The first episode that caught my eye from Part B of the Public Domain version of Mahabharata was 'Wife of the Five Pandavas.' There is a lot of conflict going on in this episode, which means there is a lot of action that can be changed in my retelling of this story. In these epics we constantly hear about men having multiple wives because it is basically the norm. However in this story a woman, Draupadi, has five husbands. I found this story very confusing when I read it because there is so much action going on, with little description of the actual actions and scene. It is mostly scattered dialogue with random thoughts stuck in. I would want to add a lot more detail and scene setting to this story in order to make it easier for the reader to understand.
Another episode I enjoyed in Part B was 'The Burning of the Forest.' I keep saying on other people's stories and in my own work that I want to change the setting in my stories and I think this would be a great one to do so. Since the setting of the story in the forest is so crucial, it would be an obvious change from the original version of the story. Being able to not only change the story, but the title would be a big change for me. I am used to just tweaking little aspects of the characters, but I think this story would be a great opportunity for me to change the setting. I am thinking about instead of a forest making it a desert, but instead of it burning I would want it to flourish. The desert would become full of greenery and life. By completely altering this story in the way I have described, I would be able to accomplish one of my goals of branching out more in my storytelling!
Bibliography: Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition composed by Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedira, Seeger, and Tagore
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Another episode I enjoyed in Part B was 'The Burning of the Forest.' I keep saying on other people's stories and in my own work that I want to change the setting in my stories and I think this would be a great one to do so. Since the setting of the story in the forest is so crucial, it would be an obvious change from the original version of the story. Being able to not only change the story, but the title would be a big change for me. I am used to just tweaking little aspects of the characters, but I think this story would be a great opportunity for me to change the setting. I am thinking about instead of a forest making it a desert, but instead of it burning I would want it to flourish. The desert would become full of greenery and life. By completely altering this story in the way I have described, I would be able to accomplish one of my goals of branching out more in my storytelling!
Bibliography: Mahabharata Online: Public Domain Edition composed by Arnold, Besant, Devee, Dutt, Ganguli, Kincaid, Macfie, Mackenzie, Nivedira, Seeger, and Tagore
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