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Using Sita to Identify Ideal Behaviors in Women

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Melissa Partington

The original portrayal of Sita in the Ramayana is from a very different era of time, yet the role of Sita has been able to move across these differences to still connect with people. Sita’s applicability to women is not … Continue reading →

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Managing Sita

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Lily Fedorko

Sita (popular heroine of the Ramayana), as I understand her, is no more than a woman who is desperately in love with her husband. Personally, I think we have all seen the consequences and joys that come to those who will do and/or sacrifice anything for … Continue reading →

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Complications Within a Feminist Sita

Posted on November 20, 2014 by Kathryn Meader

Sita is often heralded as the ideal woman, the ideal wife, and the ideal mother. A monumental and intimidating character, she is almost more central to the Ramayana than Rama himself. She is the mother of Rama’s children, and cares … Continue reading →

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Images of Sita Empower Contemporary Sitas

Posted on November 19, 2014 by Maeve Herrick

by Maeve Herrick The treatment and portrayal of Sita throughout the Ramayana is troubling. Sita is devoted to Rama, but at the end of the epic, Rama mistreats Sita by doubting her chastity and exiling her (Buck 390-394). The end of the Ramayana is … Continue reading →

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