Compare And Contrast Ramayana And Scheherazade

One common theme that has been pulled from a good amount of readings of this course is that woman have an important role throughout stories. In some stories, they may not be one of the main characters, yet they still have a great impact on the main character. In this week’s and last week’s readings, there have been two woman in both texts who have been important and considered one of the main characters. One is Sita from Ramayana and the other is Scheherazade. Both of these woman play a big role in their stories and use language and storytelling in order to get what they desire. In 1001 Nights, Scheherazade is an intelligent woman who wants to stop the King from murdering a surplus amount of woman that he marries for a night and then kills the next morning. With her knowledge of storytelling, she convinces her father to give her to the King to marry and that she can stop the cycle. Doing this Scheherazade then uses the power of cliffhangers and her storytelling skills to get her desire of the King not killing her or any other women anytime soon. The power of language
Sita in comparison, is also an important role in this story. She is kidnapped by Ravana and wants to be saved by her husband Rama. As she is kidnapped, she begins telling Ravana that her husband will surely find him and kill him because he has taken