PART I – AUTHOR/WRITER OF THE STORY Kerima Polotan-Tuvera (December 16‚ 1925 – August 19‚ 2011) * Was a Filipino author. She was a renowned and highly respected fictionist‚ essayist‚ and journalists‚ with her works having received among the highest literary distinctions of the Philippines. * Some of her stories have been published under the pseudonym Patricia S. Torres * She graduated from the Far Eastern University Girls’ High School. In 1944‚ she enrolled in the University of
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Analysis on the Short Story “The Virgin” by Kerima Polotan Tuvera * Based on the short story‚ the various personalities that the main character named Miss Mijares showcased were her stiff and aloof behavior wherein her superiority to herself makes her unfriendly and detached to other people. Also her attitude when it comes to dealing with people wherein she often humiliates them by asking them questions with regards to their standing in the society. Moreover‚ her life was effusively based
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My Last Farewell Farewell‚ dear Fatherland‚ clime of the sun caress’d‚ Pearl of the Orient seas‚ our Eden lost! Gladly now I go to give thee this faded life’s best‚ And were it brighter‚ fresher‚ or more blest‚ Still would I give it thee‚ nor count the cost. On the field of battle‚ ’mid the frenzy of fight‚ Others have given their lives‚ without doubt or heed; The place matters not--cypress or laurel or lily white‚ Scaffold of open plain‚ combat or martyrdom’s plight‚ ’Tis ever the
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A Character Analysis of Kerima Tuvera’s The Virgin Where Psychology and Personality Meet Jessica Brown E03 Introduction Through the use of theories based on psychology and personality‚ the characters in The Virgin will be analysed in this essay to show that there was development. To do this essay‚ I did extensive research on the types of theories that were floating about on the Internet such as the Psychoanalytic Theory of Freud. I also did in-depth research on the types of characters in literature
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Student Analysis Lady’s Choice (Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s The Virgin: A Feminist Approach) Kerima Polotan Tuvera is a Filipino female author who wrote The Virgin which won two first awards in the Philippines. The story can be narrated both man and woman. The text shows that the character‚ a woman who likes to wear flurry-colored clothes‚ Miss Mijares—a 34 year-old submissive daughter‚ sacrificing herself (she spent most of her life caring for her ill mother that’s why she’s still a virgin). She
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A Character Analysis of Kerima Polotan Tuvera’s The Virgin Kerima Polotan-Tuvera’s “The Virgin” is a short story that is centered on two characters namely Miss Mijares and The Carpenter. The title “The Virgin” reflects the subject virginity which is an important and cherished value for Filipinos. A Filipina should be proud to have maintained her virginity but in the case of the thirty-four-year-old Miss Mijares‚ she is ashamed of it. In her thirty-four years of existence‚ she had never been
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The Virgin by Kerima Polotan The title of Kerima Polotan’s "The Virgin" gives us the subject-virginity‚ female virginity‚ a cherished value of Filipino Male culture. By presenting its protagonist as "victim" rather than heroine of this value system‚ the text subverts it. Reflecting on her virginal state‚ Miss Mijares does so "with a mixture of shame and bitterness and guilt" The story’s eroticism is heightened by the lyrical‚ almost cadenced language. (The eroticism is quite explicit for it’s
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Short Story Analysis In this essay‚ your purpose is to fully explain an element (theme‚ characterization or symbolism) in a short story of your choice. I will provide you with examples of each element from stories by Hemingway‚ Updike and Vonnegut ; you may write about any of these authors except the ones that we have discussed in class. However‚ you may choose to investigate an author of your own choice. Below I have listed some contemporary authors and story collections you may want to
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moralistic principles had been evident in his writings especially in his short stories. It had awaken the ethical standards of late Russia into a more monotheistic nation. Stories like “God Sees the Truth‚ But Waits”‚ “The Three Questions” and “What Men Live By” have deep-rooted principles that are trying to tell everyone how to live a good life. This study will try to analyze Tolstoy’s stories like God Sees the Truth but Waits‚ a story of a merchant Aksionov who was accused of murder and suffered a life
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Short story analysis – There will come soft rains (1950) The short story “August‚ 2026: There will come soft rains” written by Ray Bradbury in 1950 deals with the theme humanity and their technology. The story deals with a nuclear disaster that ruined the entire city despite one house which keeps on living it daily life. It starts with announcing the date of August 4th‚ 2026 and that it is itme to wake up‚ though nobody is there. Breakfast is automatically prepared but no on one is there to eat
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