12016-12-14T12:11:20-08:00Elizabeth Withers4c83cfe2d791828249eb6cc21e5e14580fecf72e130082plain2016-12-14T16:42:16-08:00Elizabeth Withers4c83cfe2d791828249eb6cc21e5e14580fecf72eThis is an anxiety dream in which Homer is repressing his desire to sit on the couch all day, along with his knowledge that Marge has left him. The couch is also a displacement of Marge, and this dream fulfills his wish both to get her back, and to maintain his lazy lifestyle. The beatings that the couch endures after leaving Homer are a repression of the anger Homer feels at Marge for leaving him. conclusions