I.

Narrative poetry
A. Epic

HINILAWOD (Ilocano)
When the goddess of the eastern sky Alunsina (also known as Laun Sina, “The Unmarried
One”) reached maidenhood, the king of the gods, Kaptan, decreed that she should marry. All
the unmarried gods of the different domains of the universe tried to win her hand to no avail.
She chose to marry a mortal, Datu Paubari, the mighty ruler of Halawod.

Her decision angered her other suitors. They plotted to bring harm to the newlyweds. A
meeting of the council of gods was called by Maklium-sa-t’wan, god of the plains, where a
decision by those present was made to destroy Halawod by flood.

Alunsina and Paubari escaped harm through the assistance of Suklang Malayon, the goddess
and guardian of happy homes and sister of Alunsina, who learned of the evil plot and warned
the two so they were able to seek refuge on higher ground.
After the flood waters subsided, Paubari and Alunsina returned to the plains secretly. They
settled near the mouth of the Halawod river.
Several months later Alunsina became pregnant and told Paubari to prepare the siklot, things
necessary for childbirth. She delivered a set of triplets and summoned the high priest Bungot-
Banwa to perform the rites of the gods of Mount Madya-as (the mountain abode of the gods)
to ensure the good health of the children. The high priest promptly made an altar and burned
some alanghiran fronds and a pinch of kamangyan. When the ceremony was over he opened
the windows of the north side of the room and a cold northernly wind came in and suddenly
the three infants were transformed into strong, handsome young men.

Labaw Donggon, the eldest of the three, asked his mother to prepare his magic cape, hat, belt
and kampilan (sword) for he heard of a place called Handug where a beautiful maiden named
Angoy Ginbitinan lived.

The journey took several days. He walked across plains and valleys, climbed up mountains
until he reached the mouth of the Halawod river. When he finally met the maiden’s father and
asked for her hand in marriage, the father asked him to fight the monster Manalintad as part
of his dowry. He went off to confront the monster and with the help of his magic belt Labaw
Donggon killed the monster and to prove his feat he brought to Angoy Ginbitinan’s father the
monster’s tail.

After the wedding, Labaw Donggon proceeded home with his new bride. Along the way they
met a group of young men who told him that they were on their way to Tarambang Burok to
win the hand of Abyang Durunuun, sister of Sumpoy, the lord of the underworld and whose
beauty was legendary.

Labaw Donggon and his bride continued on their journey home. The moment they arrived
home Labaw Donggon told his mother to take care of his wife because he is taking another
quest, this time he was going to Tarambang Burok.

Before he can get to the place he has to pass a ridge guarded by a giant named Sikay
Padalogdog who has a hundred arms. The giant would not allow Labaw Donggon to go
through without a fight. However, Sikay Padalogdog was no match to Labaw Donggon’s
prowess and skill in fighting so he gave up and allowed him to continue.
Labaw Donggon won the hand of Abyang Durunuun and also took her home. Before long he
went on another journey, this time it is to Gadlum to ask for the hand of Malitong Yawa
Sinagmaling Diwata who is the young bride of Saragnayan, the lord of darkness.

This trip required him to use his biday nga inagta (black boat) on which he sailed across the
seas for many months, went across the region of the clouds, and passed the land of stones
until finally he reached the shores of Tulogmatian which was the seaside fortress of
Saragnayan. The moment he set foot on the ground Saragnayan asked him, “Who are you and
why are you here?”

To which he answered, “I am Labaw Donggon, son of Datu Paubari and goddess Alunsina of
Halawod. I came for the beautiful Malitong Yawa Sinagmaling Diwata.”

Saragnayan laughed. He told Labaw Donggon that what he wished for was impossible to
grant because she was his wife. Labaw Donggon then challenged Saragnayan to a duel saying
that whoever wins will have her.

The challenge was accepted and they started fighting. Labaw Donggon submerged
Saragnayan under water for seven years, but when he let go of him, Saragnayan was still
alive. The latter uprooted a coconut tree and started beating Labaw Donggon with it. He
survived the beating but was not able to surpass the powers of Saragnayan’s pamlang
(amulet) and eventually he gave up and was imprisoned by Saragnayan beneath his house.

Back home Angoy Ginbitinan and Abyang Durunuun both delivered sons. Angoy
Ginbitinan’s child was named Aso Mangga and Abyang Durunuun’s son was called Abyang
Baranugon.

Only a few days after they were born, Aso Mangga and Abyang Baranugon embarked to look
for their father. They rode their sailboats through the region of eternal darkness, passed the
region of the clouds and the land of stones, finally reaching Saragnayan’s home. Saragnayan
noticed that Abyang Baranugon’s umbilical cord have not yet been removed, he laughed and
told the child to go home to his mother.

Abyang Baranugon was slighted by the remarks and immediately challenged Saragnayan to a
duel. They fought and Abyang Baranugon defeated Saragnayan and won his father’s
freedom.

Labaw Donggon’s defeat and subsequent imprisonment by the Lord of Darkness also angered
his brothers. Humadapnon was so enraged that he swore to the gods of Madya-as that he
would wreak revenge on all of Saragnayan’s kinsmen and followers.

Humadapnon prepared to go to Saragnayan’s domain. He employed the aid of Buyong

Matanayon of Mount Matiula who was well-known for his skill in swordsmanship. For their
journey they rode on a sailboat called biday nga rumba-rumba. They travelled through the
region of the clouds, passed by the region of eternal darkness and ended up at a place called
Tarambang Buriraw. In this place was a ridge called Talagas Kuting-tang where a seductive
sorceress named Piganun lived.

