1. Pick one of the dreams you recorded. What significant images and feelings stood out to you? What significance do they have to your waking life? Why do you think you had this dream? (Try and answer these questions for the other person if you recorded someone else’s dream)

2. Carl Jung (1875-1961) Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) 1.Expression of current conditions in outside world 2.Distinctive language of symbols, images, metaphors 3.Compensation for imbalances in the psyche 4.Archetypes (universally understood symbol or pattern of behavior, a prototype upon which others are copied, patterned, or emulated). In psychology an archetype is a model of a person, personality, or behavior. Examples: The hero, the trickster, the child. 1.Believes sex is a root cause of almost everything in dreams 2.The unconscious can be disturbing so it filters through symbolic language 3.“Free Association”  your association with certain images and things Example: Car  freedom, journey, control

3. Similarities in Dream Theory 1.Dreams have importance 2.Dreams speak with symbols 3.Dreams deal with the unconscious mind

4. {Dreams and Writing} How is interpreting someone else’s dream and interpreting someone else’s writing similar?

5. Cornell Notes… 1.In the left column write questions that you have about Coleridge 2. In the right column write answers as we go over them in the power point.

6. Samuel Taylor Coleridge and “Kubla Khan”

7. The Life and Times of Coleridge Coleridge was born in 1772 in Devonshire, England. Like Wordsworth, Coleridge lost his father at a young age (9 years old to be exact) He became introverted and the result of this was a lonely and friendless youth.

8. Imagination and the Outdoors Deciding to spend a lot of time alone, Coleridge turned inward with his imagination and outward to nature as an escape. He loved imaginative, adventurous and exotic stories such as Arabian Nights. He loved the outdoors so much that he nearly lost his life on one occasion in which he spent the night outdoors and came close to freezing to death.

9. Near Death Experience The event of almost freezing to death left him with a severe case of rheumatism (a kind of arthritis) that plagued him for the rest of his life. At the time, opium was a common treatment for such ailments. Coleridge became addicted to the drug, but felt very remorseful about it. Quote: “I may say that I was seduced into the accursed Habit ignorantly.”

10. Education Like Wordsworth, Coleridge was educated at Cambridge. Again, like Wordsworth he was inspired by the ideals of the French Revolution. Coleridge had heard of and started reading Wordsworth’s work and was greatly moved by what he read.

11. Forces Unite! When Coleridge was 25 years old, he met Wordsworth and the two had instant poetic chemistry. Ironically, at this time, it was Wordsworth who was in a “creative funk” that Coleridge helped to break. They became good friends and roommates along with Wordsworth’s sister and best friend, Dorothy.

12. The Beginning of a New Era As we now know, the Romantic Age is usually considered “born” through the publication of Lyrical Ballads, a collaborative collection of poetry by Wordsworth and Coleridge. Coleridge’s “Kubla Khan” is featured in the collection.

13. “Kubla Khan”: Paradise, Interrupted "In Xanadu did Kubla Khan / A stately pleasure-dome decree..."

14. The Backstory… One night Coleridge wasn't feeling well. To dull the pain, he took a dose of opium (used as a medicine in the 19th century). He fell asleep and had a strange dream about a Mongol emperor named Kubla Khan. Coleridge dreamed that he was actually writing a poem in his sleep, and when he woke up after a few hours, he sat down to record the dream poem. He meant to write several hundred lines, but he was interrupted by someone from Porlock who had come to see him on business. When he came back to the poem, he had forgotten the rest. The last stanza was written after his visitor left.

15. “Kubla Khan” is a BALLAD -- Hence, Lyrical Ballads Traditionally, most ballads are narrative in nature, with a self contained story They are often concise and relying on imagery, rather than description Most often, literary ballads use a regular stanza form of 4-line, 6-line, or 8-line stanzas Generally you will find a regular rhyme scheme and rhythm, but this may vary from stanza to stanza (for a reason) Pay close attention to how the poem sounds - many poets chose the form to achieve an effective sound (humorous, sad, lonely, eerie) as well as for story and meaning

16. On to the Poem! Close your eyes and listen as I read When you open your eyes, sketch the first image you remember from the poem

17. {Questions for Thought…} What is the story or narrative of this poem? How is the stanza written after the interruption different in mood from the others? How do dreams and Romanticism relate to one another? Do they share similarities? In many ways, “Kubla Khan” is a poem whose interpretation depends on a knowledge of events that occurred outside of the poem itself. How does the story of the person from Porlock affect the ways in which the poem can be understood? Is it possible to find any significance in “Kubla Khan” without knowledge of Coleridge’s opium dream?

18. {Questions Continued} Which characteristics of Romanticism are evident in the poem? How does the structure of his ballad create/add meaning to the poem? How/why did Coleridge use his dreams to influence his poetry?

19. {Homework Response} Does an experience need to be REAL for it to have an impact? Are imagined emotions in dreams just as valid and significant as those in our waking life? Refer to “Kubla Khan” in your answer.