I believe what continues to astound me is not necessarily the familial turmoil that Kaikeyi had caused, but more about the love between the sons and their father Dasharatha. When Rama was exiled, not only did his wife, a privileged princess, follow him, but also his brother Lakshmana followed him as well. Then when his other brother Bharata returned home from visiting his mothers lands he is extremely angry with his mother for having put his brother, Rama, into exile. Then the fourth brother, Shatrughna, also came forward with Manthara. The brothers condemn these women but refuse to kill them on the basis that Rama would not agree with it. Then the heartbrokenness of all the sons and wives when Dasharatha died after Rama's exile.
Even after Rama refused to return to become the rajah, Bharata returns to him with sandals that he would wear briefly, which would sit upon the throne in his stead for fourteen years with Bharata as governor. Throughout the entire exile neither Sita nor Lakshmana complained, and many people were kind to them. Except the rickshas demons, the siblings of Ravana, who then came to steal Sita from Rama to become his bride instead. However, apparently Ravana cannot hold a candle to Rama's character and looks.
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