A psychological reading would say that the "dark forest" is the unconscious where we harbor desires that our superego (the conscience of society--that which helps us distinguish what society says is right from wrong) forbids us to do and our conscious keeps under wraps (so to speak). For Freud, a "dark forest" signifies repressed sexual desires, especially with all the trees functioning as phallic symbols. For Jung, another 20C psychologist (and theorist), the walk would be a journey to and through Brown's "shadow self," which for Jung is a real part of every individual that we deny but need to acknowledge in order to become complete. "Acknowledge" does not mean act upon; it means discover and claim as part of who you are.
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