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Dreams hover between hope and warning: they may “dream things true”, expose wishful thinking, or carry an uneasy hint of danger. Their beauty is fragile because sleep offers escape, while waking tests whether desire has become wisdom.
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If dreams can “dream things true”, should we trust them—or question the wishes they reveal? Across the play, sleep becomes more than rest: it carries longing, imagination, false confidence, and uneasy warning. Do these dream-images offer a glimpse of hidden truth, or do they show how easily intense love can turn hope into a dangerous illusion?
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