Piganun changed herself to a beautiful maiden and captured the heart of Humadapnon.
Buyong Matanayon begged with Humadapnon to leave the place with him but the latter
refused. After seven months passed, Buyong Matanayon remembered that they have brought
with them some ginger. One evening at dinner time Buyong Matanayon threw seven slices of
ginger into the fire. When Pinganun smelled the odor of burning ginger she left the dinner
table because sorcerers hated the odor of ginger. Immediately Buyong Matanayon struck
Humadapnon, who became unconscious. He dragged his friend with him and they were able
to escape.
They continued with their trek and everywhere they went they exacted revenge on all of
Saragnayan’s people and relatives. One day they reached a place called Piniling Tubig who
was ruled by Datu Umbaw Pinaumbaw. There was a big gathering in the village and when
they asked what was going on they were told that the datu was giving his daughter for
marriage to whoever could remove the huge boulder that rolled from a mountain into the
center of the village. Many men tried their luck but no one so far was able to even move the
stone.

Humadapnon took off his magic cape and used it to lift the stone and threw it back into the
mountain. The datu kept his word and Humadapnon married his daughter. During the
wedding feast Humadapnon heared about the beauty of the goddess of greed Burigadang
Pada Sinaklang Bulawan from a guest minstrel who sang at the celebration.

After the wedding Humadapnon went to seek the hand of the goddess in marriage. Along the
way he encountered Buyong Makabagting, son of the mighty Datu Balahidyong of Paling
Bukid who was also travelling with the same purpose in mind. Upon learning of
Humadapnon’s intent, Buyong Makabagting challenged him to a duel. They fought and
Buyong Makabagting was no match to Humadapnon’s strength and skill. The fight ended
when Buyong Makabagting surrendered and even promised to aid Humadapnon in his quest.
Humadapnon married the goddess and brought her home.

Meanwhile, right after Humadapnon left to seek Saragnayan’s followers and relatives his
brother Dumalapdap left for Burutlakan-ka-adlaw where the maiden Lubay-Lubyok
Hanginun si Mahuyokhuyokon lived. For the trip he brought along Dumasig, the most
powerful wrestler in Madya-as.

Several months later they came to a place called Tarambuan-ka-banwa where they
encountered the two-headed monster Balanakon who guarded a narrow ridge leading to the
place where the maiden lived.

With the aid of Dumasig, Dumalapdap killed Balanakon. However, upon approaching the
gate of the palace where the maiden lived he was confronted by Uyutang, a bat-like monster
with sharp poisonous claws. There ensued a bloody battle between the Dumalapdap and the
monster. They fought for seven months and their skill and prowess seemed to be equal. But
on the seventh month, Dumalapdap was able to grab on to Uyutang’s ankle and broke it.
Then he took his iwang daniwan (magic dagger) and stabbed Uyutang under the armpit.
Uyutang cried out so loud that the ridge where they were fighting broke into two and there
was an earthquake. Half of the ridge became the island of Buglas (Negros) and the other
became the island of Panay.

Dumalapdap married Lubay-Lubyok Hanginun si Mahuyokhuyokan and then took her home.
Datu Paubari was very happy when he was reunited with his three sons and he prepared a
feast in their honor. After the celebration, the three brothers left for different parts of the
world. Labaw Donggon went to the north, Humadapnon went south, Dumalapdap to the west
and Datu Paubari remained in the east.
 B. Metrical romance
Romeo and Juliet  by William Shakespear

The play, set in Verona, begins with a street braw,between Montague and Capulet supporters

who are sworn enemies. The Prince of Verona intervenes and declares that further breach of
the peace will be punishable by death. Later, Count Paris talks to Capulet about marrying his
daughter, but Capulet asks Paris to wait another two years and invites him to attend a planned
Capulet ball. Lady Capulet and Juliet's nurse try to persuade Juliet to accept Paris's courtship.
Meanwhile, Benvolio talks with his cousin Romeo, Montague's son, about Romeo's recent
depression. Benvolio discovers that it stems from unrequited infatuation for a girl
namedRosaline, one of Capulet's nieces. Persuaded by Benvolio and Mercutio, Romeo
attends the ball at the Capulet house in hopes of meeting Rosaline. However, Romeo instead
meets and falls in love with Juliet. However Romeo is noticed by Juliet's cousin, Tybalt, who
intends to kill him for sneaking into a Capulet ball but is only stopped by Juliet's father, who
doesn't wish to shed blood in his house. After the ball, in what is now called the "balcony
scene", Romeo sneaks into the Capulet orchard and overhears Juliet at her window vowing
her love to him in spite of her family's hatred of the Montagues. Romeo makes himself
known to her and they agree to be married. With the help of Friar Laurence, who hopes to
reconcile the two families through their children's union, they are secretly married the next
day.
Tybalt, meanwhile, still incensed that Romeo had sneaked into the Capulet ball, challenges
him to a duel. Romeo, now considering Tybalt his kinsman, refuses to fight. Mercutio is
offended by Tybalt's insolence, as well as Romeo's "vile submission," [1] and accepts the duel
on Romeo's behalf. Mercutio is fatally wounded when Romeo attempts to break up the fight.
Grief-stricken and wracked with guilt, Romeo confronts and slays Tybalt.
Montague argues that Romeo has justly executed Tybalt for the murder of Mercutio. The
Prince, now having lost a kinsman in the warring families' feud, exiles Romeo from Verona,
with threat of execution upon return. Romeo secretly spends the night in Juliet's chamber,
where they consummate their marriage. Capulet, misinterpreting Juliet's grief, agrees to
marry her to Count Paris and threatens to disown her when she refuses to become Paris's
"joyful bride."[2] When she then pleads for the marriage to be delayed, her mother rejects her.
Juliet visits Friar Laurence for help, and he offers her a drug that will put her into a deathlike
coma for "two and forty hours."[3] The Friar promises to send a messenger to inform Romeo
of the plan, so that he can rejoin her when she awakens. On the night before the wedding, she
takes the drug and, when discovered apparently dead, she is laid in the family crypt.
The messenger, however, does not reach Romeo and, instead, Romeo learns of Juliet's
apparent death from his servant Balthasar. Heartbroken, Romeo buys poison from
an apothecary and goes to the Capulet crypt. He encounters Paris who has come to mourn
Juliet privately. Believing Romeo to be a vandal, Paris confronts him and, in the ensuing
battle, Romeo kills Paris. Still believing Juliet to be dead, he drinks the poison. Juliet then
awakens and, finding Romeo dead, stabs herself with his dagger. The feuding families and
the Prince meet at the tomb to find all three dead. Friar Laurence recounts the story of the two
"star-cross'd lovers". The families are reconciled by their children's deaths and agree to end
their violent feud. The play ends with the Prince's elegy for the lovers: "For never was a story
of more woe / Than this of Juliet and her Romeo.
C. Ballad

