In a classroom exercise, a student is recounting a dream in which she finds herself exploring a steamy tropical jungle when suddenly she comes upon a group of monkeys dressed in tuxedos talking to one another. In Freudian dream analysis, the student is describing:

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The manifest content of a dream refers to the actual events and actions that occur in the dream, as opposed to the latent content, which is the hidden meaning or unconscious desires behind the dream. The student is describing the specific events and actions of encountering monkeys dressed in tuxedos, which is an example of manifest content. Hostile yearnings and the "wish" in dreams are both possible interpretations of the latent content, but there is not enough information in the description to definitively support either of those choices.

In a Classroom Exercise, a Student Is Recounting a Dream