There’s so much conflict here and we really don’t see a ton
of variation in styles for whatever reason. The general format we see here is
very matter of fact and almost historical sounding, which makes the piece have
a certain weight to it, but it can weaken the strength of some of the more
intense and emotional scenes like when Bhishma finally falls. I think I’d want
to really play up the raw emotional aspects of many of these scenes. They’re
horrible tragic and they could be done very well. It could be interesting to do
a sort of modernized letter (like one sent from the military to a deceased
spouse) to alert someone of a family member’s death. It could make for a fun
writing project.
I’ll definetly need to include conflict in this week’s piece
as there really is just so much of it. We see so many battles and so many
horrible tragedies of war. I’d be amiss to not use that kind of beautiful and
compelling source material in my writings for this week’s storytelling. The
very somber tone that is carried throughout many of the pieces in this reading works
very well to express the gravity of what is actually going on. It leaves the
reader in a constant state of nervousness and fear waiting for the next tragedy
to befall the characters we have no doubt bonded with on some level by now. I
hope to be able to emulate that kind of tone if only half as well. It does such
a good job of bringing the reader in and giving them something to actually care
about so they keep reading. It’s a great stylistic tool and I want to try to
emulate it. Perhaps the best example of it is in Ghatotkacha.
Bibliography: PDE Mahabharata, link
(Death of Drona, wikimedia commons)
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