Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio as an Absurdist Play Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio is a paradigm of an Absurdist Play. By definition‚ Absurdist Play/Fiction life without meaning‚ basing from the actions and events that follow through to a conclusion of a literary piece. It could also be that the actions and efforts of the protagonist are all bound to falter in the end‚ like Mang Serapio conspired by the corrupt heads of the Federacion. The first accusation made to Mang Serapio was his efforts
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The protagonist on the place‚ `Ang Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio’ is a beggar by the name of Serapio‚ he is a member of a federation and was accused because of breaking their rules. The accusation was dug by a trial with three antagonists‚ of course‚ more powerful than him‚ by asking questions. The conflict is primarily centered into man versus man because it illustrates to us what a man can do to hurt another man just because of status and greed. We can also say that it is a man versus society
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Serapio I. Serapio is a member of a federation of beggars. The Federation serves to collect all the alms gathered by its members and distribute an equal percentage to them and also a percentage to the founder. It all started when two prostitutes‚ both members of the federation reported to their founder that Serapio has a daughter. Both prostitutes served as witnesses that Serapio has been giving most his earnings from begging to his daughter instead of giving all 100% to their federation. And
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Trials‚ Dreams‚ Illusions: Ang Paglilitis Kay Mang Serapio Throughout the scene of the “trial” of Mang Serapio‚ we can already see a lot of deviations from what a normal play should be like. In order to start the discussion of the play itself‚ I would like to state some elements that remained a mystery to me‚ even as I reached the end of the story and read it again all together. For some reason‚ it is very hard to truly understand what the play is alluding to‚ but nonetheless‚ what I would state
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Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio is a play written by Paul Dumol‚ currently an Economics professor at the University of Asia and the Pacific‚ during his high school years at Ateneo de Manila University. This play has been staged by countless theatre organizations already‚ producing myriad of interpretations and dramatizations. However‚ probably one thing has been constant in each of them since it was instilled in the text itself – that Paglilitis ni Mang Serapio is a tragedy. So with that‚ we can assume
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LETTER FROM A FRIEND Boys----------- I am writing to say how much I care for you. I want you to know me better. Raffy---------- When you awoke this morning. I exploded a brilliant sunrise through your window. Boys----------- Hoping to get attention. All------------- But you didn’t even notice. Girls---------- Later‚ you were walking with friends. I bathed you in warm sunshine and perfumed the air with flowers. Boys---------- Still you didn’t notice me
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society embrace homosexuality for what it truly is. We can say that it is almost a lost dog in a world where crowd acceptance matters the most. This is why homosexuals are perceived so oddly on-screen. And this is just how the independent film Ang Pagdadalaga ni Maximo Oliveros wants it not to be. This movie isn’t your typical. What was different about the film was that it was in no way pretentious with presenting reality for what it really is. It did not exaggerate what was beautiful and hide what
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Ang Mga Kaibigan ni Mama Susan by Bob Ong (Visprint‚ 127 pages) I’ve been reading Bob Ong’s books since college‚ ever since a friend brought her copy of his first book‚ A B N K K B S N P L A Ko (That reads as Aba Nakakabasa Na Pala Ako – literal translation: Wow‚ I Can Read Now). Bob Ong is one of the popular Filipino writers‚ who‚ until now‚ I am not sure if he is really one person or many contributing to one book. I’ve read almost all of his books ever since then‚ always looking forward to
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*monitor History of Monitor A long time has passed since the first computer monitors were introduced. Way back when these units were first introduced‚ they were available in monochrome only and most of the computer monitors used to have a bright green display on a jet black background. These were known as monochrome monitors and they did not use to have high quality displays. The displays that we see on the monitors are caused by the electrons directed on a phosphor coating on the screen by the
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Ano ang Itak sa Puso ni Mang Juan? Once‚ one of our teachers told us that in order to ensure the success of our business‚ we must associate our potential products with the culture of our target market. It is in fact better if we are able to make our products become part of the customers’ culture itself. This is because doing so may not only translate to higher sales upon our entry to the market but‚ also‚ to a good amount of loyal customers. The more you position a product as if it is part of the
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