protect the women. Everything about a woman revolves around her appearance. Women are judged by their appearances. Beauty is the first aspect a man notices when meeting a woman. Sita is “a woman of unearthly beauty” (Narayan 76). Rama falls in love at first sight with Sita and Ravana falls in love with the mere description of Sita. This shows how significant a woman’s appearance is in The Ramayana. Before anything else is taken into consideration‚ beauty will always stand first. One’s personality is
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Religious Strain in the story Angry River By Abha Sirohi Research Scholar‚ A.K.P. G. College‚ Hapur (Ghaziabad) .................................................................................................................................................................. Ruskin Bond attempts to analyze human psychology in his short stories; He deals with the elemental and impulsive life of man. He tells the stories objectively and beyond all these things his stories shows goodness of man’s
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difference is depicted in the characters Sita (from Ramayana)‚ showing devotion and patience‚ and Ivan Ilych (from “The Death of Ivan Ilych)‚ that shows pessimism and following the standards of society‚ each character representing two different parts of life. The goddess Sita represents the good in mankind‚ showing devotion and patience. Sita shows exceptional loyalty to her husband Rama‚ following him into exile. When Rama starts to leave the palace‚ Sita stops him and says‚ “I’m coming with you;
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relationships‚ dharma and karma. The hero‚ Rama‚ lived his whole life by the rules of dharma; in fact‚ that was why Indian consider him heroic. When Rama was a young boy‚ he was the perfect son. Later he was an ideal husband to his faithful wife‚ Sita‚ and a responsible ruler of Aydohya. History of Ramayanaya Though the Ramayanaya primarily orginated in hindu religious tradition‚ it also exists in other versions within some Buddhist and other Asian religious traditions. There are texts of Ramayana
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relationship between Rama and Sita in the story "The Ramayana of Valmiki"‚ duty is worth the sacrificing of love‚ because his duty is fulfilled to maintain order within the society and above all‚ order is needed for a society to run well. Rama‚ as a king‚ had the duty to create and maintain this order‚ and to do so‚ he was to rule wisely and be responsible to the people of his kingdom. The conflict of duty and love surfaced when people started criticizing Rama’s decision on bringing Sita back to the kingdom
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As Circe tries to seduce men and turn them into pigs‚ Penelope stays loyal and obedient to her husband. While Soorpanaka tries to steal a woman’s spouse and sleep with him‚ Sita refuses to leave her husband’s side. These traits show the major differences between 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
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Purity is expressed as the pristine and natural state of the soul while impurity is the concealing of the natural state of the soul by corruption. Hinduism is developed from principal scriptures and rules and from this comes the understanding of the values and attitudes of this religion. Hinduism places an importance of purity in the religion that is essential to everyday life. The idea of purity exists physically‚ mentally‚ spiritually‚ and emotionally in the Hindu religion and through influential
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suggest. She appeared freely at feasts and dances‚ and joined with men in religious sacrifice. She could study‚ and like Gargi‚ engage in philosophical disputation. If she was left a widow there were no restrictions upon her remarriage."1 Romesh C Dutt echoes the same opinion when he says:2 "Women were held in higher respect in India than in other ancient countries‚ and the Epics and old literature of India assign a higher position to them than the epics and literature of ancient Greece. Hindu women
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Jatayu encountered Rama‚ Lakshmana‚ and Sita in their exile‚ and pledged to guard the lives of them in honor of Dasaratha. Sita was captured by Ravana‚ Jatayu saw and confronted Ravana. Jatayu fought Ravana even though Ravanna was not affected by the blows. Ravana deeply wounded Jatayu ‚ and was able to run away with Sita. Jatayu was dying but “with an effort of will‚ kept himself alive until Rama and Lakshmana‚ searching for Sita‚ came that way. With his dying breath‚ Jatayu gave an
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Linguistic Perspectives and Existential Anxiety in Arun Kolatkar’s Poems This paper focuses on the linguistic perspective and existential anxiety in Arun Kolatkar’s poems. Arun Kolatkar is not a familiar name for many of us‚ in fact until he was included in the undergraduate syllabus of English Honours by West Bengal State University two years ago he was not known to us. Arun Balkrishna Kolatkar (1932 –2004) was a poet from Maharashtra‚ wrote in both Marathi and English. Radically experimental
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