The unconscious in "Dubliners" by James Joyce and "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte BronteAlthough the notion of the human unconscious preceded Freud, his work it is certainly very useful to explain what it is actually about. Once we understand the human unconscious we can apply some of its characteristics to the literature studied so far. Much of Freud's work on the unconscious is contained in his book "The Interpretation of Dreams", but it is difficult to find a concise definition. Essentially Freud believes that the unconscious is the 'part of the mind that lies beyond consciousness and yet has a strong influence on our actions'. Dreams are, for Freud, a very important tool in the study of the unconscious; he believes they are one of the very few cases in which "repressed" material can move from the unconscious to the conscious mind. However, these thoughts have been repressed for a reason and therefore must be masked through what Freud calls displacement and condensation. Freud describes the shift using the example of “my patient's Sappho dream, rising and falling, being above and below, is made the central point; the dream instead concerns the danger of sexual relations with low-ranking people." Condensation is seen because "the dream is sparse, petty and laconic compared to the breadth and abundance of dream thoughts." However, dreams are not the only way in which repressed material finds an outlet; Freud refers to “paraprax” or “slips of words, of the pen, or unintentional actions” (Initial Theory 97) as another way in which repressed material can enter the conscious mind. Therefore, when discussing the question of the existence of a literary book in the unconscious we must consider it as a kind of dream. Some will argue that literature is not similar to dreams, like David M. Rein. Rein who believes that 'the creator of a dream acts spontaneously... The author of a story deliberately plans'. However, the similarities between dreams and literature seem to be enough evidence to analyze them as such. James Joyce's "Dubliners" and Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" can be argued to have an unconscious as there are similarities between Freud's view of dreams and literature. unconscious and the text itself. Certainly the individual stories of 'Dubliners' seem to closely resemble dreams; stories, just like dreams, sometimes seem unsystematic and baffling. For example, in the very first story of the book "The Sisters", many events remain unexplained.