... are normal currency. Often such dream experiences are suffused with a depth of emotion or visionary insight that can surpass waking experience. Historically, most of the world's cultures have believed that dreams come from an outside sources, as visitations from the gods. The Egyptians believed that dreams carried messages from good and bad spirits and even the Greeks built special shrines to serve as dream oracles. In fact ... most often in familiar locations, reflecting the immediate interests and memories of the dreamer and imbued with all the resonances of his or her social and cult...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... ordinary man . . ." (p. 18). Lour is dignified and contemplative; Vaillant is straightforward and upbeat. Yet the two have acted as kindred spirits essentially since birth, and their alliance remains strong throughout their disappointments and victories in New Mexico. Such exasperating obstacles as corrupt Spanish priests and the unresponsiveness of the Hopi and Navajo regarding church and religion do not deter these men from pursuing their mission ... 's life in various forms: Nebraska set against Virginia; the second generation of pioneers against their epic precursors; the New World a...

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... dark side despite principles set by Victorian society, is the embodiment of the ego. In "The Story of the Door," Mr. Utterson's obsession with the dark side is first introduced to the reader in a brief description of his character. "But he had an approved tolerance for other; sometimes wondering, almost with envy, at the high pressure of spirits involved in their misdeeds; and in any extremity inclined ... in this society. When Mr. Enfield tells Utterson the story of Hyde paying the trampled girl's family with a check signed by Dr. Jekyll, he and Utterson are in disbelief. Enfield says, ...

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• Grade Level: High School