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40. Dream House as Doppelgänger
Themes
Key
LitCharts assigns a color and icon to each theme in In the Dream House, which you can use to track the themes throughout the work.
Queer Visibility
Christianity and Shame
Abuse, Trauma, and Healing
Storytelling, Responsibility, and Freedom
Summary
Analysis
Machado begins to feel worthy, wanted, and needed thanks to her relationship with the woman from the Dream House.
This chapter’s title contains the phrase “High Fantasy,” which suggests that Machado’s feelings of safety and security are disconnected from her reality—and that the magical façade might soon vanish.
Themes
