Analyze several characters in the Ramayana to illustrate the range of motives that drive their personalities. Compare and contrast

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Analyze several characters in The Ramayana to illustrate the range of motives that drive their personalities. Compare and contrast
The Ramayana is the ancient Sanskrit epic that follows the Prince Rama’s quest to liberate his adored wife Sita from the control of Ravana with assistance of an army of monkeys. The epic dated to around 500 to 100 BCE comprising of more than 24, 000 verses in seven cantos. The Sanskrit epic comprises the teachings of the ancient Hindu sages, and the teachings have greatly influenced the culture and art in the South East Asia and Indian subcontinent with some versions of the storyline based in the Buddhist canon. Rama is the main character and her story has narrated in dramatic and poetic versions by some of the Indians greatest authors and also in the narrative sculptures on the walls of the temples. The Ramayana is an oral epic of local northern importance concerning with hero and his exile (Buck, p. 1-3). Through characterization, we will understand the relevance of The Ramayana epic story in our society. Comparing and contrasting the characters will also help in understanding their roles in the epic story.
Major characters and their character traits including their comparisons
Rama
Rama is the main character of the Indian epic, The Ramayana, which narrates the life expedition of Rama. Being the main avatar of the Vishnu, Rama’s reason is to obliterate the demons or the rakshasas that pestilenc…