from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie
- Plot: The demon Maricha is disguised as a golden deer. He is pierced through heart with an arrow by Rama. Maricha in turn mimics Rama and tricks Sita into thinking that Rama had actually died. Lakshmana actually realized that it is not his brother and this makes Sita mad.
- I loved all the dialogue in this certain chapter. It gave me an idea on how to write dramatic dialogues for my own story.
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| Ravana kidnapping Sita. Source: Flickr. |
from Indian Myth and Legend by Donald A. Mackenzie and Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India by Romesh Dutt
- Plot: Ravana, the king of Lanka, is a Rakshasa. He disguises himself as a wise man so he can talk to Sita because he is enchanted by her beauty. He flirts with Sita and tries to convince her to become his wife. Sita gets furious and asks him “do you know who I am? I am the wife of the god-like Rama.” Ravana in a fit of rage, abducts her and flies off into the sky on his chariot.
- Once again, I liked all of the dialogues in this chapter. I specifically liked when Ravana said “I can torture the sun and shoot arrows through the earth.” I personally believe that one line has strong imagery and just something powerful about it.
- I think something I could do for this story is switch the viewpoints for both Ravana and Sita and write it in a more modern way.
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