Write a paragraph on 'Dream' on the basis of the answers to the following questions in about 200 words.

Write a paragraph on 'Dream' on the basis of the answers to the following questions in about 200 words.

(a) What is dream? 
(b) What is Sigmund Freud's concept of dreams?
(c) What were the ancient beliefs regarding dreams? 
d) What causes dreams? 
(e) Is dream meaningless or useful? Why?

DREAM (স্বপ্ন)

A dream is a succession of images, ideas, emotions and sensations that occur usually unwillingly in the mind at certain stages of sleep. According to Sigmund Freud, the world famous Austrian psychologist, "Dreams are manifestations of our deepest desires and anxieties, often relating to repression," In his famous book The Interpretation of Dreams (1899), Freud comments that dreams are "the royal road to the unconscious" and "disguised fulfilments of repressed wishes". According to another psychologist, Fritz Perls: "Dreams are seen as projections of parts of the self that have been ignored, rejected or suppressed." In the ancient times, the Greeks, the Romans and the Egyptians thought dreams to be a symbol of omens and divine prophesies. In the Hindu Upanisad, dreams are interpreted as a means of spiritual meditation and my mystic relation. But the modern concept suggests that dreams are the result of our brains trying to interpret external stimuli in sleep. About the natures and types of dreams scientists opine that dreams may have varying natures, such as being frightening, exciting, magical, happy, melancholic, adventurous. romantic, sexual, supernatural, etc. Some dream, experts regard dreams to be meaningless and purposeless while others find a positive impact of dreams and believe that dreams serve to 'clean up' clutter from the mind, much like clean up operations in a computer, refreshing the mind to prepare for the next day. However, dreams are still mysterious which need yet further researches and investigations to satisfy human inquisitiveness.

Word-meaning: 

succession-অনুক্রম; 

images- প্রতিমূর্তিসমূহ; 

sensation-অনুভূতি; 

occur-ঘটা; 

usually-সচরাচর; 

unwillingly-অজ্ঞাতসারে; 

manifestation-প্রকাশ; 

deepest-গভীরতম; 

anxieties-উদ্বেগসমূহ;, 

relating to-সম্পর্কিত; 

repression-অবদমন; 

interpretation-ব্যাখ্যা; 

comment-মন্তব্য করা; 

unconscious-অসচেতন; 

disguised-ছদ্মবেশী; 

fulfilment-পূর্ণতা; 

repressed-অবদমিত; 

omens-শুভ বা অশুভ লক্ষণ; 

divine-স্বর্গীয়; 

prophesies-দৈববাণীসমূহ; 

spiritual- আধ্যাত্মিক; 

meditation-ধ্যান; 

mystic-অতীন্দ্রিয়; 

relation- বর্ণনা; 

interpret-ব্যাখ্যা করা; 

external- বাহ্যিক; 

stimuli-উদ্দীপনাসমূহ; 

scientists-বিজ্ঞানীগণ; 

frightening-ভীতিকর; 

exciting- উত্তেজনাকর; 

magical- জাদুকরী; 

melancholic-বিষণ্ণ; 

adventurous- রোমাঞ্চকর; 

supernatural- অলৌকিক/অতিপ্রাকৃত; 

meaningless-অর্থহীন; 

clutter-বিশৃঙ্খলা; 

mysterious- রহস্যময়;

investigation- পরীক্ষানিরীক্ষা;

inquisitiveness- কৌতূহল।