From the first page of this story I knew that it was going
to be interesting. A King is always a character that has a lot of possibilities
within its story arch. From the first couple of pages I get the sense that the
hermits praising the King may go to his head, but I may be wrong. A line that I
find interesting is “May you have the greatest of all blessings, a son
distinguished for virtue and valour, fir to rule the world in peace”. I could
potentially write a story solely based on this quote. It has a lot of potential
on where to go. In my story I could write it from the Kings point of view. Once
he hears the hermits say this, it would alter everything that he does. Would be
do everything possible to maintain the world in peace or would he let it go to
his head that they said he was of virtue and valour? It would be neat to see
where the character goes in oppose to where the actual story goes.
a possible hermit from the story
Sakuntala tells Dushyanta that the hermit Canna is not her
father, but rather prince Causica is. The hermit took her when she was a baby.
After she said this, Dushyanta immediately began thinking of her as his wife
and queen. What if I switched the story around? Maybe she could be born from
the peasant but the prince took her as a baby. This would make her different
from others around her. It would be her secret that she would not want to get
out in order to not harm her reputation. This would be a different type of
story then what I usually write. It would still be a love story in a sense, but
more of an alteration of the original story and would follow the lie that
Sakuntala tells. Would the King still love her? Or would be pity her for being
born of a hermit?
Bibliograhpy: The Indian Story Book written by Wilson, online source
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