Ballad of the Cool Fountain 

Anonymous Spanish poetess (15th century)

Fountain, coolest fountain,
Cool fountain of love,
Where all the sweet birds come
For comforting–but one,
A widow turtledove,
Sadly sorrowing.
At once the nightingale,
That wicked bird, came by,
And spoke these honied words:
"My lady, if you will,
I shall be your slave."
"You are my enemy:
Begone, you are not true!
Green boughs no longer rest me,
Nor any budding grove.
Clear springs, where there are such,
Turn muddy at my touch.
I want no spouse to love
Nor any children either.
I forego that pleasure
And their comfort too.
No, leave me; you are false
And wicked–vile, untrue!
I’ll never be your mistress!
I’ll never marry you!"
 D. Metrical Tale

The Wife of Bath’s Tale by Geoffrey Chaucer

It was preceded by a Prologue in which she gives an account of her colorful life
with five husbands. Her tale continues the theme of women’s desire for mastery
over men. A young Knight rapes a country maiden while returning home. As a
punishment for his heinous act he has to discover within a year what women
most desire. The Knight unsuccessfully wanders in the entire country in search
of the answer.
Eventually he promises to grant a wish to an ugly old hag in return for the right
answer. When he has given the answer in court and secured his liberty, the old
croon jumps up and demands that he marry her. The Knight begs her to
reconsider and wish for something else but the old hag stubbornly refuses. The
Knight marries her secretly. At night as they lie in bed, the Knight keeps on
tossing and turning restlessly. The old hag asks him if he would prefer her ugly
and faithful or beautiful and faithless. The Knight allows her to decide. The old
woman is delighted to have won ‘maistrie’ over her husband and rewards him
by becoming faithful and beautiful all the time.
The who enters into a partnership with a fiend disguised as a bailiff and agrees
to work with him even Friar’s Tale is targeted against the Summoner. It relates
the story of a corrupt Summoner after learning his true identity. They see a
farmer whose cart is stuck in the mud cursing that the devil takes his horses
along with the cart. However the fiend refuses to take them because the curse is
insincere. The Summoner then tries to cheat an old woman by levying false
charges against her. The poor woman then sincerely wishes that the Summoner
is damned and the fiend carts him off to hell.
II. Lyric poetry
A. Ode

Ode to drake by F . J. Thomas

Words sweetened with sincerity and ever so artful

He enjoys looking within and his glass is always “half full”

His profile picture conveys his own pose of The Thinker

Because of his chivalrous demeanor I hath now dubbed him “Sir”

Unity among we poets he verbally promotes

And should he ever run for Mr. Congeniality he has my vote!

So while his biography suggests a good friend he would make

I look forward to reading more from the DJ poet Sir Drake

C. Songs
1. Secular song
Runaway by The Corrs (Marriage song)
Say it’s true, there’s nothing like me and you
I’m not alone, tell me you feel it too

And I would run away

I would run away, yeah…, yeah
I would run away
I would run away with you

Cause I am falling in love with you

No never I’m never gonna stop
Falling in love with you

Close the door, lay down upon the floor

And by candlelight, make love to me through the night
(through the night, through the night…)

Cause I have run away

I have run away, yeah…, yeah
I have run away, run away
I have run away with you

Cause I am falling in love (falling in love) with you

No never I’m never gonna stop
Falling in love with you…
With you…

And I would runaway

I would runaway, yeah…, yeah
I would runaway (runaway)
I would runaway with you

Cause I am falling in love (falling in love) with you

No never I’m never gonna stop
Falling in love with you…

Falling in love (falling in love) with you

No never I’m never gonna stop falling in love with you

With you, my love, with you…

na ni na ni na na…
(With you, with you, with you, with you)
2. Sacred song

Shepherd, Show me how to go

Words by: Mary B. Eddy, 1887.

