Sigmund Freud’s interpretation of dreams is significantly less revolutionary today than it was at the time of its release. In the modern day the principles of Freudian psychoanalysis are well assimilated into our thinking. We very often attempt to interpret our dreams, although our bases aren’t always linked in Freudian psychoanalysis, it’s definitely not uncommon for us. Freud’s ideas are still fascinating however because off their ability to compartmentalize the conscious mind and then involve those compartmentalization’s in the process of analysis.

I have so many questions about Freud’s methodology and his interpretations of dreams. The nature of dreams is something that I think is open to discussion just as much as their interpretation. Dreams vary from the unclear to the at times very obvious. I have very often had dreams that have few relatively few things that I believe are up for interpretation. There are no obscure signs, things get laid out very simple and very plainly.

In this particular writing Freud also sows the seeds that explain and constitute what would come to be known as Freudian psychoanalysis. From a purely literary standpoint that information makes this article worth analyzing. Understanding Freud’s prevalence in respects to the time period is implicit to understanding the effect that he would have until the present day. The body of work presented here becomes the basis for work in a ridiculous number of fields. It takes a seat at the table of psychology, innovating the field and as a result transcends into literary criticism. This transcendence provided a structure under which literature would be dissected and analyzed from then on. This analysis extends beyond the realm of dreams and follows the logic that in the same way our subconscious presents us with supplemental objects of our desires while dreaming that the same practices extend further into our daily lives, not surprisingly influencing writing as well. It is under this lens than many authors including Freud himself have been and still continue to be studied under.

With Freud’s compartmentalization of the conscious I think we must also ask, how much of the subconscious and how much of the conscious, the id, the ego or the super ego, is involved at any particular moment of dreaming? Out limited understandings tell us that some people have dreams in which their consciousnesses play very active roles such as in lucid dreaming. I guess I have much more question than analysis with the interpretation of something that to me is still very far from the realm of comprehension. While Freud is an excellent guide into what was at the time (and is still somewhat) a dark and incomprehensible field, it is still something that winds up asking many more questions than it answers, but I can only wonder if that was ever its intention.