... contribute to the instigating of a dream, but it will probably not do more than that. My supposition is that a conscious wish can only become a dream-instigator if it succeeds in awakening an unconscious wish with the same tenor and in obtaining reinforcement from it. (Freud, 552-553) Freud explains his theory in an analogy: A daytime thought may very well play the ... ...
... oculomotor effectors receive impulses at a high rate, and the body temperature climbs due to the nervousness from the nightmare. An interesting fact on nightmares is that they all end with awakening. The reason for this is simple; the nature of the nightmare is so emotionally overwhelming that the mind is virtually "shaken" out if sleep (Ullman and Zimmerman 1979). Some people ... ...
... her physical form (his dead mother), and then - impossibly - into the all-too-literal and present form of the monster itself whom Victor, immediately after this (dream) passage, sees upon awakening from his dream" (Collings 282). Further analyzing the dream, Collings states "clearly the turn from erotic ideal to grotesque body horrifies Victor, and in this respect he is a responsible citizen ... ...
