MAY DAY EVE, Exercises of English Literature

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NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION

LADERA, RACHEL RABAGO

OLIVEROS, JULIUS

MAY DAY EVE

JANUARY 30, 2017

PRESENTACION K. MAGTIBAY

MAY DAY EVE

BY: NICK JOAQUIN

SUPERSTITION – A BELIEF WAY OF BEHAVING THAT IS BASED ON FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN FAITH IN

MAGIC OR LUCK.

PROPHESY – TO STATE THAT SOMETHING WILL HAPPEN IN THE FUTURE.

WICKED – MORALLY BAD

CARRIAGE – A LARGE VEHICLE WITH FOUR WHEELS THAT IS PULLED BY A HORSE THAT CARRIES

PEOPLE.

LAMENTING – TO EXPRESS SORROW

AUDACITY – A CONFIDENT AND DARING QUALITY THAT IS OFTEN SEEN AS A SHOCKING OR RUDE.

SERENADE – A LOVE SONG THAT IS SUNG OR PLAYED OUTDOORS AT NIGHT FOR WOMAN.

MACHISMO- STRONG OR AGGRESSIVE MASCULINE PRIDE.

BUCKS – A MALE HUMAN BEING

MAIN CHARACTERS AGUEDA – PRETTY YOUNG WOMAN, WHO IS SO CURIOUS, HARD-HEADED, BRAVEY AND VERY MUCH WILLING TO KNOW HER FUTURE HUSBAND BADOY MONTIYA – A RICH STEREOTYPICAL, FORCEFUL MAN ON PROVING HIS MACHISMO DONYA AGUEDA – OLD LADY WHO HAS GRAY HAIR, FULL OF SENTIMENTS, EMOTIONAL AND RESENTFUL DON BADOY MONTIYA – FULL OF SENTIMENT OLD MAN, WHO REGRETS THE FACT THAT HE FAILED TO SHOW HIS LATE WIFE HOW IMPORTANT SHE REALLY IS TO HIM. MINOR CHARACTERS AGUEDA ’ S DAUGHTHER – A VAIN CURIOUS GIRL WHO IS PERSISTENT TO KNOW THE PAST OF HER MOTHER. VOLTAIRE – DON BADOY ’ S GRANDSON, A VERY CURIOUS CHILD LIKE ANY CHILD WHO BELIEVES IN SUPERSTITIOINS. ANASTASIA- AN OLD WOMAN WHO IS SO OBEDIENT TO HER MISTRESS, ACCUSED FOR BEING A WITCH AND BELIEVES IN SUPERSTITIOUS BELIEFS. GIRLS IN THE DORMITORY – SOME OF THEM CONVINCED AGUEDA TO TRY AND NOT TO TRY WHAT ANASTASIA SAID.

MAN VS. SOCIETY WHEN AGUEDA WAS FORCELY MARRIED TO BADOY. BECAUSE DURING THE OLD DAYS - ARRANGE MARRIAGE IS REALLY EXISTING. THIRD PERSON POINT OF VIEW (OMNISCIENT) THE NARRATOR IS KNOWLEDGEABLE OF ALL THE FEELINGS OF THE CHARACTERS IN THE STORY. “ I SHE ATE MY HEART AND DRANK MY BLOOD ” HYPERBOLE “ SHE BEWITCHED ME AND SHE TORTURED ME ” ANAPHORA “ BUT WHERE COULD I GO, HUGH?” ONOMATOPOEIA “ MIRROR, MIRROR, SHOW TO ME HIM WHOSE WOMAN I WILL BE ” IF ALL GOES RIGHT, JUST ABOVE YOUR LEFT SHOULDER WILL APPEAR THE FACE OF THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY. BUT IF ALL DOES NOT GO RIGHT, YOU MAY SEE THE DEVIL! MIRROR

ILLUSORY LOVE BETWEEN AGUEDA AND BADOY.

