Category:Dream Tropes

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I have spread my dreams beneath your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.

—William Butler Yeats

"To sleep, perchance to dream."

Hamlet

Dreams and dreaming are ubiquitous in storytelling. There are many, many dream-related tropes: here are several. See the supercategory Sleep and Wakefulness Tropes.