Week 5 Reading Notes; La Ramayana
The two epics that we read for class are both very confusing to me due to how they are narrated through different voices and different characters. However, they both seem to have a similar purpose, a didactic theme, meaning that the epics are written to teach people moral lessons. Such morals include the consequences of war, and even more specifically the consequences of one’s actions. Though the origin of the two epics are very different, the beginning of the war begins with the kidnapping of a woman- which it is good to note that women are depicted as prizes, not humans. I found that reading the Illiad was a lot more interesting than La Ramayana because I already knew a little about Greek religion. I wish we could have discussed La Ramayana more because it would have been more interesting if I could understand what was actually going on.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Jenelle Fiori; La Ramayana
Posted by Jenelle Fiori at 4:36 PM
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