As Elia finishes his stories, the children begin to fade. They speak for the first time, telling him:
"Alice W—" represents Ann Simmons, a woman Lamb loved but did not marry. The Dream Children
A Freudian View of Charles Lamb's “Dream Children. A Reverie” As Elia finishes his stories, the children begin to fade
If you're studying this for a class or project, would you like a of the symbolism used, or perhaps a line-by-line breakdown of the most famous passages? As Elia finishes his stories
"We are nothing; less than nothing, and dreams. We are only what might have been".