Topic: Ramayana

Type of paper:	Essay
Subject area:	English
Academic level:	College
Style:	MLA
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story, culture, ramayana, rama, Sita, Ravana

The Ramayana
Dr . Ketaki Datta
The Ramayana and The Mahabharat are the two celebrated Hindu epics in
India . In both the epics , especially in The Mahabharat , we find a
gallery of portraits . The Ramayana too has sundry characters who
contribute a lot in shaping the plot of the venerated epic . The age in
which these two epics had been placed had a lot of deities rubbing
shoulders with the people who inhabited the world at that time .
In this immediate essay we are much more concerned with the
portrayal of female characters in The Ramayana than any other issue . In
this epic , the female characters are quite convincingly portrayed and
again it is interesting to note that there are many shades in the female
characters in The Ramayana . The women are loyal to the age-old customs
of the land -they obey the dictates of their husband without any
protest , they value chastity as a treasured virtue , they render selfless
service to all the elders in the family , apart from their husband . They
are ready to prove the loyalty to their husband at any cost .
Sita was the wife of Rama ,the prince of Ayodhya . She came as a
daughter-in-law to the family of King Dasharath . But , as ill luck would
have it , owing to heinous conspiracy of Kaikeyi [Bharat 's mother and
Dasharath 's second wife] , Rama had to go on exile for fourteen years .Without any complaint or grudge , Sita followed Rama to the wilderness .
Another brother of Rama...

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