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69. Dream House as Rapture
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
The woman from the Dream House hasn’t unpacked her belongings, the floors are uneven, and every room in the Dream House has bad memories, but “Sure,” Machado thinks, they could raise children there.
Machado’s attitude toward the Dream House has changed from viewing it as a utopia to accepting it as a necessary circumstance—one that doesn’t seem to offer her much hope or pleasure.
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