, however, is quite the opposite. This story is about the four lovers Demetrius, Lysander, Hermia, and Helena. Lysander and Hermia are in love but Hermia’s father…

Descartes’ dream argument supports his overarching argument for hyperbolic doubt, described in his Meditations on First Philosophy. The dream argument questions one’s perceptions, conscious and unconscious, and how one determines what is true and what is false. He does this by comparing experiences while awake or dreaming. Descartes continues on that since one also cannot tell the difference between what is a dream and what is real life, our perceptions could overall be false, and “assumes…

‘Why do we dream?’ has been one of the questions that psychologists are forever trying to resolve. Researchers had come up with many theories as of why dream occurs, and one of the common theories stated that dreams might reflect human subconscious thoughts. Thus the aim of this paper is to investigate the extent to which dream represents the human subconscious. This paper was written mainly from researches on the Internet. It covered a wide range of resources such as website, research papers,…

clearly, see dreams as synonymous to goals or aspirations in life. Having dreams, aspirations, or goals is a healthy part of life. It is the simple formula of how to keep going and not give up. Everyone has a dream. Dreams can even be something as small as acing a math test or something as big as achieving a certain career in the long run. They help one express their knowledge into organizing their time and resources to help them achieve the most in life. Going off the old saying, dreams, like…

you ever woken up from a dream that was so life like that it actually seemed real? It’s such a surreal experience that it may make you wonder: What exactly is a dream? Scientists have long tried to figure that out. The basic definition is a state of consciousness characterized by sensory, cognitive and emotional occurrences during sleep. Some facts about dreaming are: • it is thought that everyone dreams between 3 to 6 times per night. • Dreams lasts between 5 and 20 minutes. •…

An author, C. Elizabeth once said, “Real is not dreams. Dreams are not real. Unless you can find the fine line...and erase it.” In A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by Shakespeare, the fine line between reality and dreams is truly tested. In the first four acts, dreams influence one’s mind and imagination takes over the characters’ minds. From fairies to unimaginable love interests, it is obvious that one is not in reality. In Act 5 Scene 1, however, everything returns to the norm and reality returns.…

Photosynthesizing Dreams Why should people hold onto their dreams? Dreams are crucial to a person’s life, and without them, they may never know the feeling of fulfillment. In Lorraine Hansberry’s A Raisin in the Sun, published in 1959, she uses the character Mama to portray ideas about dreams. The play was written eight years after Langston Hughes’ poem, “Harlem” which served as inspiration for Hansberry to write the play. In addition, she uses specific characters in the play to represent…

stages of Freud’s theory, the phallic stage expresses his suggestions on sex and sexuality. The stage occurs between ages three to six years. The stage is characterized by the switching of sensitivity zones to the genitals (Freud, 2012). Masturbation ceases to be a source of pleasure for both sexes. The conscious awareness of anatomical sex differences forms the basis of the conflict between erotic attraction, resentment, rivalry, jealousy, and…

The author of this journal article starts off by introducing the idea of motor practicing in lucid dreams. Motor practice in lucid dreams is a form of mental rehearsal where the dreamer can consciously rehearse motor skills in the dream state while being physically asleep. The article then mentions a previous pilot study that showed that practicing a certain skill in a lucid dream can improve subsequent performance. That previous study was quite outdated so based off the same idea of that…

Are Dreams Messages from Our Subconscious Mind or Insignificant Manifestations? One of the most mysterious and intriguing functions of the brain is the process which takes place every night while we sleep, the process is called dreaming. Psychologists and similar professionals have theorized on the purpose of dreams for years, but no conclusion has been reached so far. While currently there is no single theory that can be purported as the ultimate explanation of why we dream, looking at and…