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    The document provides a book review of the Ramayana by Valmiki. It summarizes the key themes of the epic poem such as heroism, gender roles, social hierarchies, and how to live according to dharma. It discusses moral exemplars from the story like Rama, Sita, and Laksmana who are held up as models of behavior. It also explores moral problems and dilemmas in the story centered around obedience and authority.

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    Name:Patel Anjali Nileshbhai

    Enrollment No. :1220211501003


    Name of College:G.H.Patel College of
    Engineering and Technology
    Subject:Professional Communication
    Batch : 1A11

    BOOK REVIEW
    The Ramayana

    Reflections on Love, Loyalty, and Dharma


    I Ramayana
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    • Author: Valmiki
    • Culture: Indian
    • Language: Sanskrit
    • Genre: epic poetry
    • Time: 550 B.C.
    • Names to know: Rama,
    Sita, Ravana, Hanuman,
    Dasaratha, Laksmana
    • Concept: dharma
    I Themes
    • The nature of heroism I Hero's journey
    • Gender roles
    • Natural social hierarchies [Caste]
    • How to live a good life (according to dharma:
    right action, sacred duty according to one's
    social role, status, and gender)
    I Moral Exemplars

    • The poem has had


    powerful effects on
    people's behavior in
    South Asia. Rama, Sita,
    Laksmana have been
    held up as models of
    behavior. Public
    performances revolve
    around the questions:
    :::i Why did Rama do this?
    :::i Was Sita right in doing that?
    I Moral Problems/ Obedience

    • Texts have arisen cataloguing the moral


    quandaries of the story, and public
    recitation and exegesis are often developed
    on the basis of such lists.
    • The Ramayana explores the problem of
    authority and obedience.
    o It is the necessity of obedience that the poem
    emphasizes, rather
    than the quality of the authority that demands it.
    I Background

    • This is the oldest literary version of the tale of the


    exile and adventures of Rama, a story that goes
    back in folk traditions to the 7th c. BC.
    • It is probably that Valmiki, like Homer, gathered up
    other versions of the oral tale and shaped it.
    • This is the great story of Indian civilization, the one
    narrative that Indians have known and loved since
    the 7th c. BC and which remains very popular today.
    I Valmiki

    • Valmiki is celebrated as the 'first poet' and the


    Ramayana as the 'first poem.'
    • The poem begins with the sage Valmiki himself
    inventing metrical verse and asking the question: "W
    ho is the perfect man?"
    • The sage Narada responds with the story of Rama,
    whose wife had been abducted by a demon-king.
    • The poet is one who transforms raw emotion and
    the chaos of real life into an ordered work of art.
    I Rama
    • Rama's epithet: devoted to righteousness -
    part of the oral tradition
    • He is associated with the line of lksvaku kings
    who ruled the kingdom of Kosala
    o Like Hymn to the Sun, establishes authority
    • The epic blends historical saga, creation
    myth, morality tale, and religious mythology.
    I Core Story

    • Ravana, the 10-headed powerful king of the


    Raksasas (demons who threaten the world and
    moral order [ dharma] ) has gotten a boon of
    invulnerability to gods, demigods, and animals.
    • The gods persuade Vishnu, whose function it is to
    preserve dharma, to incarnate himself as a
    man in order to destroy Ravana.
    I Cultural Values

    • The male authors of Hindu legal and ritual texts wrote


    that men had to be guardians over women to ensure
    the legitimacy of the family line.
    • A woman's uncontrolled sexuality could bring
    dishonor and ruin to her family.
    • Marriage was arranged soon after puberty, for each
    menstrual cycle was seen as a lost opportunity for
    producing a son.
    • However, in the epic we do see women such as Sita
    making choices about their own lives.
    :i Sita is a heroine in her own right
    THANK YOU

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