- The short background they give about the sage is interesting - he was a dreaded name before he gave up being king? How can you be such a feared king and then become a nice old sage? (7)
- I feel like in most old stories we hear about kings, the men are always strong and aggressive almost to the point of cruelty. Here the king is quite opposite that - he's extremely concerned about sending Rama off with the sage.
- "You cannot count on the physical proximity of someone you love all the time" (9) - what at an awesome quote! Kind of like if you love someone, let them go
- Cool/terrifying description of the desert (10)
- Thataka's story (11) - children running around wreaking havoc, what else is new!
- Scene where the sage and priests are doing rituals while war and fire rage above would make an awesome picture (16)
- Ahalya's story (19) - I hate to e crude, but is this where we get the word "pussycat"?? Haha I laughed at that. Story is similar to a lot of roman mythology: god lusts after woman, woman is deceived, woman somehow always gets the blame!
- When Rama and Sita meet for the first time <3 (23)
- Sita seems a little overdramatic, but I like her!
- The description of the wedding and parade of people reminds me of Arthurian literature I've read - very detailed and lists of all who was there
Rama defeating Thataka (Source)
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