Hesse’s Siddhartha and Nietzsche’s Superman: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The present research is a comparative analysis of Hesse’s Siddhartha and Nietzsche’s Thus Spake Zarathustra. It studies the similarities in both texts for the quest of self. Zarathustra and Siddhartha march ahead questioning the absolutism and universalism of ethics and religions. By the experiences of material world, they gain enlightenment. The inner inside that they achieve through suffering and pain becomes the self for them.