Rama’s seemingly cowardly way of killing Vali is really an
interesting twist for a character who has up to now been this extremely noble
and indomitable hero. He took on thousands of demons and won and yet now he’s
choosing to fight from the shadows. It’s a bit surprising and definitely an
interesting writing choice. Keeping promises and fighting nobly face to face
seems to have been a pretty big deal up until this point. It’s always a risk in
writing when your main character does something that’s seemingly out of
character and this is no real exception to that rule. It might be worth trying
with my own writing but it’d probably be tricky to do well with just short
piece so maybe not.
It’s definitely interesting that it seems like more of the
pieces are in verse than before and it makes for a slightly different reading
experience than in parts A and B. I’m still hesitant to try writing my own verse
form though. Even though it might be good to try, sadly I’ll still probably end
up just sticking with prose as I’m more comfortable with it.
I really wanted to comment on Sampati’s story because it
seems very similar to the fall of Icarus. Though the motivations are somewhat
different and Sampati is injured protecting his brother, it’s still very
interesting that the story still has the idea of a character getting too close
to the sun and thus being burned. Sampati’s story is very powerful and it would
definitely be worth considering to use in my storytelling this week either in
theme or perhaps through a retelling.
The sort of amusing way Hanuman gets out of harm’s way is
also an almost comic portion of the piece even though it seems like it’s mainly
there to show how nimble he is. I could use something similar in storytelling
to try to get some light humor going. It’s also interesting how he strikes down
a woman to get her out of the way but story makes sure to tell the reader that
he was gentle about it which almost seems oxymoronic. I feel like you could
retell his little adventure from a rather humorous standpoint and still stay
true to the source material.
Bibliography: Public Domain Ramayana, Link
(The golden abode of King Ravana, wikimedia commons)
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