Two major elements in the story of the Ramayana are the love and loyalty shared between Rama and Sita. Sita is the ideal wife that anyone could ask for. Sita shows her loyalty when Rama was banished into the forest for fourteen years; Sita choose to accompany him on his journey. Their love is tested many times throughout the story, most importantly when Sita was kidnapped by Ravana. Rama would stop at nothing to rescue Sita from Ravana, Rama loved Sita so much that he would do anything to get her back. During Sita’s captivity, Ravana gives her one year to marry him and if she does not, Ravana threatened to kill Sita and eat her. Sita knew that Ravana could not touch a human and would not allow Ravana to touch her for as long as she lived. Sita’s loyalty of course is to Rama. Sita wanted to save herself for Rama and maintain her purity. Rama does everything to try and rescue Sita from Ravana. Sita would only allow Rama come to save her, and if he did not come she contemplated suicide. To Sita, if she could not be with Rama she would rather chose death than live in Lanka with Ravana. Once Sita was rescued Rama was not sure if Sita maintained her purity. To prove her purity, Sita stepped into a fire and was protected by the fire god. The fire god told Rama of her purity and loyalty to him and Rama accepted her. Rama and Sita’s love never failed throughout the story, but continued to grow stronger for one another.
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