Rama

when she is abducted by the Rakshasa king Ravana who goes through the ring of fire to prove her chastity (Anand). During the tenure of the abduction even after passing all these tests quietly, leaves her husband Rama who is the ideal man. When an ordinary washer man from his kingdom tells Rama about Sita of the doubts of her character forcing him to leave her. Despite the culture that these people live in an Indian society Valmiki’s Ramayana is one of those stories that compares women as creatures rather

morality, principals, and philosophical beliefs. This Indian heroic epic poem, comprises of approximately 24,000 verses, is mostly written using the sloka meter and is divided into 7 books, each containing 500 chapters. It provides a narrative allegory of Rama 's life and other characters who have become fundamental people in Hinduism. They also express the responsibilities of people in relationships. Overall, the Ramayana presents Hindu teachings from ancient sage Hindus with philosophical concepts which

starring Rama, the incarnation of Vishnu, and plays a role in many of the ethical dilemmas that arise in this text. Because of the Ramayana’s influence on contemporary culture, the characters’ execution of dharma offers insight on how Indians should apply this law to the different spheres of their own lives. While family dynamics are not always the loveliest affairs, the relationship between Rama, his father, and his brothers is a remarkably tame one. For example, when Dasaratha tells Rama he is going

between siblings. Rama and his brother Lakshmana have a deep, yet sometimes morally contrasting, relationship while Ravana and Vibishana represent another side of the moral spectrum and brotherly conflict. The four of them together embody the complications of both dharma and sympathy, and the universal prominence of conflict between brothers. From the very beginning of the Ramayana the reader understands the depth of Rama and Lakshmana’s brotherhood. On page 10, the King mentions that Rama and Lakshmana

Abstract: Sita is the only woman who captures the attention of readers and audience in the Indian epic poem Ramayana. Sita has been interpreted several times for the way her life had been. She is born of the earth and gets consumed by the earth. Sita’s biological parents are not known. But the mother of Sita is a God. While living the life of a human, this God incarnate figure of Goddess Lakshmi is the foster daughter of King Janaka who takes care of her and brings her up with all the love and care

Ancient Epics tend to portray women in a negative light; women are usually either vulnerable creatures who can’t fend for themselves, they wreak havoc on their male counterparts or both. In The Aeneid, Dido is portrayed as a dramatic woman because of the actions she took after her heartbreak. In The Ramayana, Sita is a loyal and supportive wife with just that as her sole purpose throughout the book. Both of these women, to an extent, are representative of Eastern and Western culture respectively

In many myths, the hero is involved in a romantic relationship. However, the relationship is usually very tumultuous and it does not end the way that either party envisioned at the start. In the end, romance in heroic epics serves to emphasize the cost of heroism and the fact that a hero is often not meant to receive a happy ending. The beginning of Sigurd the Volsung might lead one to believe that Sigurd is meant to live out the rest of his days with Brunhild by his side. He rescues her from

Ramayana Ramayana and some of the Hindu virtues derived from it The poetic author, Valmiki, does not calls Rama "the perfect man" in his well known tale of Ramayana for no reason. For this story has been a legendary epic that many generations of the Hindu culture have been modeling their society after, for over two thousand years. It has been an influential teaching for children and scholars of all ages because of its simplicity and

King of Ayodhya and has three wives and four sons, Rama, Lakshmana, Bharata and Shatrughna. Rama is the ideal and perfect son, and grows up with his brothers. He marries a woman name Sita. However, Bharata's mother is Kaikeyi, who resents Rama being crown king. She calls up a debt that Dasharatha owes her and asks for Rama to be exiled for fourteen years and her son Bharata be made crown prince instead. The devastated Dasharatha has no choice and Rama prepares to leave for exile. Sita and Lakshmana

the name of asserting power over the other. Both Gilgamesh and Rama kill monsters in the name of supporting what they believe in, but their beliefs are not always justified. When we closely examine the scenes of the monster slayings in both epics, we find that our that protagonists appear as power hungry war mongers and not the heroes that they claim to be. Both of these “heroes” kill in the name of supporting their own beliefs. For Rama, he kills in the name of subduing women’s sexuality while Gilgamesh