Freud: The Dreamwork

Question 1

Tragedy of Destiny

Answer 1

its tragic effect depends on the conflict between the all-powerful will of the gods and the vain efforts of human beings threatened with disaster; resignation to the divine will is the intended lesson. [paraphrased]

Question 2

latent content

Answer 2

the instigating and underlying ‘dream-thoughts’

Question 3

Condensation

Answer 3

A number of dream-elements (themes, images, figures, ideas etc) are combined into one, so that the dream becomes more compact or condensed than the dream-thoughts. (freud.org.)

Question 4

Displacement

Answer 4

The emotion associated with one idea or experience is detached from it and attached to another one. (freud.org)

Question 5

Why do we have dreams?

Answer 5

loaded psychic material would be loaded into the subconscious because we can’t handle it
*we would repeatedly wake up if the traumas manifest directly
*everyone has a censor to keep material in the unconscious
(solution- dreamwork that acts as a pressure release valve)
*dreamwork works when some material is smuggled past the censor into the conscious

Question 6

manifest content

Answer 6

material that slips by in the dream

what we remember when we wake up

Question 7

What makes up the structure of a dream?

Answer 7

1. Manifest content

2. Latent content- has to be analyzed (disguised meaning of a dream)

Question 8

What is representation?

Answer 8

thoughts are strung together into a logical order (editor of your dream) (transforming thoughts into individual images)