If we are not the hero/ine of our own dream, we are probably still not accepting responsibility for all our own drives, potentials and weaknesses. The hero/ine frequently depicts our initiative and unexpressed potential. We might see our highest ideals as coming from an exterior figure such as Christ, and so miss touching the depths of our own being, and avoid responsibility for our urges or actions. What happens to the hero/ine shows how ones own creativity and expressed love fare. See: the ideal Christ, the hero/ine and the self under archetypes; religion and dreams.
