Dreams

In my opinion, dreams do have some kind of relevance in real life. They have to come from somewhere, so maybe they do have something to do with the past or future. One dream that I have had that I can remember and means the most to me is when I was sailing out on the ocean with my dad and then all of a sudden there was a big storm and I fell over board. My dad could not hear me as he sailed away with no idea that I was not on board anymore. I was screaming and yelling at the top of my lungs but nobody could hear me! I didn't know what to do...I was so scared. Then, all of a sudden, I woke up right before I went under.

When I first thought about what my dream meant, I took it too literally. As I thought about it more, I realized it symbolized what I am truely scared of; being alone and helpless in a situation that I can't get out of, and ultimately, ending in death. In my opinion, one of the worst feelings someone can have is knowing that nobody can help them. All alone, scared and knowing that you are going to die. So from then on, I made a promise to myself that I would never let myself get into a situation where I was helpless and destined to not make it through. Ultimately, live with no regrets.

I think that my dream does relate the Romeo and Juliet. They both relate to fate and death. When Romeo has the dream that if he went to the party, death would come rather too quickly for him. But not like me, he chooses to ignore his dream, whereas I acted upon mine, but I think that I am closer to Romeo than I am to Mercutio.

Dreams do have a fairly large impact in the third act of the play. Romeo is slowly starting to realize that the dream he had earlier maybe is starting to come true. He has been exiled and now is thinking that he might as well be dead because he can't see Juliet anymore, which is slightly over dramatic. But overall, he was right and he should have acted upon it, just like I chose to do.