The Freud Reader

What metaphors are used in The Freud Reader by Sigmund Freud?

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Dreams are a metaphor of the subconscious. While not an object in the usual sense of the term, these are so important that an entire section of The Freud Reader is devoted to them. These are esteemed venues of the unconscious mind. They are often full of meaning, and the correct interpretation of them means a great deal. They are most prevalent in Part 2 - The Interpretation of Dreams, and On Dreams. Freud did not perform his most major work with dreams; however, the connection between daydreams and hallucinations in the cases of severe hysteria and neuroses was a well known fact.