Music: GUIDANCE, Lyman F. Brackett, 1887

Shepherd, show me how to go

O’er the hillside steep,
How to gather, how to sow,
How to feed Thy sheep.
I will listen for Thy voice,
Lest my footsteps stray;
I will follow and rejoice
All the rugged way.

Thou wilt bind the stubborn will,

Wound the callous breast,
Make self righteousness be still,
Break earth’s stupid rest.
Strangers on a barren shore,
Laboring long and lone,
We would enter by the door,
And Thou knowest Thine own.

So, when day grows dark and cold,

Tear or triumph harms,
Lead Thy lambkins to the fold,
Take them in Thine arms.
Feed the hungry, heal the heart,
Till the morning’s beam;
White as wool, ’ere they depart,
Shepherd, wash them clean.
 D. Simple lyric

Broken home by Christoper Michaels

Remax can sale you a home but can't sale you happiness. I never visit the state
of Georgia but things do get a little peaches. See this what happens when you
eat finger food and take out orders. I never receive your Southern Hospitality/ I
couldn’t even receive a plate of food you cook/ you can finally see now when I
walk away out your life forever I don’t even have a single word for you. Only
thing you will receive from me is this middle finger. You was taught at young
age to go to School and learn in Class. But surely class can’t teach you
“CLASS”!!

A moment silent things were so quiet and complicate in the beginning I

thought we could have reconnect /But just like the chips to connect four they
don’t always stay in the same order. You had play a handful of games and this
when the “Battleship” games has to end. Now I hope you feel the water rise
from your sinking ship and allow your tears to fumble into your lap.
E. Sonnet
1. Italian sonnet

Erotica by Cecil Hickman

Erotica looks deep inside your soul.

Just one kiss overwhelms inhibition.

Could you take away exhibition?

Sensuality is truth without toll.

Sensory appeasement her goal,

Bodily movements as magician,

She has complete submission.

Voluptuousness is the whole.

Your heart is captured deep.

Both minds bonded now.

Your spirit may weep.

Though flesh will allow,

Physical actions to keep,

Erotica makes her vow.

2. Shakespearian sonnet

Sonnet 116: Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Let me not to the marriage of true minds

Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
Or bends with the remover to remove.
O no, it is an ever-fixèd mark
That looks on tempests and is never shaken;
It is the star to every wand'ring bark,
Whose worth's unknown, although his height be taken.
Love's not Time's fool, though rosy lips and cheeks
Within his bending sickle's compass come;
Love alters not with his brief hours and weeks,
But bears it out even to the edge of doom.
If this be error and upon me proved,
I never writ, nor no man ever loved.
 F. Vers de societe

Sonnet CXXX: My Mistress' Eyes are Nothing like the Sun

By William Shakespear

My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;

Coral is far more red than her lips' red;
If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;
If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.
I have seen roses damasked, red and white,
But no such roses see I in her cheeks;
And in some perfumes is there more delight
Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That music hath a far more pleasing sound;
I grant I never saw a goddess go;
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the ground.
And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare
As any she belied with false compare.

