Explorations in Religious Identity (RE 300 WR)

What big thematic or character-driven questions do you have about the story? To clarify, I do not mean questions about small details or sub-stories within the epic, but rather larger issues about such things as consistent behavioral patterns of particular characters, how certain characters are treated, who is given (or not given) a voice in the epic, or larger issues within the world of the Rāmāyaṇa. Please give page numbers for example(s).

The reason I am posing this question is because such thoughts are often the starting point for the questioning, rethinking, and rewriting of narrative traditions.