The Interpretation of Dreams

of the “collective unconscious” despite the belief that “this idea [of the collective unconscious] tends to be dressed up in a rather romantic, mystical way” (Dowden, 1992, p. 22). Certain opposing views of Ken Dowden on the Freudian school of interpretation can be refuted efficiently when this psychoanalytical approach is applied to Greek mythology, specifically Hesiod’s Theogony and Sophocles’ Oedipus the King. Considering, even Dowden recognizes the influence of Freud’s concept of “ethnic…

Many of these dreams may be useless images traveling through our minds, but can some of them have meaning? We can turn to the Bible for the answer to this question. In Genesis 40:8, the Bible discusses how interpretations belong to God. If we dream something we should not turn to some random person to interpret the dream. God may very well work though somebody to interpret dreams, but it is important to realize that not every dream has meaning. Daniel 2:28 talks about the dreams Nebuchadnezzar…

stereotypical American Dream, which is extremely open to interpretation. This relentless desire for ‘stability’- for this fallacious sense of material comfort- expresses itself in different characteristics. In the novel In Cold Blood, Truman Capote analyzes Dick Hickock and Perry Smith; fugitives convicted of murder. They are subjective failures of subjective expectations of subjective justifications. He explains Perry as “an urchin dependent, so to say, on…

Analyzing the Symbols in Young Goodman Brown As seen in “Young Goodman Brown”, an ambiguous story leads to many interpretations. Although there are countless interpretations involving this famous story, I will be comparing my interpretation to three others. Through careful analysis of the text, I have come to suggest that the story is symbolic of the daily challenges to one’s faith. Through Goodman Brown’s perspective, the audience may see the parallels of his struggles to fight the temptation…

Hans is afraid of his mother drowning in the bathtub - Hans’s Fantasies and Dreams 1. Giraffes - Hans told his father that he drunk of a picture off in a crumpled one - In the dream, Hans took the crumpled giraffe from the big giraffe, but the big one complained. After the big one stopped complaining, Hans sat on the crumpled giraffe - Interpretation: The big giraffe represented the father due to the giraffe’s long neck (penis). The crumpled giraffe represented…

The American Dream Is the American Dream a myth or reality? According to Dicitonary.com, the American Dream is defined as the ideal that every US citizen should have an equal opportunity to achieve success and prosperity through hard work, and initiative. The American dream is a goal that is strived by Americans and foreigners alike, but the idea behind it gets convoluted because of different interpretations. These different interpretations fall under two spectrums: public and individual…

the American dream was so important. The American dream was made so that it can help many people in other countries come to the united states for prosperity and success, and children and their family to socialize more, achieved with many hard workers in such a society with few barriers. Few people may think the American dream still exist, but the American dream does still exist. Today, many people immigrate to the united states in search of the American dream. The American dream still…

that haunt over the valley of ashes. These three things will be dissected and interpreted for the reader to help further tie themselves to Fitzgerald's novel. In the American dream that was so desperately strived for, the car is always a symbol of the characters status. Gatsby’s car may be a symbol for the american dream, but it is also a symbol for a few other things. Gatsby’s car, as described by Nick, is that “It was a rich…

publication of his book “The Interpretation of Dreams”. In 1881, Sigmund Freud graduated from the University…

The ones I think made the most impact are the interpretation of dreams, the case of Anno O, the unconscious mind, psychoanalysis, and personality theory. Freud’s father name was Jakob. His mother was Amalie Nathansohn. Freud had 2 older brothers. In 1873 Freud graduated…