Symbolic/Compositional analysis and Rhetorical analysis: Relative proportion and the crown conveys Rama’s power; but frontal point of view and eye contact encourages us to identify with Sita

Symbolic/compositional analysis and narrative analysis: relative proportion shows the power of both patriarchal figures; Rama’s transactive “pointing” action shows against whom that power will be directed

Symbolic/Compositional analysis and Rhetorical analysis: Relative proportion and the crown conveys Rama’s power; but frontal point of view and eye contact encourages us to identify with Sita

Symbolic/compositional analysis: Relative proportion of Sita’s shadow vs. the men’s shadows again shows how little power she has within this patriarchal household

Narrative analysis: Attempt at transactive action, namely establishing eye-contact and bodily contact with Rama

Narrative analysis: Rama’s action appears on the surface to be non-transactive, but given that it cuts off the tactile and eye contact she tried to establish, it’s emotionally transactive—he “freezes her out”

Symbolic/compositional analysis: the chromatic shift to what you’re calling Sita’s pale-blue/grey period conveys Rama’s ability to control the tone of their interactions