What Dreams May Come
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What Dreams May Come is a 1978 novel by Richard Matheson about the afterlife.
The title comes from a famous line in Hamlet's soliloquy in Act 3, scene 1 ("To be, or not to be..."). The plot outline in the novel also contains several allegorical references to Dante Alighieri's 1308 epic poem "The Divine Comedy".
Plot summary
The plot centers around Chris, a man who dies and goes to heaven, only to find that his wife has committed suicide and is now in hell. Chris descends into hell with the help of his children (who died a year earlier) to try to rescue his wife.Adaptation
Main article: What Dreams May Come (film)The novel was adapted as an Academy Award-winning 1998 film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr., and Annabella Sciorra.
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| Concepts of Heaven | |
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| Christian | Kingdom of Heaven | Empyrean | Eden | Paradise | Pearly gates | New Jerusalem | Celestial Kingdom |
| Islam | Jannah | Houri | Sidrat al-Muntaha |
| Greek mythology | Elysium | Hesperides | Arcadia | The Form of the Good |
| Northern Mythology | Valhalla | Avalon | Annwn | Mag Mell | Tir nan Og |
| Mythology | Tomoanchan | Aaru | Summerland | Myth of Er |
| Fiction | Aman Valinor | Neverland | Divine Comedy | What Dreams May Come | Shangri-La |
| Related concepts | Utopia | Millennialism | Utopianism | Christian anarchism | Golden age | Afterlife |
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