Week 2 Reading Diary B: Ramayana (PDE)

PDE Ramayana Reading B:

(Image of Ravana)

1. Bharata Returns

2. Dasharatha's Funeral

3. Rama and Bharat
4. The Sandals

• A magical pair of sandals.
• Bark clothing
• Going to a jungle
• Garment of someone important signal authority

5. Anasuya

• Hermits
• Sages
• A strange birth
• "Robed and jeweled"
• Rhyme scheme, lyrical, poetic

6. Viradha

• Rakshasa, a demon whose appearance is much more different then in the Western world. (What about a story about the Rakshasas? Make them seem more humanize do but like vampires, since they want to drink the blood of humans. In this story the anti-hero would be the Rakshasa, and the enemy would be the hero (maybe Rama) who strives to kill the Rakshasa. This story will be YA and in our time period)

7. Agastya

• Another sage, Agastya. He gives him weapons.
• Given a sword and weapons he needs in the future. (The Q factor! Via James Scott Bell.)

8. Shurpanakha and Rama

• Female Rakshasa, seems like an Succubus. Oh, okay. Nope, shes's like a zombie.
• Human flesh is food of Rakshasa. (Zombie like. So they drink human blood, and eat human flesh.)

9. Lakshmana and Shurpanakh

• Cutting off her nose 
• Rakshasas hunting the hermits
• An army of Rakshasas 

10. Battle with Khara

• Eclipse
• Hide in a cave as one battles. This has the girl in the cave and the man fighting. A story idea would be gender-bending this.) 
• Blazing arrow

11. Shurpanakha and Ravana

• Lord of Rakshasas.
• Rama: An exiled youth as a hero.
• "Who. Is. This. Rama?" 
• Tranquil radiance in his (Rama's) eyes.
• Scarred being wanting to scar a beautiful creature.
• Even the Rakshasas was scared of the King.

12. Ravana and Maricha

• Chariot
• Another hermit 

13. The Golden Deer

• Turning into a deer. (Shapeshifters, were-creatures.) 
• Enchanted by a deer.

14. The Chase

• The Rakshasa has disguised as a golden deer, using Rama's voice. 

15. Ravana and Sita

• Ravana disguised As a sage of the forest (a Brahmin.) 
• Everyone seems to want Sita.
• Ravana wants to be her husband! 
• The trope: villain wants the love interest of the hero.
• Metaphor: Ravana is a jackal, Rama is a lion, Sita is a lioness. 
• Ravana takes Sita.

16. Jatayu and Ravana

• Jatayu, a mighty bird, fights against Ravana.
• Like a trail of breadcrumbs, Sita drop her Jewelry.q

17. Sita in Lanka 

• The demon King attempts to seduce her. (Very demon-like, and much like an incubus)
• Money and power cannot buy you everything. 

18. Rama and Jatayu

• Jatayu informs Rama as to what has happened.
• The trail of jewelry is found. 
• Going to the afterlife in a blazing chariot! 

19. Kabandha

• Kabanda the Rakshasa. He wanted to be burned, and it got rid of his curse. 
• Burning someone to rid them of a curse and return them to their original form. (Interesting concept!)  
• The Rakshasa all look quite unique 

20. Shabari

• Another hermit, awaiting Rama's arrival.