The Ramayana is a didactic epic that teaches people, especially the ideal king and ideal wife, how to honor dharma through proper behavior. Choose and analyze one specific passage that highlights a dharma principle that offers advice on how people should behave, whether explicitly or implicitly. Consider the following questions to guide your analysis.
How did the advice resonate with you?
How would the contemporary reader react to the advice?
How would this advice impact today’s world?