Reading Post: Mahabharata, Part A

Mahabharata
By: John Madeville Macfie

introduces each character
provides background for each character
explains how each character is related
detailed setting
supernatural references
references to Gods
introduces the problem
tells story within story
describes emotions of the different characters
connects to previous stories and characters
many instances of bearing children
in the future the children have their own stories
refers to indian custom (days of mourning)
characters fight over each other to marry them
introduces amba
involves trickery
with each new story there is a new setting
challenges
reads as a novel

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