In this section, I really admire the love between Rama and
Sita. They have been apart long enough and truly want to be together. This is
evident when Sita heard that Rama “died” and she was “grieving out of all
measure, and crying aloud with many lamentations, and she prayed Ravana to slay
her by Rama’s head that she might follow him”. This part of the story reminds
me slightly of Romeo and Juliet. I know that they are very different stories
that have different plots, but in this moment, Sita has heard that Rama died
and she wishes nothing more than to die right next to him so they could soon be
together again.
Romeo and Juliet final scene
Later in the story, the character Indrajit tries to convince
Rama that Sita is dead. He is the master of illusion so he is able to create an
image to convince Rama of her death. In the reading notes (part C), I discussed
a possible storyline that I could go with. This included a girl that was able
to see things just like the bird Sampati. Instead of the girl having the same
powers as Sampati, she could have a combination of him and Indrajit’s special
abilities. The Indrajit portion could be the dark side of the girl while the
Sampati part could be truthful side. The powers both involve being able to see
things that others can’t, but the girl could manipulate her visions in order to
gain access and/or power to her life. It would not be anything dramatic like
Indrajit’s visions, but it would be something of impact for the high school
type setting.
In the part about Indrajit, I liked the style of the text.
It had rhyming verses again. I think that having a rhyming scheme would be a
challenge but fun to write! There is also a lot of visualization in this
section. Phrases like “And a deathlike trance and tremor fell upon the warrior
brave” show the writers ability to have the reader see exactly what is going
on. I hope to write pieces of my story like this.
Bibliography
Public Domain Ramayana written by Sister Nivedita and Romesh
Dutt, online source
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