Dreams and Dreaming in Beloved in terms of Carl Jung's Archetypes

What are dreams? Are they images of a better life? Why do we have dreams? Is it to maximize our desire? What if our dreams come true? Will we be happy forever? All of these questions and more are easily and simply raised but hardly answered. This paper talks mainly about dreams in Toni Morrison's Beloved by comparing the characters having parts in these dreams to Jungian archetypes, to have a critical view of this …

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