GUESSWORK The dreamer was determined to split up with her fiance. He was verbally abusive, possessive and jealous. She had started having bad dreams and feelings of nervousness. Her fiance knew it was over - she had been trying to get this across for sometime. She felt it should be over by the weekend. She knew he was bad for her yet still had difficulty letting go. The dreamer was determined to split up with her fiance. He was verbally abusive, possessive and jealous. She had started having bad dreams and feelings of nervousness. Her fiance knew it was over - she had been trying to get this across for sometime. She felt it should be over by the weekend. She knew he was bad for her yet still had difficulty letting go.

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ASSOCIATIONS AND SYMBOLIC MEANINGS
1. The shark represents her boyfriend who she wanted to break up with. It represents negative emotions such as jealousy or anger.
2. The shark coming out of the water possibly represents her boyfriends reaction to a break up. The shark is a creature connected with the water. The water is some kind of border. In this case it could represent the dreamers fears about the break up. That her boyfriend could go so far but could only affect her so much.
3. The young girl represents herself. The possibility that her boyfriend will react in a bad way to the break up.

DREAM ANALYSIS In guesswork the dream was linked to the dreamers wish to break up with her boyfriend. The dream features the following themes
- A limits to someone's aggressive behaviour
- Jealous and negative behaviour

If you weave together the different themes you find that they could capture these thoughts -"My relationship with my fiance is soon going to be over. He knows its over. It should be finished by the weekend. I do fear what may happen. But really there is so much he can do. Yet at the back of my mind I am a little worried of course."