extra credit reading notes: pde ramayana, part b

For Ramayana Part B, I have chosen to focus on Dasharatha's funeral/death as my focal point for my own story. This funeral was perceived as an extremely tragic event for the kingdom as a whole--not only Bharata. In this, I would like to do something similar in my own story, but with some twists and the addition of the setting. Chose from my Part A notes.

Instead of having the two males being the characters, I would like to gender-bend both, making a queen and a princess. With this, the princess would presume the role of performing the funeral rites for her mother and so on. With her new role as queen, the kingdom looks to her for the answer to immortality because the people can simply not go through losing a ruler again. In result, the princess must go on an elaborate journey, as Bharata does, to find the nectar of immortality that has been spoken of for ages in the kingdom. This nectar is created in The Ocean of Milk, which the princess must go through forests, rivers, and oceans to find.

Since I focused on the setting for Part A, I think focusing on plot for Part B is a good choice. Now, I can use my dreamy setting from Part A as an aid for the plot I have chosen from Part B.

(Image information: Dasharatha's funeral obtained
from PDE Ramayana)

Bibliography: Manmatha Nath Dutt, Dasharatha's Funeral.

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