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    Process of the Advancement of the Human Soul Towards its Perfection in Ramayana and the Mahabharata The whole of the Ramayana is an Epic of humanity. Humanity does not mean mankind but that which particularly human nature. It is in this sense, Sri Rama is oftentimes called the paragon of humanity, an example of the perfection of human nature. This perfection is not inclusive of the foibles of man in his lower endowments. That majestic feature of bodily personality, the ideal perfection of physiological

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    The Great Epics And Tales

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    Mythology is one of the most interesting parts of a culture. It reveals customs, history and traditions like no other. Above all it defines the way of living and reflects the mentality of an entire civilization. Almost every society in this world has faced sexism in one form or the other. Some societies chose to fight it and bring a change. On the other hand there are a few societies where sexism became a way of life. It is instilled in the minds of the people and passed from one generation to another

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    rules. She is considered as an overly submissive to the unquestioning subordination to the demand of her husband. she committed her whole life and died for her husband. Sita as an assertor had a steadfast commitment to the devotion she endeavors to Rama. She was ready to face all kinds of tribulations of jungle even when her husband tried to fighten and prevent her From goin to the forest even after describing the whole lot horrors of the animals and the forest. She was being warned several times

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    Jessica Gay World Literature Dr. Schott 09/10/2014 The Tree Trunk Bed The Odyssey and The Ramayana both contain the theme of love with the relationships between Penelope and Odysseus, and Rama and Sita, but The Odyssey shows us a lasting relationship based off loyalty. Neither culture shows their love, physically, the way we would today. Emotions and love are very important to us in our lives today. I believe they are what keeps us happy and wishful. We see two very similar ways to portray love

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    Cultural Heroes Essay

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    the crash, Jack became the de-facto leader of the survivors, not only because of his medical skills and his findings of shelter and fresh water, but because of the speech he gives that inspires hope and convinces them to work together. Jack, like Rama and Heracles, is a superhuman figure, despite his lack of a god infused birth. Although he has no divine powers, he is an “important” figure in the series’ universe, a fact expounded upon later in the series, as he begins to unearth the fact

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    An epics purpose is to promote or instruct values and traditions from the culture of the epics origin. There is a method to determine if a story leads to the direction of “epic” according to J.B. Hainsworth. Hainsworth states there are certain elements that deem a story the title of “epic” which are: The emergence of a certain idea of heroic action, the great scale in which the story is to portray the qualities of the mind of the hero, the relation between the hero and his deeds to the cosmic order

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    Penelope and Sita do not fight frightening monsters; they do not attract the anger of the gods; they do not journey to the struggle of Hades to be reunited like Odysseus or they do not go to an exile like Rama did with Viswamitra to master skills. However, they are heroes to me because of their sincerity, loyalty, purity, and respect toward their beloved husband and the people. When comparing these two novels, The Ramayana by R. K. Narayan to The Odyssey by Homer, Sita’s represents the epitome of

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    My Favourite Book

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    Rama obeyed his father’s wish and his brother, Lakshmana went with him to serve him with heart and soul. Bharat too did not accept crown but ruled over Ayodhya as Rama’s steward. ‘ Rama loved the people of Ayodhya and the people respected him. He treated the low caste boatman as his own brother. In the forest of Chitra Koot, he treated the Bhils

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    periods throughout history. In the epic, Ramayana, written by Valmiki, Rama is virtuous, wise, powerful and respects others while batting Ravana. While the evil demon named Ravana is short tempered, arrogant, and has no heroic elements when kidnapping Rama’s wife, Sita. Rama is able to accomplish what no one else can do which allows him to marry Sita. An evil demon named Ravana hears about Sita’s beauty, he then kidnaps her. Rama is desperate to win Sita back, so Lakshmana, his brother helps by forming

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    kingly virtues. Tulsidas, as Linda Hess notes, employs the same technique in his Ramayana to explain the agni pariksha, the first rejection of Sita. Before the battle with Ravana’s sister (who humiliated by Rama and Laksmana brings her two brothers and a demon army to battle with them), Rama takes Sita aside to explain to her that she must live under the protection of Agni, the Vedic God

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