[...]... objection that these are the dreams of neuropaths, so that the conclusions drawn from them would not apply to the dreams of healthy persons, there is another reason that impels me to reject them The theme to which these dreams point is, of course, always the history of the malady that is responsible for the neurosis Hence every dream would require a very long introduction, and an investigation of the nature... and etiological conditions of the psychoneuroses, matters which are in themselves novel and exceedingly strange, and which would therefore distract attention from the dream-problem proper My purpose is rather to prepare the way, by the solution of the dream-problem, for the solution of the more difficult problems of the psychology of the neuroses But if I eliminate the dreams of neurotics, which constitute... based upon the estimates of the obvious dream-content, but relates to the thought-content, which, in the course of interpretation, is found to lie behind the dream Let us compare and contrast the manifest and the latent dream-content It is true that there are dreams the manifest content of which is of the most painful nature But has anyone ever tried to interpret these dreams to discover their latent... condition of the waking state; least of all does he insist on the connection between the wish and the essential nature of the dream Get any book for free on: www.Abika.com 32 INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS CHAPTER FOUR Distortion in Dreams If I now declare that wish-fulfilment is the meaning of every dream, so that there cannot be any dreams other than wish -dreams, I know beforehand that I shall meet with the. .. the cherries!'4 What animals dream of I do not know A proverb for which I am indebted to one of my pupils professes to tell us, for it asks the question: `What does the goose dream of? ' and answers: `Of maize.'5 The whole theory that the dream is the fulfilment of a wish is contained in these two sentences.6 We now perceive that we should have reached our theory of the hidden meaning of dreams by the. .. to the examination of these simple dreams The simplest dreams of all are, I suppose, to be expected in the case of children whose psychic activities are certainly less complicated than those of adults Child psychology, in my opinion, is destined to render the same services to the psychology of adults as a study of the structure or development of the lower animals renders to the investigation of the. .. of the structure of the higher orders of animals Hitherto but few deliberate efforts have been made to make use of the psychology of the child for such a purpose Get any book for free on: www.Abika.com 27 INTERPRETATION OF DREAMS The dreams of little children are often simple fulfilments of wishes, and for this reason are, as compared with the dreams of adults, by no means interesting They present no... art and other methods, which he considered fraudulent The principle of his art of interpretation is, according to Gompertz, identical with that of magic: i.e the principle of association The thing dreamed meant what it recalled to the memory to the memory, of course, of the dream-interpreter! This fact that the dream may remind the interpreter of various things, and every interpreter of different... to be the realisation of an apprehension; a third may have a reflection as its content; a fourth may simply reproduce a reminiscence Are there, then, dreams other than wish -dreams; or are there none but wish -dreams? It is easy to show that the wish-fulfilment in dreams is often undisguised and easy to recognise, so that one may wonder why the language of dreams has not long since been understood There... with the intention of visiting the Rohrer hut, but had turned back, as it was growing late, promising the children to take them some other time On the way back they passed a signpost which pointed to the Hameau The children now asked him to take them to the Hameau, but once more, and for the same reason, they had to be content with the promise that they should go there some other day Next morning the . would not apply to the dreams of healthy persons, there is another reason that impels me to reject them. The theme to which these dreams point is, of course, always the history of the malady that. would therefore distract attention from the dream-problem proper. My purpose is rather to prepare the way, by the solution of the dream-problem, for the solution of the more difficult problems of. merchant. The essential point, then, in this procedure is that the work of interpretation is not applied to the entirety of the dream, but to each portion of the dream- content severally, as though the