III. Dramatic poetry

A. Poetic plays

1. Comedy
Killers by Robert Luketic 
An American 2010 romantic comedy action film starring Katherine Heigl, Ashton
Kutcher, Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara. The film was released in the United States and
Canada on June 4, 2010. The film centers on a young woman (Heigl) who meets a man
(Kutcher) who turns out to be an assassin.
After a break-up with a boyfriend, an overly cautious Jennifer "Jen" Kornfeldt (Katherine
Heigl) travels to Nice, France with her parents (Tom Selleck and Catherine O'Hara). While
going into an elevator to go to her hotel room, she meets Spencer Aimes (Ashton Kutcher).
Spencer asks her out for drinks and she accepts. The scene then changes to Spencer sneaking
onto a boat, putting a remote controlled bomb on the bottom of a helicopter, then taking out a
guard. He then swims back and goes on the date with Jen. After the helicopter takes off,
Spencer triggers the bomb using his phone.
After a night of drinking, Jen reveals that she's not the spontaneous person she's been
pretending to be and in return Spencer bluntly tells her that he's an assassin, albeit unhappy
about being one. Unfortunately she's already passed out and hasn't heard. In spite of this,
Spencer decides that Jen's the woman he's been looking for and decides to marry her. When
Spencer tells his boss, Holbrook (Martin Mull), his plan, the response is that quitting is not an
option. Spencer is defiant and goes ahead with his plan.
Three years later, they are settled into their new normal life. After Spencer surprises Jen with
a remodeled office, she gives him a birthday surprise: tickets to Nice to celebrate his birthday
and their three years. Because of his dubious connections to Nice, Spencer is less than
enthusiastic. When Jen's friends ask about his reaction, they take it as a sign that he might be
getting bored and fill her head with doubts.
Meanwhile, Spencer gets a postcard from his old boss and the ultimatum to take another
assignment. While trying to refuse him long distance, Jen's father shows up to take Spencer to
dinner, so Spencer hangs up the phone, prompting suspicion in Mr. Kornfeldt. This is fueled
further when Jen's dad sees the postcard and quizzes him about the XOXX (hugs and kisses),
being odd coming from a former boss. Stopping home to change, Spencer finds that the
dinner invitation is just a detour to bring him to a surprise party. While Spencer navigates
drunken friends, Jen's friends continue to fill her head with doubts over Spencer's lack of
enthusiasm for the Nice trip. This is further irritated, when the following morning, despite her
attempts to be physical with him, Spencer rushes Jen off on her business trip.
A little while later, Jen comes back (without having gone on her trip) to find Spencer being
tossed around their house by Henry (Rob Riggle), Spencer's best friend and co-worker.
Spencer screams for her to get his gun (of which she was unaware) and she shoots Henry in
the arm. While interrogating him, Henry reveals that there is a $20 million bounty on
Spencer's head. An unidentified sniper takes shots at them, and Spencer and Jen flee. Henry
goes after them, and after a car chase through the neighborhood, they end up in a construction
zone, where Henry crashes his car. Spencer rams him into a trench, impaling his car
on rebar and killing him. They then go to the hotel room where Spencer's old boss is staying,
but find that someone has already killed him. Jen demands that they go to her dad for help,
but Spencer disagrees. In the middle of their argument Jen vomits, and declares that she
might be pregnant.
Heading back to his office for Jen to take a pregnancy test, Spencer is attacked by his
secretary (Katheryn Winnick) and realizes that there are others who know about the contract.
Jen then reveals that she is pregnant and is leaving Spencer. Left alone, Spencer is attacked
by a delivery driver, who is then run over and killed by Olivia (Lisa Ann Walter), Henry's
wife, another killer vying for the contract. She then tries to run over Spencer, but Jen returns
and smashes Olivia's car into a fuel tank, which Spencer then shoots at and explodes, killing
Olivia. The two discuss their possible future and return to their neighborhood, which is
holding its annual block party. When they first arrive, they are attacked by two more
assailants who, in a chase through backyards, crash their car, giving Jen and Spencer a chance
to flee into the block party. As they walk through it, they receive many suspicious looks from
neighbors. They enter their house to retrieve guns and their passports. Spencer is grabbing the
guns when he is attacked by the two assailants again, whom he eventually kills.
Meanwhile, one assassin, Kristen (Casey Wilson), one of Jen's best friends, holds Jen's
mother as a hostage in a Mexican standoff with Jen. Jen's father arrives and kills Kristen. He
then explains that he was the one who put out the bounty on Spencer. He knew of Spencer's
previous work all along, and hired the neighbors and co-workers three years before, in case
Spencer started working for his old boss again, who Jen's father says had "gone dirty." After
seeing the postcard from Holbrook in Spencer's office, he came to the conclusion that
Spencer had re-accepted his old job and activated the assassins. He reveals that he had been
an operative as well, and that he was actually the target Spencer was supposed to kill in Nice
three years earlier.
In a standoff between Spencer and Jen's father, he does not trust that Spencer is really out of
the game. Wanting to prove that he really did get out, Spencer drops his gun, and tells Jen's
father he has no intention of killing him. Jen, now convinced, reveals her pregnancy to her
parents. Jen's father, after killing one last wounded assassin, drops his gun as well. The
family makes peace by building a trust circle, in which Spencer reveals that English is not his
first language, and that he wanted to be the first one to say "I love you" to Jen. The movie
ends showing Spencer and Jen's father working on some wires near Spencer and Jen's baby's
crib. Spencer has just grown a moustache just like Jen's father. Spencer and Jen then leave to
let Jen's mom and dad babysit. They all leave the room, but Spencer comes back in to activate
the lasers protecting the baby.

2. Tragedy
 The Impossible(2012)by J.C Bayona
English physician Maria Bennet (Watts), her Scottish husband Henry
(McGregor) and their sons Lucas (Tom Holland), Thomas (Samuel Joslin), and
Simon (Oakley Pendergrast) were on Christmas holiday in Khao Lak, Thailand,
in 2004. The tsunami triggered bythat year's Indian Ocean earthquake flooded
the area with overwhelming destructive power.
Maria and Lucas were swept away from the others by the tsunami and barely
survive; Maria was severely injured, but they found a displaced toddler named
Daniel in the wreckage. They were later found by locals who transferred them
to a local hospital where Maria encouraged Lucas to occupy himself assisting in
any way he can, which led to him searching for various strangers for their
relatives at the facility. Due to a mix-up, the hospital staff believed she has died
and took Lucas to a tent where children without families were being held. Maria
has surgery on her injured chest and was mistakenly labeled as someone else.
She was eventually reunited with Lucas but remained in a highly fragile medical
state waiting to be deemed fit for further surgery on her leg wound.
Elsewhere, Henry, Thomas, and Simon have survived the tsunami themselves
together, although the father was injured. Henry placed the children into a
vehicle supposed to take tourists to a safe place while he remained behind to
search for Maria and Lucas. Ultimately further injured while failing to find
them, he arrived at the evacuation point, only to discover that Thomas and
Simon have been sent elsewhere. Communication facilities were scarce, but a
tourist named Karl, who was also separated from his family by the tsunami, lent
Henry his cell phone to contact his relatives and volunteers to accompany Henry
to look for Maria and Lucas.
Henry and Karl searched for their families in various places before they arrived
at the hospital where Maria and Lucas are. The vehicle carrying Thomas and
Simon stopped outside the hospital; the family eventually reunited. Maria has
surgery which she survived, and the following day the family boarded an
ambulance airplane to Singapore arranged by their insurance company for
further treatment for Maria.

