Demonic
Freud elaborates, "In the two works of Aristotle in which there is mention of dreams, they are already regarded as constituting a problem of psychology. We are told that the dream is not god-sent, that it is not of divine but of demonic origin. For nature is really demonic, not divine; that is to say, the dream is not a supernatural revelation, but is subject to the laws of the human spirit, which has, of course, a kinship with the divine." Branding dreams demonic indicates they are deemed to be triggered by evil forces. Accordingly, dreams, in the view of Aristotle are not heavenly. The imageries in the dreams are not associated with God.
“Reproductive Activity”
Freud explains, “It might even occur to one to reduce the phenomenon of dreaming to that of remembering, and to regard the dream as the manifestation of a reproductive activity, unresting even at night, which is an end in itself.” Dreaming is analogous to the reproduction of past and recent memories. The reproduction ensues in the unconscious where the memories are stored. Memorable experiences are transformed into dreams unconsciously.
Fade
Freud observes, “That a dream fades away in the morning is proverbial. It is, indeed, possible to recall it. For we know the dream, of course, only by recalling it after waking; but we very often believe that we remember it incompletely, that during the night there was more of it than we remember. We may observe how the memory of a dream which in the morning was still vivid fades in the course of the day, leaving only a few trifling remnants.” Fading denotes the diminishing of dreams by morning. The fading occurs because the dreams transpired in the unconscious. Upon waking up, one exits the unconscious world occasioning the disappearance of memories from the dream.
Divorced
Hildebrandt elucidates, “The dream is something absolutely divorced from the reality experienced during the waking state; one may call it an existence hermetically sealed up and insulated from real life by an unbridgeable chasm.” The metaphorical divorce underscores that the dream world and the waking world are absolutely separated. The happenings in these divergent worlds are not interconnected. Accordingly, dreams cannot be deemed a representation of reality.
Trapdoor
Freud writes, “Hildebrandt then asserts that in falling asleep our whole being, with its forms of existence, disappears "as through an invisible trapdoor." In one's dream one is perhaps making a voyage to St. Helena in order to offer the imprisoned Napoleon an exquisite vintage of Moselle.” The trapdoor is emblematic of the distinction between the dreamland and the real world. Once an individual has passed through the trapdoor, he gets into a distinct world comprised of only dreams. The happenings beyond the trapdoor are similar to illusions which are unreal.
