ABSTRACT
In truth, Jill had long ago accepted that she was unlovable. When Jill was questioned concerning her feelings in the dream, she reported being annoyed with her parents for doubting her capacities and for not taking an interest in her. The dream-ego furthermore interprets the parental distance in the dream as disapproval. Despite the triad of characters, the dream depicts a functional dyad, with the dream-ego at odds with the parental unit, suggesting that Jill's issues may actually be pre-oedipal in nature. The dream takes place in Jill's parents' house. The dream designates a specific location; it takes place in the kitchen of her family home. The active content of the dream is limited to the young girl attempting to cook an egg. Hestia was the Greek Goddess of the hearth, and the mildest and most charitable of the Olympian Gods. The kitchen is the place where heat is used for cooking.
