The Ramayana: A Shortened Modern Prose Version of the Indian Epic, New Delhi: Penguin Books, 2006. This is because the traits show the good and evil that exists in human beings, and which is one of the themes brought out throughout the story. The significance of these character traits found in both praise worthy and antagonistic female characters in the book, is to bring out the central theme of the story, which is the battle between evil and good. This wickedness results into Rama being exiled from the kingdom for fourteen years, and denied his rights as king. This is best illustrated when she arouses Kaikeyi’s jealousy by telling that her son should be the heir instead of Rama. The third antagonistic character is Manthara, who is a maidservant in the Ayodhya kingdom. Though her plans fail, she is disfigured by Lakshmana who cuts her ears and nose, an action that leads to Sita’s capture to avenge her disfiguration and to hurt Rama.
When her seduction tricks fail to temp any of the two brothers, she tries to kill Sita.
Surpanakha’s second characteristic is that of vengeance. She tries to seduce them through taking different forms, but her attempts are futile. On visiting Lakshmana, Rama and Sita in the Panchavati forest where the three lived in exile, she falls in love with the brothers. The second antagonistic character is Surpanakha the demoness princess, who is Ravana’s sister. She knows that the king will have no choice but to grant her wishes due to his bound honor. Kaikeyi is also cunning, for she waits until it is the eve of the great event which the king has organized to use her boons. She uses two boons that the king had granted her in the past to demand that Rama be exiled from the kingdom for fourteen years in order for her son to assume the throne since he is next on line. She exposes this trait when king Dasharatha decides to crown his son Rama, the king instead of her son Bharata. Queen kaikeyi, who is the second wife of king Dasharatha, is very jealous. The first female antagonistic character is Kaikeyi, who is one of the queens in the kingdom of Ayodhya. This angers Lakshmana who wants to destroy the monkey kingdom, but Queen Tara convinces Sugriva to honor his promise. Sugriva, her husband, refuses to honor his promise to Rama of helping him rescue Sita, after Rama helps him to regain the throne by killing his elder brother Vali. This is evident through the way she intervenes and prevents the destruction of monkey citadel from Lakshmana. Queen Tara’s main character trait is that she is clever. The second praise worthy character is Queen Tara, the second wife of Sugriva.
She opts to remain unprotected and sends Lakshmana after Rama. This is shown when she insists that Lakshmana help Rama, when he chases the golden deer, and later hears him calling out to her.Īt this point, Sita is afraid for Rama’s life and will do anything to save him. Aside from that, Sita dearly loves her husband. She declines to be carried out of captivity by Hanuman in order to preserve her purity. She successfully undergoes the fire test, and in turn proves her purity. She declines Ravanas marriage proposal in order to remain pure, and after spending time in captivity, she willingly goes through the test of fire. The second characteristic of Sita is purity. Sita’s loyalty is also seen when Hanuman, the hero of monkey kingdom, offers to carry her out of captivity, but she refuses the offer because she cannot allow any other man to touch her except Rama. This, however, does not make her change her mind. Ravana detains her, and has her guarded heavily. King Ravana demands that Sita accept his marriage proposal, but she declines because of her loyalty to Rama. Her loyalty is seen in the book again, when she is abducted by the demonic Ravana, who is king of Lanka, to avenge his demon sister’s disfiguring. When Rama tells Sita not to follow him into exile, she replies that where her husband Rama dwells is home to her, and she cannot remain behind in the kingdom because it would be like hell for her to stay without Rama. When Rama is exiled from the Ayodhya kingdom by his father king Dasharatha, Sita follows her husband into the forest. One characteristic of Sita is that she is loyal to her husband Rama. The first praise worthy female character is Sita, who is Rama’s wife. This paper reflects on the characteristics of the praiseworthy and antagonist female characters who opposed Rama. The story has several female characters that are either praise worthy or antagonistic.
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