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
Back in the Dream House timeline, the woman from the Dream House says she loves and trusts Machado, but Machado associates much of their relationship with anxiety and scrutiny.
Machado’s experience starts to stray from the romantic narrative the woman attempts to control, which suggests the woman’s perspective isn’t trustworthy.