Ramayana Reading Notes Part A

Pixabay: Ramayana 
 Rama Wins Sita

- Main Characters: Rama, Janak, Sita, Vishvamitra

 - The Monarchs, Nobles, and Warriors gathered to fight for Sita's heart

-  talks about the history and lavishness of the bow

- lots of imagery in the setting 
- main plot: Rama bent the bow to win Sita's heart
- This would be easy to tell in my own words because the plot is very simple and short 

- Main characters: Kaikeyi, Dasharatha, Bharata
- Kaikeyi asks her husband to grant her the two wishes he had promised her long ago otherwise she will           drink poison
- he agrees and explains he will never be happy again unless he grants her whatever wish she desires
- her first wish is for her son, Bharata, to be crowned as King
- her second wish is for Rama to be sent into exile
- Dasharatha is very sad and scolds Kaikeyi but knows he must grant the wish
- she reminds him that if he does not grant her wishes she will kill herself
- he was heartbroken and said that while he will grant the wishes he will reject her forever 

- Main Characters: Dasharatha, young boy, mother, father
- Dasharatha was known to suffer a sad death
- while hunting, he strung his bow and accidentally struck a child
- the boy forgives him as he dies in the forest

- Dasharatha tells the parents and brings them to the spot where the child died 
- the parents are devastated and question their purpose in life 
- the father asks Dasharatha to put him out of his misery and kill him too
- while cremating the body of the  boy, the parents step into the flame to die 

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