In The Ramayana, Rama’s demonstration of characteristics such as wisdom, generosity and strength proves him to be an Epic hero. Rama embarks on a journey to get Sita, his wife, back from Ravana through combat. Rama builds up his strength to eventually overthrow Ravana, as he is wise enough to plan out his attacks . Unlike Ravana, Rama does not run into the battle surprised, he plans out his tactics before the battle commences. Anger and rage is the foundation on which Ravana is fighting the war. On the other hand, Rama uses his sagacity to have an upper hand on Ravana during the fight. In addition, Rama’s generosity leads him to strike Ravana’s army first, in hopes that Ravana will recognize the wrong he is doing and end the battle, sparing