Renzo D. Lasam
Angelica De Asis-Tomintz
Lit14 R18
March 4, 2016
Understanding the Dramatic Situation in Angela Manalang-Gloria Soledad In every culture, there are norms, patterns and standards that are expected of a group, which dictate how an individual’s social behavior and way of thinking is. To talk about issues and to do acts that go against these norms, more often than not, merits judgment from the community and are defined as ‘taboo’. In the Philippines, it is part of the norms of society to reverently practice Catholicism, the most followed religion in the Philippines, which in turn, to also practice to be conservative. On the other hand, to speak or act against the beliefs of the Catholic Church is considered to be taboo or scandalous. In Angela Manalang-Gloria’s poem ‘Soledad’, these concepts of the norms and the taboos are tackled and shown throughout the dramatic situation. …show more content…
Right away, the presence and importance of the Catholic teachings and beliefs can be seen in the neighbors, who in turn, represent the society in which the poem takes place in. The girl is described to be a well bred person from the line ‘one so carved from pride and glassed in dream’, while the boy is described with the word ‘firebrand’. The use of the word ‘firebrand’ to represent the boy shows how society sees him as someone who causes unrest due to him tempting the girl to partake in the scandalous act of premarital
Angelica De Asis-Tomintz
Lit14 R18
March 4, 2016
Understanding the Dramatic Situation in Angela Manalang-Gloria Soledad In every culture, there are norms, patterns and standards that are expected of a group, which dictate how an individual’s social behavior and way of thinking is. To talk about issues and to do acts that go against these norms, more often than not, merits judgment from the community and are defined as ‘taboo’. In the Philippines, it is part of the norms of society to reverently practice Catholicism, the most followed religion in the Philippines, which in turn, to also practice to be conservative. On the other hand, to speak or act against the beliefs of the Catholic Church is considered to be taboo or scandalous. In Angela Manalang-Gloria’s poem ‘Soledad’, these concepts of the norms and the taboos are tackled and shown throughout the dramatic situation. …show more content…
Right away, the presence and importance of the Catholic teachings and beliefs can be seen in the neighbors, who in turn, represent the society in which the poem takes place in. The girl is described to be a well bred person from the line ‘one so carved from pride and glassed in dream’, while the boy is described with the word ‘firebrand’. The use of the word ‘firebrand’ to represent the boy shows how society sees him as someone who causes unrest due to him tempting the girl to partake in the scandalous act of premarital