Siddhartha's Transformative Quest: A Heroic Odyssey
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Introduction The concept of the hero's journey, first articulated by Joseph Campbell in his seminal work, "The Hero with a Thousand Faces," serves as a framework for understanding the transformational odyssey of protagonists across diverse narratives. Hermann Hesse's "Siddhartha" exemplifies this archetypal journey, chronicling the spiritual ascent of its eponymous character. Siddhartha's passage from the constraints of societal expectations to...