Monarch Notes, January 1st, 1963
Monarch Notes 01-01-1963 Siddhartha: Chapters 8 - 12 Chapter Eight. By The River Title Siddhartha returns to the same river which he originally crossed some twenty years earlier. The river no longer marks a boundary between two different worlds. Siddhartha does not cross it now only to enter a new life, but he recognizes its values and he decides to remain "by" it. Despair and suicide Siddhartha reaches his lowest point as he looks into the river and contemplates suicide. As often in Hesse, despair is here presented as a necessary prelude to entering a state of heightened consciousness and hap...
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