padora's box

Characters:

Narrator

Zeus

Vulcano

Anna

Venus

Athena

Aphrodite

Diana

Messanger god

Prometheus

Epimetheus

SCRIPT:

(At Mount Olympus)

Narrator: One day, the almighty Zeus, upset with the brothers Prometheus and Epimetheus for bringing fire to humankind, decided to punish mankind because they were mean, evil, and arrogant.  So he called his son Vulcano.

Zeus: My dear son, Vulcano.  I want you to make a woman.

Vulcano: A woman?  Why, father?

Zeus: Don´t dare to question my decisions.  It´s an order, Vulcano!

Vulcano: But.. father, making a woman is harder than making an armor for Mars, or carve a statue for Anna.

Zeus: Don´t give me the details, just do it!

Vulcano: Very well.  I´ll start right away.

Narrator: So Vulcano started making a woman.  And with his strong arms he made a woman as beautiful as the goddess.  One day Anna went to see her.

Anna: She´s is very beautiful, Vulcano.  You did a wonderful job.  I will give her a belt full of pearls and a purple dress with precious stones.

Narrator: The sweet Venus also came to see her.

Venus: Anna was right.  I truly admire your work.  I will give her the gift of generosity, charity, and patience.

Narrator: And Aphrodite and Athena came together to see her.

Athena: We needed to see her Vulcano.  I also want to give her a gift.  I give her wisdom.

Aphrodite: She´s is already beautiful, so I will give her the gift of love.

Narrator: And all the gods and goddess came to see her and gave her many gifts.

Diana: I give her jewelry, flowers, and a little bit of curiosity.

Apollo: I give you music.

Hermes: And I give you persuasion.

Narrator: After all the gods and goddes came to see her, Vulcano decided that it was time to take her to his father.

Vulcano: Father, she is the woman you asked me to do.

Zeus: She´s  perfect!  And I can see that all the goddess already gave her gifts.

Vulcano: Yes, they did.

Zeus: Very well, then now it´s my turn. Your name will be Pandora, which means the “all gifted”. But I also give you this box, which you should take with you when you go down to earth.

Pandora: It´s a strange but beautiful box, Zeus.

Zeus: It´s more than that, Pandora.  It´s a very special box.

Pandora: Tell me more about it, please.

Zeus: As you can see Pandora, this box is extremely beautiful on the outside.  It´s made of pure gold, and covered with diamonds and rubies.

Pandora: And it´s so heavy!  What does it have inside?

Zeus: I can see that Diana gave you curiosity, Pandora.

Pandora: Just a little.

Zeus: Anyway, it contains diseases, death, and sorrow to humankind.  All these things can make them suffer, cry, and can even destroy them.  That is why it´s so heavy.

Pandora: But.. Zeus!

Zeus: Listen to me, Pandora.  You should never, ever open this box.

Pandora: I won´t Zeus, I promise.

Zeus: Just remember, if you open it, all the diseases, sorrow, and pain will spread through the earth.  If they are kept inside, just as I told you, they will not harm anybody.

Pandora: I appreciate your gift.  It´s so beautiful and shiny that I can´t stop looking at it.

Zeus: Now, it´s time for you to go down to earth….  Vulcano, tell the messenger god to come.  Pandora is ready to leave.

Vulcano: Yes, father.

Narrator: The messager god came to take Pandora to earth.  But before leaving Zeus said.

Zeus: Pandora, when you get to earth, you will marry Epimetheus, Prometheus’ brother.

Pandora: Very well, Zeus.  You are my creator, and I will always obey you.

(On Earth)

Narrator: Meanwhile Epimetheus and Prometheus were talking about Zeus.

Prometheus: Zeus must be very angry with me.

Epimetheus: I know, you promise not to steal the fire, and you did.

Prometheus: Mortals needed it.  Fire is useful for them.

Epimetheus: Yes, but now we must be very careful.

Prometheus: Zeus is very clever, I know that by now he must be thinking of something.  He will not forgive us.  So, please brother, I warn you not to accept anything from him.

Epimetheus: Don´t worry brother, I won´t.

Prometheus: You have to promise me that you will not accept anything, even if it´s a gift sent in friendship.

Epimetheus: I told you not to worry.

Narrator: A few days later the messanger god arrived at Epimetheus house with the young girl.

Epimetheus: What are you doing here?

Messanger god: Zeus sent me with this beautiful girl.  She´s a gift for you.

