Reading Notes: Ramayana, Part D

I have finished all four parts of The Ramayana epic. My notes for part D are what follows.

In this episode Rama orders Sita to come see him.
In the end Rama listens to the people of his kingdom over his wife's own words.
There is mild action in this episode, in my opinion.
It is mostly written in third person, but there are some bits written in first person.
I found this story interesting because it is a real world problem. I cannot tell you how many times I have been in the center of or witnessed a he said, she said scenario.
The below picture is Sita purifying herself to try to prove her innocence to Rama.

Rama and Bharata, by Donald A. Mackenzie, found in Indian Myth and Legend, also by Romesh Dutt, also found in Ramayana, The Epic of Rama, Prince of India

In this episode the sandals Bharata gave to Rama come back into play.
Rama comes back to Ayodhya just in time time to save his brother, Bharata, from killing himself as he had promised all those years ago.
Bharata returns the kingdom to Rama's care.
This episode was written mostly in verse format and in third person, with limited first person quotes.
I would say there was very little action happening in this episode.

This episode was quite the plot twist. Rama had worked all that time to have Sita returned to him, but then he turns around and exiles her.
Sita ends up giving birth, to not only one but two sons, while she was exiled.
Rama crosses paths with the sons of Sita and questions who their parents were.
In this episode the action was in between, it was not filled with action, but then again it didn't have any action at all.
It was written mainly in third person, and had very few first person parts.

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