Ramayana
Ramayana is one of the best literary pieces that is known in the world. It is also a shorter epic than Mahabharata. Ramayana, along with the Mahabharata, is one of the source of information for Hinduism.
The story begins with the royal birth of Rama in Ayodhya. Years later, he join the bridegroom to which he won the hand of the princess Sita and he became her husband. One day Rama's stepmother got jealous of him and plot him to be exiled in the forest of wilderness. Rama, together with his wife Sita and his brother Lakshmana was forced to leave the kingdom and was exiled for 14 years. One day in the forest, Ravana abducted Sita. Rama already know about the plot of Ravana but he still tries to catch the golden deer, leaving Sita behind. When Rama found out that his wife was abducted, he gathered an army of monkeys and bears to search for Sita. Raman, together with his allies was able to rescue Sita and killed Ravana. In order for Sita to clear the suspicion of infidelity, entered the fire, and the gods clear her infidelity and reunited with her husband. On her returned to the kingdom, the people still doubt Sita for infidelity, because of this Rama exiled her to the forest. On her exile, she met god Valmiki and give birth to Rama's children. When the children are grown up, they went to the kingdom with their mother and was reunited as a family. Sita again wants to prove her innocence and said that if the earth swallow her, she is pure. The earth did swallow Sita. Rama successfully ruled the kingdom of Ayodhya for many years.
Faithfulness, love, fairness, and commitment to duty are the themes found in the of the story. There are about 50 characters in Ramayana but the characters mentioned above are some of the main characters of the story which include Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Ravana, and Valmiki. The conflict was man versus man because Rama has to fight back against other character such as Ravana.
In the story I learned that doing one's duty and choosing the path on what is right is the thing that lead us to what is morally good. Other than that I was fascinated with Sita's character because even though some people doubt her for infidelity, she still continued to prove her innocence, by this I learned that even other people doubt me, proving my innocence is not wrong, especially when I know that I am doing the right thing. I also like Rama's character of being committed to his duty even though he already faced a lot of challenges, because of this I learned that we must still be committed on continuing to do our duty or tasks even though we are already facing some challenges or struggles.
Love was also perceived in the story, because Rama strongly love Sita, especially the part wherein he tried to catch the golden deer for Sita and the part wherein he rescued Sita from Ravana. There is also the character of Sita, whos love for Rama never change, because even though she was abducted and Ravana was pursing her to be his partner, Sita remained faithful to his husband, Rama. By this I learned that love can truly prevail from all other things. I learned that love includes being faithful and having the willingness to give what your loved one truly desire is another way of showing how much you love the person. Saving people from danger also a sign of love.
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