subjective level, n.Definitions

The Subjective level (n.) reads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠every figure in a dream — or a novel — as a relatively autonomous part of the dreamer's or author's own psyche.

The Subjective level (n.) reads ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠every dream-figure as a feature of the dreamer — truest when the figure is someone unimportant to him, while a vitally important person must be read objectively.

The Subjective level (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠reading every figure in a dream as part of the dreamer — for in any experience I experience not merely the object but first of all myself.

The Subjective level (n.) does ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠to modern man what taking away his fetishes would do to the primitive: we would have nobody left to rail against, blame, instruct, improve and punish, and would have to begin, in all things, with ourselves.