Narayan's Ramayana, Reading Guide D.
Ch.8 Memento from Rama:
Hanuman finds Sita and is astonished at her bravery and persistence to wait for Rama. But Sita prepares to take her life and Hanuman stops her just in time. This also comes after Hanuman finds Ravana's wife and thinks it is Sita living in luxury. This story reminds me a lot of Beauty and the Beast. Thats what my mind first went to when Hanuman sees Ravana's wife and thinks its Sita, the prisoner living in luxury, like Belle in the classic disney movie. It would be interesting to write a story changing it so that it really is Sita and she has fallen in love with her captor, Ravana. Maybe Rama turns into a sort of Gaston character?
( Beauty and the Beast. Image from DeviantArt) (Sita and Ravana. Image from Flickr.)
Ch. 13 Interlude
This chapter really affected me. Rama finally freed Sita but then wanted nothing to do with her because she was in another man's house, even though unwillingly. It was so shocking and made me look at Rama in a new light, and a not so good light at that. He received her only after she was cleansed in the fire by the god of fire, Agni. There has to be some way to retell this story in a powerful way. I might want to go more into Rama's side and explore why he was rejecting Sita. maybe he was cursed into denying his love but the curse was lifted as soon as Sita fell into the fire. maybe Rama did not know that by throwing herself in the fire, Sita got rid of the curse and Rama's "back magic stupor" fell away and he was able to grab onto Sita and finally be together. I have a lot of ideas with this one.
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