Extra Credit Reading Notes: Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana, Part D

From reading part D, I took my notes on chapter 70: Battle of Rama and Ravana, and chapter 71: Ravana’s Death. Here is the small summary of what happens in both chapters. Ravana and Rama both fight to the death in this in this battle and Ravana dies at the end pretty simple. In chapter 70 my favorite character was Ravana because he just sounded scary and this line made Ravana so powerful and scary “Each life a Flaming lion fought the other; head after head of the Ten-Necked One did Rama cut away with his deadly arrows, but new heads even rose in place of those cut off, and Ravana’s death seemed nowise nearer than before --- the arrows that had slain Maricha and Khara and Vali could not take the king of Lanka’s life away.” The way the character was displayed was epic this fight scene makes my blood boil and give me Goosebumps. 

           

            In Chapter 71 I liked the way Rama shoots the weapon that was given by Brahma and how that weapon is described when it shot toward the Demon Ravana.  “Then the hero seized the flaming weapon which Brahma had created for the protection of the gods; with unerring aim, he discharged it in flaming splendor; it stuck the demon; it cleft in twain his heart of iron.” You can just imagine how the weapon looks like when it shot so it was really amazing.  One of my favorite things of Ravana is that he was almost immortal because even if you destroy his 10 head it regrows itself and almost made him not killable but his biggest weakness was his heart.  I also like the part when Ravana has killed the God and Goddesses in the heaven were happy and sang celestial music and flowers fell from the heaven.

              This book was written by Laura Gibbs, The title of the book is Public Domain Edition of the Ramayana, and here is the Link to chapter 70, and 71.

Here is the picture where Rama and Ravana are fighting. Source