Iliad/Ramayana

I haven't started reading Agamemnon so i would just talk about some of the comparisons between the Ilaid and the Ramayana which is some of what we covered in class last week. Similarites in both stories include that they are both epics, they are both didactic, they both deal with the theme of abduction, they start with a great conflict, etc. There are also lots of differences between the two stories but the greatest difference i saw was in the characters of the heroes (Achilles and Rama). While Achilles is prideful and wrathless, Rama is calm and very forgiving. Rama is contemplative and thinks about the repercussion of things before he does them while Achilles doesn't care about anything. He does what he wants at anytime. The Iliad and the Ramayana are two very great stories and i enjoyed reading both works.