ENG150Y1 Lecture Notes - Meritocracy, Individualism, Consumerism
Document Summary
Un-read chapter: bharata comes to forest asking rama to become king rama declines because of father"s boon and his promise. Whenever rama, et al, meet new rishi in forest some sort of unique food provided sense of spiritual and physical nourishment provided. *hosts normally know who he is (more than he does, i. e. he is. Ask him to stay the night some rishis will die story is told by one of characters (sita* or rama) Sutheekshna after visiting him, rama et al are to visit every rishi they can (wandering) Sutheekshna asks him to stay with them forever rama declines ( may kill a deer is a kshatriya, not a rishi) pg. He is wearing the hat of rishi and must honour it rama answers that his [kshatriya] dharma is not the same as the rishi dharma. *thematic element: importance of human incarnation of the divine (will be similar to bible)
