The Interpretation of Dreams Themes

Ain't no one loves a double entendre like Sigmund Freud loves a double entendre, and you can take that nugget to the bank. Throughout The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud argues that dreams are esse...

Throughout The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud tends to play down his ambition. As smartypants scholars have noted, though, Freud's ambition is just about everywhere in the book. Just think of it:...

We're willing to bet that at some point, you've come across Freud's infamous theory of the Oedipus complex. What's that, you ask? Well, in The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud says that traditional...

After more than a century, Freud's theories of human sexuality have left a pretty lasting mark. Seriously, Freud's theories are everywhere: they're in pop culture and pulp fiction, and they continu...

What's your earliest memory? Have you got a handle on the big events that happened in your life before you were two or three years old? In The Interpretation of Dreams, Freud makes an argument that...

"Repression" is one of the many terms from Freud's vocabulary that has made its way into pop culture and everyday speech. But it's also a term that is sometimes misunderstood.Throughout The Interpr...

Freud was a dude who loved literature and culture, and The Interpretation of Dreams is packed with dozens of references to stories, myths, and legends. It's full of scriptural references and biblic...

The Interpretation of Dreams isn't exactly a bromance, but sometimes it comes pretty close. Throughout the book, Freud's analyses of his personal dreams let readers learn about the professional rel...