5. 3) e. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5

e. Act 1, Scenes 4, 5: How do the events following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household?

The event following Anne's nightmare reveal tensions between Anne and two other members of the household. The two other members of the household are Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Frank. Anne has a nightmare one day of becoming caught and taken away by the Nazis. She sobs and screams in tears after waking up from the dream. However, this affects two characters, Mr. Dussel and Mrs. Frank. This event builds tension between Anne and Mr. Dussel since Mr. Dussel becomes annoyed and disturbed in sleeping, from her nightmares every day and becomes worried of becoming caught. Mr. Dussel tells her to shush and terribly nervous that someone might hear her in the streets. In the story, he leaves to the w.c. because he becomes so bothered with Anne's moans and movements while sleeping, and he figures to find peace there better than Anne's room. In addition, Anne also builds tension with her mom, Mrs. Frank because when she comes to calm down Anne, Anne does not greet her and refuses to stay with her mom in her bedroom. She rather calls Mr. Frank, her father. Anne talks and relaxes after talking to father and tells him that she and her mom have nothing in common. Anne does not realize that her mom had become hurt through her words. So, after Anne wakes up from her nightmare, strong tension between Mrs. Frank and Mr. Dussel builds up and Anne takes a long time to build back the relationship positively with the two characters.