Dream Story

Assignment:

Please choose a quote from Dream Story write out the quote. Then interpret the quote and explain why you chose this passage.

I would suggest watching the film "Eyes Wide Shut" which is a film version of this novel and the final film by director Stanley Kubrick. The film is almost an exact recreation of the novel, and aside from different locations and different names, the film follows the book almost exactly.

Quote: "Innocent yet ominous questions and vague ambiguous answers passed to and fro between them; and, as neither of them doubted the other's absolute candour, both felt the need for mild revenge. They exaggerated the extent to which their masked partners had attracted them, made fun of the jealous stirrings the other revealed, and lied dismissively about their own."

      Both of them had felt some type of revenge to seek on each other. So, in order to seek revenge on each other they tried to make each other jealous by exaggerating what they had endured that night and speak highly of the ones who had caught their attention. They would shoot each other down and call each others bluff when they knew that one was lying or trying to hard to make the other jealous. They both completely lied but it was for the sake of making the other jealous.

      I chose this passage because too often in time, revenge is what makes us feel better as humans. We are all hurt in one way or another and the idea that we can seek revenge on someone else to make them feel pain is  a thrill to us. We intentionally want to hurt those who hurt us and it gives us gratification when we are successful at doing so.