Sita

And the martial disharmony in her life is thus increased. Accompanied by two her children, Sita escapes to Manori, the island of miracles, in desperation and disillusionment. Unable to bear the anguish of another pregnancy, she comes here in order not to give birth. The island house, deserted for twenty years, symbolizes her temperamental condition. As the island concretizes the feeling of isolation for Sita, she retreats into it as into a womb, with an obsessive desire to recapture once again…

In Jatin and Sita’s marital life the trouble started brewing ever since the beginning as three days into their honeymoon Sita is forced to think whether Jatin even likes her as he’s shown as visibly unhappy and cold with her. Jatin still continues with his affair with his girlfriend, Julie even after she had refused to marry him and feels nothing for his wife, Sita and thus whatever physical relationship they have is devoid of any love and passion and is just done mechanically for the sake…

and the world revolves around their actions, and the women just happen to be a part of that world. This is most evident in the animated film “Sita Sings the Blues” when Rama, who was for the most part depicted as kind and just simply discarded Sita, who was supposedly the love of his life when she was inconvenient to him. He struggled with the thought of Sita being with another man even though she was proven innocent of the accusation, but whatever the case, in their culture men were allowed to…

sacrifices to serve their husbands, they were supposed to possess the qualities of being liberal and generous. The expectation of serving one’s husband was alike in Indian society. In the Ramayana, one can infer that women served their husbands well when Sita states “The joy experienced by lords of men… is far inferior to the joy of the wife in the service of her lord”(55). If all joys are far inferior to the joy from a wife’s service, then one can deduce the service of wives was thorough and…

locating Sita by crossing the vast ocean and finding her in captive at Asoka Vana. He, after being held and humiliated by Ravana, burnt the whole city of Lanka with his tail. He played a vital role during the war between Rama and Ravana and also played a major role in the recovery of Lakshmana from his state of unconsciousness by bringing Sanjeevani herbs from Himalaya. He is known to exist even today and some evidences have proved his existence in our modern…

Even when the half-wit from Muchili ominously commented that “I don’t believe she is within him”, Raman seems to move heaven and earth in search of Sita. Raman’s lament for Sita brings memories of Iya, washerman Toppan’s daughter. But unlike Raman, Angadan is not able to recall her face or body. He laments: “I remember only you, just you!” (214) Angadan later is shocked by the way Raman treats his rescued wife…

Also it is a story that has only one narrator, this makes an easier way for the narrator to present it by speaking at the back of the scenario, while the dalang is acting with the puppets. There are four main characters, Rama, Ravana, Hanuman and Sita, plus the scenography at the back such as the trees that are always there, the army and the houses. In India, the Ramayana is often performed in public; the cast travel the whole country to perform this play at night, it usually lasts all night and…

Ramayana Paper Hinduism dates back to 2000 B.C.E, where its roots where established in India. Hinduism does not necessarily have a time of origin or founder, but is referred to as timeless, known to have always existed (“Library”). It consists of a compilation of sacred texts known as Santana Dharma, also referred to as “The eternal teaching” (“Library”). In the Indian religion of Hinduism, an extremely important term known as Dharma refers to the moral order of the universe and a code of…

Seminar Paper. This paper would be divided into five chapters out of which the first, second and the third chapters are the core of this paper. Especially the third chapter as it deals with the roles of those characters apart from Rama, Lakshmana, Sita and Ravana, who were the ‘game changers’ as their role proved to be the turning points in the lives of the four main characters of the epic. The characters which can be termed as ‘game changers’ include Hanuman, Kaikeyi and Vibhishana. Apart from…

who drives him out of the city, are his helpers. Rama and his companions continue their life in the forest and their peace is disrupted when they encounter the sister of Ravana, Surpanakha, who wishes to marry Rama. Rama mocks her, and she attacks Sita unsuccessfully. Rama realizes his mistake in teasing such a creature. Lakshmana draws his sword and cuts her ears and nose off. The demon-woman flees to her brother, Khara, who dispatches fourteen warriors to attack Rama and his companions. When…