Dreams are royal road to unconsciousness. Freud is an eminent dream interpreter because he used dream interpretation as a trustworthy therapeutic tool. Mostly, dreams are continuity of our waking life because our dreams are always connected with those ideas which have an indispensable part of unconscious. Therefore careful interpretation of dreams would always detect a thread by which the dreamer has linked himself to the previous life experiences and unconscious incomplete desires. So your task as is to RECORD any single dream of a person who is easily available and you know him personally. You can also transcribe your own dream if you want. After that, transcribe the details that what the dreamer have been seen, said, desired, or done. Next step is to find out symbols and interpret the dream according to Freudian perspective. You have to thoroughly discuss how would you able to relate to the dream with the life as a function of unconscious repressed desires and wish fulfillment. (NOTE) Students should mention the internet resources for Freudian symbolism Marking scheme: Dream transcription (6) Identification of Freudian Symbols and their relationship and explanation with the waking life of dreamer (9)
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