The plot of Part A started with
Maharajah Dasharatha’s desire for a son and the gods blessing him with four –
one of which will be Rama, an avatar of Vishnu. The story continues with Rama
proving himself as a “godlike hero,” and ultimately winning himself Sita as a
bride. Later, Dasharatha finds himself forced to exile Rama, his first born,
because of a debt he owed Kaikeyi, one of his wives, and put Bharata, their
son, as the new ruler instead of Rama. Humbly, Rama agrees without question,
and Sita and Lakshamana, his younger brother, join him in his exile. At the end
of Part A, Dasharatha sadly dies with the guilt of exiling his son wrongfully.
As a read this part,
I thought it was interesting that the text would switch from verse to prose
every so often. The verses always had a AABB structure, which made the flow of
words fairly appealing. I may try to mimic this structure and create my story
in a verse manner. A couple things I also found interesting were that Rama
seemed to always be receiving new and glorious weapons from everyone he meets
(where does he put all of them??), his fatal flaw as a hero might be the need
to please (he could have been un-exiled), and his life seems planned by the gods to build up a reputation and
ultimately kill Ravana.
Here are a few possibilities of what I could write about:
- The gods coming together to come up with a game plan to kill Ravana, and also deciding some details of Rama’s life (including his banishment for Dasharatha's karma).
- An account of Rama’s life through a perspective of a very proud Vishnu.
- A parallel of love lives between Vishnu/Lakshmi and Rama/Sita.
- Lakshamana trying to get used to third-wheeling in the jungle.
- Kaushalya’s point of view on Kaikeyi’s and Manthara’s evil plan.
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| Rama & Lakshamana |
Bibliography: Public Domain Edition Ramayana
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