Reading Notes: Ramayana Part D
The Ramayana was an excellent read. Throughout the reading for Part D, I was interested in how events would take place. One thing I underlined during my reading was the council that Vibhishana tried to give to Ravana. Yet, Ravana refused to listen to the vital advice that Vibhishana provided. Similar to Vali, Ravana completely disregards words of wisdom from people who advice to take caution which will eventually cost the life of Ravana. This is a common theme found throughout Narayan's Modern Prose.
The fire test that Sita went through to prove her cleanliness or purity was interesting to me. I guess since I am looking at this from a 21st century perspective that I was biased when it comes to proving that she was not touched by Ravana. I was thinking that she did not have to prove herself, yet there are cultural differences from my beliefs versus the time the epic was written. It was also interesting that Kaikeyi was forgiven. Within my story, a harsher punishment may be coming her way for I may not be as forgiving as Rama is. Overall, I enjoyed the epic and how it ended. It will be interesting seeing how I will create a story from the vast amount of themes present within the text.
The fire test that Sita went through to prove her cleanliness or purity was interesting to me. I guess since I am looking at this from a 21st century perspective that I was biased when it comes to proving that she was not touched by Ravana. I was thinking that she did not have to prove herself, yet there are cultural differences from my beliefs versus the time the epic was written. It was also interesting that Kaikeyi was forgiven. Within my story, a harsher punishment may be coming her way for I may not be as forgiving as Rama is. Overall, I enjoyed the epic and how it ended. It will be interesting seeing how I will create a story from the vast amount of themes present within the text.
Statue of Ravana. Source: Wikipedia
Bibliography: R. K. Narayan, Ramayana
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