... "I had resolved from the first to suspend my judgement of the true state of affairs till I had heard the other side aswell" Her experience with Herr K- his unrequited kiss and subsequent proposition and resultant inherent insult to her honour - seems to provide in Dora's case the physical trauma which Breur and I declared long ago to be the indispensable prerequisite for the production of a hysterical disorder. Prior to the relatively recent incident by the lake, Dora spoke of an earlier premeditated episode with Herr K., which according to Freud was even more likely to act as a sexual trauma. Apparantly Herr K. had made an arrangement for both he and his wife to meet the then 14 year old Dora at his place of business one afternoon. He persuaded his wife to stay at home and sent away all other staff, so that upon Dora's arrival they ...

See this essay or coursework document in full right now