She declines to be carried out of captivity by Hanuman in order to preserve her purity. She successfully undergoes the fire test, and in turn proves her purity. She declines Ravanas marriage proposal in order to remain pure, and after spending time in captivity, she willingly goes through the test of fire. The second characteristic of Sita is purity. Sita’s loyalty is also seen when Hanuman, the hero of monkey kingdom, offers to carry her out of captivity, but she refuses the offer because she cannot allow any other man to touch her except Rama. This, however, does not make her change her mind. Ravana detains her, and has her guarded heavily. King Ravana demands that Sita accept his marriage proposal, but she declines because of her loyalty to Rama. Her loyalty is seen in the book again, when she is abducted by the demonic Ravana, who is king of Lanka, to avenge his demon sister’s disfiguring. When Rama tells Sita not to follow him into exile, she replies that where her husband Rama dwells is home to her, and she cannot remain behind in the kingdom because it would be like hell for her to stay without Rama. When Rama is exiled from the Ayodhya kingdom by his father king Dasharatha, Sita follows her husband into the forest. One characteristic of Sita is that she is loyal to her husband Rama. The first praise worthy female character is Sita, who is Rama’s wife. This paper reflects on the characteristics of the praiseworthy and antagonist female characters who opposed Rama. The story has several female characters that are either praise worthy or antagonistic.