(Ravana: Image from Wikimedia Commons)
Story from: Sita and Ravana by Sister Nivedita
In this reading the author describes Sita as being the
most beautiful thing, which describes why she is often targeted and loved by
others. Ravana continues to be the horrible villain he has been in past
stories. The scene is painted well but I am left wondering exactly what these
places look like. It is interesting that Sita will not even allow Hanuman to
carry her out of her captivity. She is so devoted and in love with Rama that
she will risk her life to stay devoted to him. Sita is a larger part of this
epic then I realized, she is not only a love interest but a major reason for so
many of the conflicts and journeys in this epic. If it were not for Sita and
her importance to Rama then this epic would not be what it is. It is unclear to
me if Ravana wants Sita because he loves her or because Rama has her. He has
many wives so what is so special about Sita that he wants her over the other
wives. Why is Ravana giving Sita two months to change her mind about him before
he kills her? Is he waiting to see if Rama will come or is, he really hopping Sita
will change her mind? It is interesting that the author uses the dialogue to rhyme,
it makes it fell less real and more like a poem. The writing style is very different
compared to the written text because the dialogue comes at the end and is separate
from the narrative.
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