... a conscious decision to suspend reality, alter our consciousness, and let the images play out in front of us (Nathanson 1991). In the Wizard of Oz many symbols, metaphors, and similes are apparent in Dorothy's dream. From research The Wicked Witch of the West is a dark, controlling presence that seeks to dominate and ... from a moral aspect: It is wrong for more powerful things to pick on weaker things. Another example is during the final scene in the room of Oz, the group is taunted with flame, smoke, and a thundering voice in an attempt to scare them. Lion faints. Dorothy stands up to...

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... normally one fifth of the night is spent dreaming. Most "big" dreams occur during REM, or Rapid Eye Movement, sleep are filled with narratives, symbols, and detailed dream scenery. As we fall asleep and in the moments before we wake up, we experience hypnogogic and hynopompic dreams. We ... is a genetically inherited level of the mind containing what Jung called the "vast historical storehouse of the human race", a mental reservoir of ideas, symbols, themes, and archetypes (Jones 132). Archetypes are the common themes, or in Jung's words "mythological motifs", that emerge from the collect...

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