The Dream - Introduction into the Psychology of Dreams condensation and allusion ("Anspielung"), which also occur in Freuds The Interpretation of Dreams, are explained and exemplified. A further component of dream analysis are higher value complexes ("hochwertige Komplexe"), and their readiness, as well as means of depiction ("Darstellungsmittel") and the functional symbolism of dreams. Silberer further shares his opinion on supererogation ("Mehrleistung") of dreams, meaning the output of dreams that goes beyond the usual functioning of the mind (or soul). He concludes that, in contrast to the common view at that time, a dream does not actually possess increased capabilities regarding memory, unconscious operations, humour or spirit. However, to
In Dreams Begin Responsibilities end, the character wakes up from his dream and notes that it is the snowy morning of his twenty-first birthday. In Dreams Begin Responsibilities "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" is a short story by American poet and short story writer Delmore Schwartz. "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" is widely regarded as one of Schwartz's finest stories and is frequently anthologized. Of all of Schwartz's stories, it is probably his best-known and most influential. Schwartz's biographer, James Atlas, wrote a thorough account of the story's genesis: Schwartz wrote "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities" over a July weekend in 1935, when he was only twenty-one.