Lesson 9
Lesson 9
Lesson 9
SONG TANONG!
Individual Work: ½ crosswise
1. Paz Marquez-Benitez
2. Estrella Alfon
3. Arturo Rotor
4. Nick Joaquin
5. Bienvenido N. Santos
1. Loreto Paras-Sulit
2. Paz M. Latorena
3. Arturo B. Rotor
4. Bienvenido N. Santos
Read the story
titled Dead Stars
by Paz Marquez-
Benitez on pp.
149-168.
Group Reading
Group I- Lines 1-20
Group II- Lines 21-40
Group III- Lines 41-60
Group IV- Lines 61-79
Group V- Lines 80-99
Perform a tableau
manifesting the
lines given.
20 minutes/group
II. Author’s Background
Paz Marquez-Benitez (1894-1983)
One of the very first writers who men-
tored by many writers.
Her work served as a model of what is to be
considered literary.
A teacher at the University of the Philippines,
teaching short-story writing in the English
Language.
In 1919, she founded Woman’s Home
Journal
Founder of Philippine Women’s College (now
known as Philippine Women’s University.
III. Guide Questions:
1. Briefly describe the nature of stars. Why was
the text titled “Dead Stars?”
2. Is the light of a dead star a reality or simply
an illusion? How could it be related to the
“dream” of Alfredo Salazar?
3. Describe the plot of the story. Is it syuzet or
fabula? How does it contribute to driving
home the point of the story?
4. Briefly describe the following parts,
highlighting their significance.
5. In summary, how would you describe the
character of Alfredo Salazar?
Freytag’s Model: Plot Components
Fabula vs. Syuzhet (Russian Formalism)
Fabula refers to a simple linear causality
chain.
Syuzhet is a nonlinear presentation of events.
6. What is the conflict in this story?
7. How is Alfredo representative of certain
people, or of a facet in the personhood of
people in general?
8. How is irony at work in this story?
9. What is theme of the story?
Summary
Dead Star is a love story about a man named
Alfredo Salazar, who has his fiance in the
person of Esperanza and they have been
engaged for quite some time. Society views
them as an ideal couple. Their wedding is about
to take place in the near future. Prior to the
wedding however, he sees another girl, when
he goes with his father to a judge’s house. He
tries to seek love in her, but she kind a declines.
In that way, Alfredo became a little bit confused
in his upcoming wedding where he is about to
choose between two options; to do what he
should do by marrying Esperanza as prescribed
by his parents or to do what he wants to do by
having Julia Salas, his dream- the dead star in
his life.
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