Reading Notes: Sita Sings the Blues Ramayana, Part B

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In Sita Sings the Blues by Nina Paley the second part of the story focuses on Sita and Rama's return back to the kingdom. Sita is pregnant which should be a glorious thing, but there is rumor going around questioning Sita's purity again.Rama fearing he will not be respected for having Sita by his side, kicks her out to the jungle. Sita gives birth in the jungle. Years pass and Rama encounters two boys that are singing songs about him. Rama finds out that they are Sita's children. He welcomes the two boys into the kingdom to help him rule, but he makes Sita prove her purity again. If the Earth takes her back then she passes the test. The Earth swallows her up. Sita is gone. The end scene shows Rama crying.

 There was a scene in this movie where Sita is pregnant. It shows her pregnant with mini Ravana's babies and then with mini Rama's babies. This scene gave me an idea. If I were to retell the story I would make Rama's nightmare come true. Sita would be pregnant with Ravana's babies. Ravana has the ability of deception so one night he would disguise himself as Rama and they have intercourse. Over time while Sita is in Ravana's captivity, she begins to have feelings with Ravana. She feels cognitive dissonance because she cheated on Rama even though she loves him and was tricked. She then turns her guilt into anger. She is angry that Rama has not rescued her yet. She is angry that she followed Rama into the jungle. This makes her evil and conniving. After Sita is rescued by Rama, she decides to get revenge on Rama because she blames Rama for her misfortunes. Sita finds ways to pass her purity tests and put Ravana's children on the throne to get her revenge.
(Picture of SIta Pregnant with Rama's babies Sita Sings the Blues)

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