The Ramayana is one of the most well known stories in the world and one of the two epics written in India. The essence of the Ramayana can be summed up as the victory of good over evil, virtue over vice and Rama over Ravana. Prince Rama, the main character of the story, is understood to be an incarnation of the Hindu God Vishnu and emerges as the ideal human being performing all the societal roles. Sita is the ideal wife, the ideal brotherhood is represented by Bharata and Lakshmana and Hanuman as the ideal devotee.