... we experience death in this manner? The substances of the collective unconscious are called archetypes. An archetype is defined as "universal, symbolic images that appear in myths, art, stories, and dreams which represent the collective unconscious." An archetype is an unlearned tendency to experience things in a certain way. The archetype has no specific form of its own, but it acts as ... hero because she had the power to go home the whole time and did not even realize it. The Cowardly Lion represented the animal archetype in Wizard of Oz. The animal archetype is representative of hum...

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... to accomplish all this time while working as a ferryman. Siddhartha is able to find himself by gaining wisdom through the experience of becoming a ferryman and learning from the river. The dreams that Siddhartha has are another symbol, which Hesse uses to reveal the theme. The first dream that Siddhartha has is right after he experiences an awakening, where he begins to ... . He embraces and kisses his friend, who then changes into a woman. This woman offers him her breast, from which he tasted "of a woman an man, of sun and forest, of animal and flower, of every fruit, of every pleasure...

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