Gilgamesh‚ The Iliad‚ The Golden Compass‚ and Ramayana all have similar aspects in their stories that influence their respected cultures and we can learn what their purposes are structurally and societally. The Epic of Gilgamesh demonstrates love as a motivating force.
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In the early patriarchal era of the Ramayana‚ men dominated over the Indian societies. All areas of social prominence were entirely run by men in the form of warriors‚ priests and tribal chiefs. Women had very little or no power at all in the political and public arena. They were raised to look after their families as well as being dutiful wives. Women had the task of being loyal‚ faithful‚ loving and compassionate towards their husbands. Individual families were normally set up on a "Male authority"
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LEADERSHIP ----- (A PRESPECTIVE FROM RAMAYANA) I appreciate my team members‚ who put forth the qualities of leaders in its various forms. Furthering their vision I would like to contribute from my end the qualities of a leader as evident from the Hindu mythology “RAMAYANA”. The Ramayana is a classic example of an ideal leadership and is filled with various events which may be described as example of a good leader. As we all are aware that a good leader delegate his power and ask the subordinates
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temptresses and ideal wives in The Odyssey and The Ramayana. Though temptresses have more force‚ faithful wives always end up with the better lifestyle. Both The Odyssey and Ramayana portray women as ideal wives and temptresses. Soorpanaka‚ the temptress in Ramayana had fallen in love with Rama. Referring to Soorpanaka‚ "In the course of her wanderings‚ she saw Rama and fell in love and decided to seduce him by every art in her power"(Ramayana 70). This quote suggests that this demon-like character
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Pietas? Dharma? Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off! Written in 29 B.C.E. by the famous poet‚ Virgil‚ The Aeneid tells the legendary story of Aeneas‚ a Trojan warrior who travels to Italy to find a new home. As Aeneas makes his way across the ocean‚ he encounters a plethora of complications. In the face of all this adversity‚ Aeneas continues to exhibit the principal Roman virtue‚ pietas‚ which comprises the concepts of piety‚ public virtue‚ and duty. The idea of pietas bears an uncanny resemblance
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texts that are to persuade the devotees to think that their religion is more appropriate than the other religions and hence inspire them to stand together. A significant example of this controversy is the existence of three hundred Ramayanas by A. K. Ramanujan. Certain Ramayana among them pose Ravan as the virtuous hero in contrast to the existing idea of him being the villain. A contemporary instance of this conflict of perspectives is the presentation of the image of Shiva in different versions of the
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DISCUSS THE ROLE OF DHARMA AND KARMA IN THE INDIAN SOCIETY AS REFLECTED IN BHAGAVAD- GITA AND SHAKUNTALA. HOW CAN BE BOTH PARADOXICAL AND AT THE SAME TIME COMPLEMENTARY? In _Bhagavad- Gita_‚ dharma and karma are two controlling forces of the ultimate destinies of the people to preserve and conserve the Hindu social order. Arjuna‚ the protagonist‚ is torn between two choices‚ either to perform his dharma for the emancipation of the spirit or to fight against his kin that would probably result to
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In the Ramayana we see the Hindu hero‚ Rama‚ who acts as the ideal Hindu throughout the story; for instance‚ he acts with a detachment to what happens to him. “Rama heard all of this praise and the people’s worshipful homage to him‚ with utter indifference as he
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In his book ‘Myth=mithya’‚ Devdutt Pattanaik has given the word myth a new definition that is “subjective truth expressed in truth expressed in stories‚ symbols and rituals‚ that shape all cultures‚ Indian or Western‚ ancient or modern‚ religious or secular’. The Sanskrit word for subjective truth is mithya. Ancient Hindu sages knew what we today call as myth as mithya. Mithya was the truth seen through the set criteria. Myth is mainly a cultural form‚ a common perception that bring us together they
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based on an Indian epic called Ramayana‚ a story of courage‚ magic and humor. Ramayana consists of 18 books and 24‚000 verses divided into 500 songs according to its epic tale. In summary‚ the story basically revolves around Rama‚ the king of the land who was asked to be banished from their kingdom for 14 years with his beautiful wife Sita. Which was plotted by the mother of one of Rama’s 4 brothers to keep him from becoming the next king. Rama‚ the hero of the Ramayana‚ is one of most popular deities
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