Question

what is the thems of the essay dream children by charles lamb​

Answer 1

Answer:

Charles Lamb's most renowned book of essays, portrayed a peaceful, domestic, good-humored bachelor named Elia, who was not unlike Lamb himself. Nostalgia, the desire for compassion, sorrow and regret are among the essay's themes.

Explanation:

• Lamb, as Elia, tells his children a story about his great-grandmother in "Dream-Children: A Reverie." As he is a bachelor, he wakes up to discover that the children are simply bits of his imagination.
• The wonderful and transient essence of infancy is also discussed in this article.
• Sorrow and loss are the central themes of Lamb's essay: regret for unfulfilled joy, unfulfilled love, lost hope, lost opportunity, and missed joys of life.
• This essay's theme of regret and loss at work is divided into three sections.

1. The first is the loss of former bliss, which is symbolised by the house, which has a carved mantle that was "torn down" by a "foolish rich person," as well as great-grandmother Field and the speaker's brother John.

• Charles Lamb watched as both great-grandmother Field and John died agonising deaths, leaving him alone without their presence, love, and care: what he missed most was their presence: "I missed him all day and didn't realise how much I loved him until then."

2. His beloved Alice is the subject of the second topic, which deals with regret and loss.

• Lamb courted her for "seven long years," but his attempt to win her heart ended in failure.
• This explains why the dream child is named Alice, and why he is perplexed as to which Alice, younger or older, he is really gazing at.

3. This brings us to the third theme: the children who were never born.

• We learn, in a shocking (and initially perplexing) twist, that the youngsters to whom he has been recounting stories—stories of loves and life-joys he regrets losing—are air, a phantasm of a bachelor's slumber.
• These are the children who would have been, could have been, and possibly would have been if Alice had accepted Lamb's love and married him.
• They're only phantoms in a dream right now.