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What does the singing bird from Siddhartha's dream signify? Why is it dead?

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Just like the songbird sings for the life he does not have, Siddhartha can not find happiness where he is in his place in the world. Later he dreams that the songbird dies. This is symbolic of Siddhartha's feelings of oppression in his current life and his need to escape

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