3. Farce
 The Woman in the Septic Tank by Marlon Rivera
A cheeky backstage farce of the poverty-film genre frequently exported by
developing nations—here, the Philippines. Offhand, I can think of Brillante
Mendoza's 2007's Tirador as a native example, but one senses that
directorMarlon Rivera and screenwriter Chris Martinez are operating from a
whole network of inside jokes. Their Septic Tank begins in the stench of
the Manila slums, as a mother of seven (TV star Eugene Domingo) sets out to
sell one of her children to a pedophile, and an offscreen voice gives stage
direction. The voice, we discover, belongs to director Rainier (JM de Guzman),
who is visualizing this, his upcoming feature, with his producer Bingbong in a
upscale Manila coffee shop, where they strategize how best to cater to the
misery market. "The festival programmers aren't going to have it any other
way," insistssuccès de scandale savvy Bingbong as they refashion the material,
visualized as a docu-drama ("The film will blur the lines between reality and
fiction"), a musical, and finally according to the soap-operatic ideas of
Domingo, who plays herself taking a meeting with the filmmakers. The film's
dry punchline is that each revision isn't given as a gradual compromising of
artistic integrity, but only as another version of show business as usual. The
novel and wickedly funny topic is mined for only a portion of its potential, but a
little ironic astringency is certainly more unsettling than by-the-book slum
drama.
 4. Historical play
Titanic (1997 film) by James Cameron

The journey of "Titanic" begins in the present, at the site of the ship's watery
grave, two-and-a-half miles under the ocean surface. An ambitious fortune
hunter (Bill Paxton) is determined to plumb the treasures of this once-stately
ship, only to bring to the surface a story left untold. The tragicruins melt away
to reveal the glittering palace that was Titanic as it prepares to launch on its
maiden voyage from England. Amidst the thousands of well-wishers bidding a
fond bon voyage, destiny has called two young souls, daring them to nurture a
passion that would change their lives forever. Rose DeWitt Bukater (Kate
Winslet) is a 17-year-old, upper-class American suffocating under the rigid
confines and expectations of Edwardian society who falls for a free-spirited
young steerage passenger named Jack Dawson (Leonardo DiCaprio). Once he
opens her eyes to the world that lies outside her gilded cage, Rose and Jack's
forbidden love begins a powerful mystery that ultimately echoes across the
years into the present. Nothing on earth is going to come between them -- not
even something as unimaginable as the sinking of Titanic.

5. Melodrama
 Upside down (2012) by Juan Diego Sulanas
The film starts with Adam telling the story of his planet, unique from other planets as it is the
only one that has dual gravity. Two planets exist next to another. The gravity of the planets
have 3 rules:

1. All matter is pulled by the gravity of the world that it comes from, and not the other.
2. An object's weight can be offset by matter from the opposite world (inverse matter).
3. After some time in contact, matter in contact with inverse matter burns.
The two worlds are separated. While the upper world (Up) is rich and prosperous, the lower
(Down) is poor. Up buys cheap oil from Down and sells electricity back to Down at higher
prices. Downers going Up or having contact with anyone from Up is strictly forbidden and
can be punishable by incarceration or the death penalty. Contrariwise, it is routine for Uppers
to visit Down to experience novelties like dancing on ceilings. The only connection linking
the two worlds is through the company "TransWorld", housed in a majestic building
structure.
Adam lives in an orphanage in Down, having lost his parents in an oil refinery explosion. The
only living relative he has is his great-aunt, whom he visits every week. His great-aunt has a
secret recipe for flying pancakes using pollen from pink bees which gather pollen from both
worlds. The recipe has passed through generations and will be inherited by Adam.
As a child, Adam secretly climbs a mountain that gets very close to Up. There he meets Eden,
a girl from Up. Years later in their teens, they are in a relationship. They meet on the
mountains and Adam uses a rope to pull Eden towards Down, and they head to the woods for
a stroll. They are later discovered, and while Adam frantically releases Eden back to her
world, he gets shot and drops her. Helpless, he watches Eden lying motionless on the ground
as blood oozes from her head. When he returns home, his aunt Becky is arrested and her
home burned to the ground.
Ten years later, Adam is now working on creating an anti-gravity product using his great-
aunt's recipe. The recipe allows matter to feel both gravitational fields at once. Adam is
developing it as a cosmetic product for face-lifts. Then he sees Eden on TV and learns she is
alive and works at TransWorld. He finally works out his formula and gets hired by
TransWorld to develop the face-lift cream. Adam's plan is to find Eden in TransWorld. In his
office he meets Bob, a TransWorld employee from Up becomes his friend after he helps
himobtain rare stamps from Down. Bob offers to help him contact Eden.
With the help of Bob, Adam meets Eden by putting Up-material in his clothes to disguise
himself as a worker from Up, using Bob's name as his own. But Eden doesn't recognize him,
suffering from amnesia from the accident as a teen. The Up-material in Adam's clothes starts
to burn so he has to return to Down. Later on, Bob is fired but as he leaves, he secretly gives
Adam his ID to help him exit the TransWorld building and into Up. Later, by calling Eden
through Bob's phone, Adam manages to get a date.
Meanwhile, his cosmetic cream becomes of great importance to the company. While Adam is
doing a presentation of the cream, Eden sees him, shocked that he is from Down and learns
his real name. Adam runs to find her but Bob's ID, having been terminated, lands him in
trouble. He escapes to Bob's house. He shows him that by mixing the matter from both
gravity areas can make matter that resists both gravitational fields and tells him he didn't give
TransWorld the secret ingredient of his compound, leaving the company unable to produce
the product without him.
With Bob's help, he goes back to the restaurant where he met with Eden before and finds out
she started to remember him. But the police come and he has to run. When he returns to his
planet, he goes to the mountain top where he met Eden. Eden comes to find him and they
meet as they used to. But police find them again and, as they fail to escape, Eden is arrested
while Adam falls the entire distance between worlds. TransWorld agrees to drop the charges
against Eden if Adam gives them his formula and never contacts Eden again.
Now Adam has gone back to his old life, believing he will never see Eden again. Eden goes
to Bob for help. Bob finds Adam and surprises him by showing he can stay Down without the
help of the weight supplements; Bob has been able to use Adam's methods to create a way to
negate the effect of gravity. Bob tells him he had the patent of his beauty cream before
TransWorld and tells him he has a date.
The film ends with Eden becoming pregnant with twins. Adam tells of their act and how it
has changed their worlds forever, the two worlds now equalized in wealth and status.