THE VARIANT OF REALISM CALLED MAGIC REALISM. THE EVENTS

CHRONICLED IN THE STORY MAY VERY WELL HAVE HAPPENED IN

REAL LIFE EXCEPT THAT THEY ARE SO HYPERREAL AND SO MUNDANE

THAT THEY CANNOT BE MISTAKEN FOR ANYTHING ELSE BUT MAGIC

REALISM. DURING THEIR ENCOUNTER AT THE SALA.

MAY DAY EVE IT SYMBOLIZES THE SUPERSTITIONS WE HAVE HERE IN THE

PHILIPPINES.

ANASTASIA REPRESENTS THE FILIPINOS, THAT EVEN UP TO THIS DAY WE REALLY

BELIEVE IN SUPERSTITOUS BELIEFS.

MASK REPRESENTS THAT PHYSICAL APPEARANCE CHANGES AS WE GROW

OLD.

CANDLE DROPPED

FROM HER HAND

IT REPRESENTS THE BITTERMENT OF THE MARRIAGE OF DONYA

AGUEDA AND DON BADOY MONTIYA, THE CANDLE INGNITES THE

MARRIAGE WAS DROPPED OR WE CAN SAY THAT THERE ’ S NO LOVE

INVOLVE SO THE MARRIAGE DOESN ’ T WORKED OUT.

“ YOU MAY LEARN IN A MIRROR IF

YOU ARE NOT AFRAID ”

IT ALSO REPRESENTS THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE

REALLY AFRAID OF FACING THE REALITY OR TRUTH

ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY KNEW IT WOULD HURT

THEM.

“ I AM NOT AFRAID, I WILL GO ” CRIED

AGUEDA

THIS ALSO REPRESENT BRAVERY, JUST LIKE WHAT

OUR HEREOS SHOWED DURING THIS ERA.

“ I WILL NEVER FORGET THIS NIGHT ”

THIS ONLY SHOWS THAT WE ARE ALWAYS LOOKING

FORWARD FOR VENGEANCE TO SOMEONE WHO

COMMITTED A SIN TOWARDS US.

"I SAW THE DEVIL ”

THIS SHOWS THAT DON BADOY BECAME THE DEVIL

TO DONYA AGUEDA ’ S LIFE, AND THE REASON BEHIND

THE REGRETS AND PAIN, AND WHY DONYA AGUEDA ’ S

LIFE BECAME MISERABLE.

“ SHE BEWITCHED AND TORTURED ME.

SHE ATE MY HEART AND DRANK MY

BLOOD ”

MEANING, AGUEDA BROKE THE HEART OF BADOY

AND DIDN ’ T LOVE HIM DESPITE OF THE LOVE HE

GAVE TO HER.

“ HIS EYES SPARKLED AND THE SCAR ON HIS FACE GLEAMED SCARLET ”

“ WELL, LET ME SEE … HE HAS CURLY HAIR AND A SCAR ON HIS CHEEK ”

“ HORRIBLE? GOD, NO — SHE WAS THE BEAUTIFUL CREATURE I HAVE EVER SEEN!, HER EYES

WERE SOMEWHAT LIKE YOURS BUT HER HAIR WAS LIKE BLACK WATERS AND HER GOLDEN

SHOULDERS WERE BARE. MY, GOD SHE WAS ENCHANTING !”

“ SHE NOW SAW IN IT WAS AN OLD FACE-A HARD, BITTER, VENGEFUL FACE, FRAMED IN

GRAYING HAIR SO SADLY ALTERED, SO SADLY DIFFERENT FROM THAT OTHER FACE LIKE A

WHITE MASK ”

“ DUST GATHERS IN IT; COBWEBS MULTIPLY; THE WALLS DARKREN AND FALL INTO RUIN AND

DECAY. ”

“ GUARDIA SERENO-O-O! A LAS DOCE HAN DADO-O-O ”

“ MIRROR, MIRROR, SHOW ME TO HIM WHOSE WOMAN I WILL BE ”

 LIFE IS ALWAYS FULL OF REGRET, FOR WE ALWAYS REALIZE WHAT WE HAVE WHEN IT

IS GONE.

 PHYSICAL REALLY ATTRACTS US BUT PERSONALITY MAKES US STAY.

 LOVE CANNOT BE BASED ON PASSION ALONE.