Durango was very angry with his stepmother, and wished she were dead.That night Durango dreamed that he pushed her off a cliff.According to Freud, the latent content of Durango's dream would be _____, while the manifest content would be _____.

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According to Freud, the latent content of a dream represents the hidden psychological meaning of the dream, while the manifest content is the actual storyline or events of the dream. In this case, Durango's latent content is his wish for his stepmother to be dead, which is symbolized in the dream by the action of pushing her off a cliff (the manifest content).

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