B. Masque
 The tempest by William Shakespear
A storm strikes a ship carrying Alonso, Ferdinand, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, Stephano,
and Trinculo, who are on their way to Italy after coming from the wedding of Alonso’s
daughter, Claribel, to the prince of Tunis in Africa. The royal party and the other mariners,
with the exception of the unflappable Boatswain, begin to fear for their lives. Lightning
cracks, and the mariners cry that the ship has been hit. Everyone prepares to sink.
The next scene begins much more quietly. Miranda and Prospero stand on the shore of their
island, looking out to sea at the recent shipwreck. Miranda asks her father to do anything he
can to help the poor souls in the ship. Prospero assures her that everything is all right and
then informs her that it is time she learned more about herself and her past. He reveals to her
that he orchestrated the shipwreck and tells her the lengthy story of her past, a story he has
often started to tell her before but never finished. The story goes that Prospero was the Duke
of Milan until his brother Antonio, conspiring with Alonso, the King of Naples, usurped his
position. Kidnapped and left to die on a raft at sea, Prospero and his daughter survive because
Gonzalo leaves them supplies and Prospero’s books, which are the source of his magic and
power. Prospero and his daughter arrived on the island where they remain now and have been
for twelve years. Only now, Prospero says, has Fortune at last sent his enemies his way, and
he has raised the tempest in order to make things right with them once and for all.
After telling this story, Prospero charms Miranda to sleep and then calls forth his familiar
spirit Ariel, his chief magical agent. Prospero and Ariel’s discussion reveals that Ariel
brought the tempest upon the ship and set fire to the mast. He then made sure that everyone
got safely to the island, though they are now separated from each other into small groups.
Ariel, who is a captive servant to Prospero, reminds his master that he has promised Ariel
freedom a year early if he performs tasks such as these without complaint. Prospero chastises
Ariel for protesting and reminds him of the horrible fate from which he was rescued. Before
Prospero came to the island, a witch named Sycorax imprisoned Ariel in a tree. Sycorax died,
leaving Ariel trapped until Prospero arrived and freed him. After Ariel assures Prospero that
he knows his place, Prospero orders Ariel to take the shape of a sea nymph and make himself
invisible to all but Prospero.
Miranda awakens from her sleep, and she and Prospero go to visit Caliban, Prospero’s
servant and the son of the dead Sycorax. Caliban curses Prospero, and Prospero and Miranda
berate him for being ungrateful for what they have given and taught him. Prospero sends
Caliban to fetch firewood. Ariel, invisible, enters playing music and leading in the awed
Ferdinand. Miranda and Ferdinand are immediately smitten with each other. He is the only
man Miranda has ever seen, besides Caliban and her father. Prospero is happy to see that his
plan for his daughter’s future marriage is working, but decides that he must upset things
temporarily in order to prevent their relationship from developing too quickly. He accuses
Ferdinand of merely pretending to be the Prince of Naples and threatens him with
imprisonment. When Ferdinand draws his sword, Prospero charms him and leads him off to
prison, ignoring Miranda’s cries for mercy. He then sends Ariel on another mysterious
mission.
On another part of the island, Alonso, Sebastian, Antonio, Gonzalo, and other miscellaneous
lords give thanks for their safety but worry about the fate of Ferdinand. Alonso says that he
wishes he never had married his daughter to the prince of Tunis because if he had not made
this journey, his son would still be alive. Gonzalo tries to maintain high spirits by discussing
the beauty of the island, but his remarks are undercut by the sarcastic sourness of Antonio
and Sebastian. Ariel appears, invisible, and plays music that puts all but Sebastian and
Antonio to sleep. These two then begin to discuss the possible advantages of killing their
sleeping companions. Antonio persuades Sebastian that the latter will become ruler of Naples
if they kill Alonso. Claribel, who would be the next heir if Ferdinand were indeed dead, is too
far away to be able to claim her right. Sebastian is convinced, and the two are about to stab
the sleeping men when Ariel causes Gonzalo to wake with a shout. Everyone wakes up, and
Antonio and Sebastian concoct a ridiculous story about having drawn their swords to protect
the king from lions. Ariel goes back to Prospero while Alonso and his party continue to
search for Ferdinand.
Caliban, meanwhile, is hauling wood for Prospero when he sees Trinculo and thinks he is a
spirit sent by Prospero to torment him. He lies down and hides under his cloak. A storm is
brewing, and Trinculo, curious about but undeterred by Caliban’s strange appearance and
smell, crawls under the cloak with him. Stephano, drunk and singing, comes along and
stumbles upon the bizarre spectacle of Caliban and Trinculo huddled under the cloak.
Caliban, hearing the singing, cries out that he will work faster so long as the “spirits” leave
him alone. Stephano decides that this monster requires liquor and attempts to get Caliban to