Epimetheus: I don´t understand.  I know that Zeus is not happy for what my brother and I did.

Messanger god: Zeus has forgiven you.  That´s why she´s is here.

Epimetheus: She´s irresistibly beautiful.  I accept her into my house, please tell Zeus thank you.

Messanger god: I will.  And.. her name is Pandora.  Take good care of her.

Epimetheus: Before you leave, tell me what is that box she´s holding in her hand.

Messanger god: It´s a gift Zeus gave her before coming to earth.  She knows that she must not think of opening it.

Epimetheus: But why?  What´s inside?

Messanger god: She knows what´s inside.  Just remind her to keep her promise.

Epimetheus: I will.

Narrator: After the messenger god left earth, Epimetheus took Pandora to his house.

Epimetheus: This is where you will live from now on.

Pandora: You have a nice house.  Earth is a strange place, but interesting.

Epimetheus: Give me the box, I will keep it in a safe place.

Narrator: Everything was perfect for a few days.  But Pandora didn´t have many things to do on earth, and a lot of time to think.  Besides, one of the goddess also gave her the gift of curiosity.

Pandora: I wonder what´s inside the box?  Maybe nothing will happen if I open it just a little.  I could take a quick look and then close it.  No, I better not, I made a promise…

This is hard for me, I have to open it, now!

Narrator: So she lifted the lid from the box, and she was horrified by what she saw.

Pandora: Oh no!  This is terrible!

Narrator: A thik dark smoke came out from the box, and horrible evil ghosts started to fill the earth and covered the sun.  They were the ghosts of sickness, suffering, hatred, jealousy, greed, violence, and started to fill the happy houses of mankind.

Pandora: What have I done!  I have to cover the lid quickly.

Narrator: She tried hard to cover it, but it was too late.  When the dark smoke disappeared, Pandora looked inside the box.

Pandora: At least there´s something remaining inside.  But, it´s trying to come out!

Narrator: And inside the box there was the gift of Hope.  Then she quickly closed the box.

Pandora: I closed it just on time!

Narrator: And the spirit of  Hope comforts man in his distress.

The End

literary analysis of biag ni lam-ang

LITERARY ANALYSIS OF BIAG NI LAM-ANG

TITLE           

            Life of Extraordinary Man

INTRODUCTION

            In the poetry ‘‘Biag ni Lam-ang’’ by no definite author, the story is about a boy who was very extraordinary. When the baby boy was born, he started to talk and told his mother he should be named Lam-ang. He also chose his godparents and asked where his father was. The story’s setting is in Nalbuan. The characters in the story were Lam-ang, the extraordinary man and his love interest the beautiful Ines Kannoyan. His father named Don Juan who goes to the Igorots Tribe to punish an Igorot band. And his loving mother named Namongan who is very supportive. The rest is Sumarang his rival and Marcos who collected the bones of Lam-ang.

BODY

            After nine months of waiting for his father to return, Lam-ang decided he would go look for him. While travelling he dreamed one night of Igorots celebrating the death of his father. Lam-ang was furious and rushed to their village and killed them all, except for one whom he tortured first before releasing. Upon returning to Nalbuan in triumph, he was bathed by women in the Amburayan river. All the fish died because of the dirt and odor from Lam-ang’s body. Lam-ang fell in love with a young woman named Ines Kannnoyan. She lived in Kalanutian and he brought along his rooster and dog to visit her. On the way, Lam-ang met his enemy Sumarang, another suitor of Ines whom he fought and readily defeated. Lam-ang found the house of Ines surrounded by many suitors all of whom were trying to catch her attention. He had his rooster crow, which caused a nearby house to fall. This made Ines look out. He had his dog bark and in n instant the fallen house rose up again. The rooster expressed the love of Lam-ang. The parents agreed to a marriage if Lam-ang could equal their wealth consisting of lands and gold. Lam-ang had no problem fulfilling this condition and they were married.

CONCLUSION

            After some time the headman reminded Lam-ang about their tradition that a newly married man had to catch a kind of fish called Rarang. Unfortunately, Lam-ang was swallowed by the shark called Berkakan and died. But with the help of Marcos by getting his bones and with the help of his rooster and dog Lam-ang resurrect again. Lam-ang and his wife lived happily ever after with his rooster and dog. The story was magical and interesting. Magical in a part where his pets take some actions and something will happen. Story was interesting because there are some parts in the story that was impossible to happen in real life.