The Ramayana

The Ramayana is one of the two epics that express the corn values of Hinduism around 1000 BCE. The epic created typical role models such like Rama, Sita, Bharata and so forth. Rama was created to be a perfect man without any blemish. He is a righteous ruler, an obedient son and a loyalty husband. Not only Prince Rama, but also his wife, Sita, was created to be a perfect woman. When Sita heard Rama was to be banished, she begged to accompany him to his forest retreat.because she thought that it was the wife's dharma to be at her husband's side. I think Sita's behavior sounds incredible in today's society because women are no longer the accessories of men. Later in the story, Ravana, the ten-headed evil king of Lanka traps Sita. He sends a magical golden deer and thus let Rama and Lakshman be away from Sita. Before Rama left, he drew a protective circle around Sita and warned her not to step outside the circle. However, Sita does not realize that Ravana will appear to be a beggar, she finally steps outside the circle and then be grabbed by Ravana. This plot is very similar to a Chinese legend, which called the Journey to the West. I think that the main character, Sun Wukong in the Journey to the West adopts a lot of characteristics from Hanuman in Ramayana such as the magic power.