- I liked that the first scene between Dasaratba and Viswamithra set the stage well for the rest of the story. You can clearly see a divide in the personality of the king that the boys had been raised under and their new guardian Viswamithra.
- Viswamithra mentions Shiva reducing the god of love to ashes. (Look up when working on project)
- Ahalya's story was definetely not my fave. She literally did nothing wrong and ended up as stone for who knows how many years only to be ordered to return to the service of the man who cursed her. (Potential story: have god of love narrating the story + new ending with role reversal)
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- Sita seems to have had a rather extreme reaction but to each her own. Rama's reaction made much more sense to me.
- I thought it was really interesting how communal Rama and Sita's wedding was. The detail that every single man, woman, and child from the two capitals was invited gave a lot of insight into the cultures.
- I also liked that the cummination of Rama's time with Viswamithra was his marriage to Sita. The pace of the story gave the reader the impression that all of those tasks were meant to lead to Rama proving his worth to marry Sita.
- Kaikeyi's sudden change of heart after speaking to Kooni felt unnatural but was an interesting plot twist. It also make her a more complicated character as she did save the kings life, he did promise her father that he would name her son king, and he owes her two promises. The only thing I hold against Kaikeyi is banishing Rama. That feels excessively cruel, especially since Rama has no desire for the throne and views Kaikeyi as his own mother.
Bibliography
Narayan's Ramayana, link to Reading Guide A.
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