drink. Trinculo recognizes his friend Stephano and calls out to him. Soon the three are sitting
up together and drinking. Caliban quickly becomes an enthusiastic drinker, and begins to
sing.
Prospero puts Ferdinand to work hauling wood. Ferdinand finds his labor pleasant because it
is for Miranda’s sake. Miranda, thinking that her father is asleep, tells Ferdinand to take a
break. The two flirt with one another. Miranda proposes marriage, and Ferdinand accepts.
Prospero has been on stage most of the time, unseen, and he is pleased with this development.
Stephano, Trinculo, and Caliban are now drunk and raucous and are made all the more so by
Ariel, who comes to them invisibly and provokes them to fight with one another by
impersonating their voices and taunting them. Caliban grows more and more fervent in his
boasts that he knows how to kill Prospero. He even tells Stephano that he can bring him to
where Prospero is sleeping. He proposes that they kill Prospero, take his daughter, and set
Stephano up as king of the island. Stephano thinks this a good plan, and the three prepare to
set off to find Prospero. They are distracted, however, by the sound of music that Ariel plays
on his flute and tabor-drum, and they decide to follow this music before executing their plot.
Alonso, Gonzalo, Sebastian, and Antonio grow weary from traveling and pause to rest.
Antonio and Sebastian secretly plot to take advantage of Alonso and Gonzalo’s exhaustion,
deciding to kill them in the evening. Prospero, probably on the balcony of the stage and
invisible to the men, causes a banquet to be set out by strangely shaped spirits. As the men
prepare to eat, Ariel appears like a harpy and causes the banquet to vanish. He then accuses
the men of supplanting Prospero and says that it was for this sin that Alonso’s son, Ferdinand,
has been taken. He vanishes, leaving Alonso feeling vexed and guilty.
Prospero now softens toward Ferdinand and welcomes him into his family as the soon-to-be-
husband of Miranda. He sternly reminds Ferdinand, however, that Miranda’s “virgin-knot”
(IV.i.15 ) is not to be broken until the wedding has been officially solemnized. Prospero then
asks Ariel to call forth some spirits to perform a masque for Ferdinand and Miranda. The
spirits assume the shapes of Ceres, Juno, and Iris and perform a short masque celebrating the
rites of marriage and the bounty of the earth. A dance of reapers and nymphs follows but is
interrupted when Prospero suddenly remembers that he still must stop the plot against his life.
He sends the spirits away and asks Ariel about Trinculo, Stephano, and Caliban. Ariel tells
his master of the three men’s drunken plans. He also tells how he led the men with his music
through prickly grass and briars and finally into a filthy pond near Prospero’s cell. Ariel and
Prospero then set a trap by hanging beautiful clothing in Prospero’s cell. Stephano, Trinculo,
and Caliban enter looking for Prospero and, finding the beautiful clothing, decide to steal it.
They are immediately set upon by a pack of spirits in the shape of dogs and hounds, driven
on by Prospero and Ariel.
Prospero uses Ariel to bring Alonso and the others before him. He then sends Ariel to bring
the Boatswain and the mariners from where they sleep on the wrecked ship. Prospero
confronts Alonso, Antonio, and Sebastian with their treachery, but tells them that he forgives
them. Alonso tells him of having lost Ferdinand in the tempest and Prospero says that he
recently lost his own daughter. Clarifying his meaning, he draws aside a curtain to reveal
Ferdinand and Miranda playing chess. Alonso and his companions are amazed by the miracle
of Ferdinand’s survival, and Miranda is stunned by the sight of people unlike any she has
seen before. Ferdinand tells his father about his marriage.
Ariel returns with the Boatswain and mariners. The Boatswain tells a story of having been
awakened from a sleep that had apparently lasted since the tempest. At Prospero’s bidding,
Ariel releases Caliban, Trinculo and Stephano, who then enter wearing their stolen clothing.
Prospero and Alonso command them to return it and to clean up Prospero’s cell. Prospero
invites Alonso and the others to stay for the night so that he can tell them the tale of his life in
the past twelve years. After this, the group plans to return to Italy. Prospero, restored to his
dukedom, will retire to Milan. Prospero gives Ariel one final task—to make sure the seas are
calm for the return voyage—before setting him free. Finally, Prospero delivers an epilogue to
the audience, asking them to forgive him for his wrongdoing and set him free by applauding.

C. Dramatic monologue
 Cross eyed by Apolo Amai

Every day I wake up

With less and less of a purpose

I keep looking to the sky

For answers to tsunami me

But with no luck and more grief

Not knowing my purpose

My path my capabilities

No guidance and I only have myself to blame

Blame for my faults and lack of hard work

My life is horrible and its only me who knows this feeling

I’m not blaming anyone for the way I feel

Just that I’m tired of feeling this way

All I want is to just be happy

The pursuit of happiness is so far from my grasp

I need help

I need forgiveness

I need love

I pursue happiness
CARAGA STATE UNIVERSITY
Ampayon, Butuan City

Assignment in
Introduction to Philippine Literature
MW 07:30-09:00 A.M

Submitted by: Helariona T. Ado BSIS-IV

Submitted to: Mrs. Estrellita G. Paradji

Instructor