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THE STORY OF THE LIZARD
CHARACTERS
SON-ungrateful son
-remorseful ( at the end of the story)
CHARACTERS
MOTHER
- SELFLESS
- possesses an unconditional love for her sonLOCAL COLOR IMAGE
It was exactly 6:00 in the evening, and his mother was reciting the Angelus..
CONFLICT
MAN vs. HIMSELF
- The son was turned into lizard .
CLIMAX
DENOUEMENT
- The woman asked the son to cut out his mother’s heart and bring it to her.
FILIPINO VALUES / IDEALS AND CULTURE
THEME
Mothers possess unparalleled love towards their children .
Filipino families pray Angelus at 6:00 in the evening.
THE LEGEND OF DURIAN
CHARACTERS
BAROM-MAI
- powerful king of Calinan, Davao
- he does not keep his promises
CHARACTERS
Madayaw-Bayho
- wife of Barom-mai
- does not love Barom-mai but when she drank the love potion, she fell in love with him
the hermit
- he’s knowledgeable of magic potions
CHARACTERS
- He has the power to curse CONFLICT
- King Barom-mai did not fulfill his promise to the hermit. (man vs. man)
FILIPINO VALUES / IDEALS AND CULTURE
Early Filipinos believe in love potions which they term as “gayuma”.
THEME1. Promises are not meant to be broken, but these should be kept. 2. Durian, a Philippine fruit, is covered with powerful thorns and unpleasant smell because a king was not true to his words which caused the hermit to curse this fruit.
A CREATION STORY FROM LUZON
CHARACTERS
SEA
1. Early Filipinos believed that the first man and woman came out of the bamboo.
SKY BIRD
THEME
2. Different races of man were created due to the anger of the first parents who beat their children and these children ran and hid in different directions which explained the origin of various classes in society.
THEME
CHARACTERS
SON
-selfish
-wise
-respected - compassionateCONFLICT
- Man vs. himself
- rich
1. Filipinos are prayerful.
2. Filipinos have close knit family ties.
FILIPINO VALUES / IDEALS AND CULTURE
1. Everybody is given a second chance to change himself for the better.
THEME
2. Forgiveness is given to those who truly repent.
3. You spare the rod and you spoil the child.
BIKOL CREATION STORY
SETTINGIn an empty space where there’s only sky and water
CHARACTERS
LANGIT – god of the sky
TUBIGAN – god of the water
DAGAT –the sea which is Langit’s childPAROS –the wind which is Tubigan’s child
DAGA -ambitiousALDAW
BULAN
BITOON
Paros’ and
Dagat’s children
EXPOSITION
The bird was looking for water to drink when Langit and Tubigan appeared.
CONFLICT
Daga became ambitious.
CLIMAX
Daga destroys the gate of Langit DENOUEMENT
Daga was immortalized as Earth, Aldaw as Sun, Bulan as Moon and Bitoon as Star
1. Too much ambition destroys man himself and his relationship with other people2. The Bikolanos believe that the creation of the Sun, Moon,Earth and Star was the result of Daga’s being ambitious.
THEME
3. They also believe that the first man and woman came out of the bamboo which grew out of the seeds planted by Tubigan
THEME
4. They also believe that the first man and woman came out of the bamboo which grew out of the seeds planted by Tubigan
ORIGIN OF EARTH AND OF MAN
SETTING
SKY
CHARACTERS
BULAN – proud and hated his brother
ADLAO - older and stronger
man vs. man
EXPOSITIONMany years ago when there was only sky, there were two brothers named Bulan and Adlao
CONFLICT
Bulan and Adlao fought.
DENOUEMENT
The fight between the brothers resulted to the arm of Bulan being flattened and cut.
THEME
The Bikolanos believe that Bulan’s cut and flattened arm became the earth, and his tears became the rivers. The two hairs that sprang from the arm became the first man and woman
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