Week 13 Extra Reading D: Sita's Ramayana Comic Book

Reading D: Sita's Ramayana Comic Book p. 111-149

after Ravana is defeated Sita is freed
Rama is distant and won't look at Sita
He claims that he cannot take her back because Ravana must have touched her so she is no longer pure
Sita finds herself defending her virtue
but Rama rejects her and does not listen
Sita insists that Ravana never touched her but still Rama rejects her
Sita has Lakshmana build a pyre and steps in it but the flames don't touch her
the fire god Agni shows up and tells Rama that Sita's purity burns hotter than any flame and that he should not doubt her

Storytelling notes: I chose to take notes on this particular part of the end of Sita's Ramayana because it makes me angry every time I read it, no matter the version. I want to rewrite it so that Sita has more agency and does not have to throw herself on a fire to prove her "virtue" to Rama. I'm just not cool with. And after all Rama put her through she leaves with him and becomes his queen. It is fair to say this probably won't happen in my story.
Bibliography: Sita's Ramayana by Samhita Arni & Moyna Chitrakar (2011). Print.

(Sita in the Flames from KidsGen)

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