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MAY DAY EVE by Nick Joaquin Name: Venus L. Divinagracia Course: AC122

Date: October 31, 2013

A. IDENTIFY THE FOLLOWING ELEMENTS OF FICTION 1. Protagonist: 2. Antagonist: 3. Setting: 4. Conflict: 5. Symbol: 6. Point of View: 7. Mood: 8. Theme:

Donya Agueda Don Badoy Grand house (bedroom and sala) Man vs. Man; Man vs. Self Mirror – symbol of truth 3rd person point of view Love and hatred Gothic fiction with realism – horror, fiction and realism because of the belief that a witch or a devil will come out in the mirror if it go wrong.

B. WRITE THE PLOT STRUCTURE OF THE STORY Exposition Anastasia told the girls about the story that they would be able to know their future husband by reciting an incantation in front of the mirror but if it gone wrong, they would see a devil. Complication Agueda tried the incantation in front of the mirror then she saw Don Badoy. They had some confrontation and she ended up biting Don Badoy’s hand because he wouldn’t let her go. At that moment, he fell in love with her but he would still make her pay for what she did. Climax Don Badoy told his grandson, Voltaire, that he once saw a witch in front of a mirror when he caught him doing the incantation in front of the mirror. Amazed by what he said, Voltaire told him that his grandma once saw the devil in that mirror. Denouement Don Badoy realized that he ponders on love that had been wasted. They had shared a bitter and loveless marriage. His forgot his love to Agueda since that May day eve. Resolution Don Badoy reminisced the time when he saw Agueda in front of the mirror and when he fell madly inlove with her. That old love had been blinded by hatred, but it has now resurfaced but it’s too late because Agueda is dead.

MAY DAY EVE by Nick Joaquin Name: Venus L. Divinagracia Course: AC122

Date: October 31, 2013

PLOT EVENT Agueda insisted that she wants to try the incantation in front of the mirror. Don Badoy saw Agueda in front of the mirror.

INTERNAL CONFLICT She was scared because of the darkness but she just imagined the room filled with people.

Agueda bit Don Badoy on his hand when he wouldn’t let him go. Voltaire told him that her grandma once saw a devil in that mirror.

He fell inlove with her but then, he wanted to make her pay for what she did. He realized that they shared a loveless marriage and the love he felt on may day eve was covered by hatred but it was too late. Agueda never found what she was meant to Badoy all this time.

EXTERNAL CONFLICT Anastasia and her cousins tried to stop her because he might see the devil. Agueda hated Don Badoy so much that she rejected him but Don Badoy wouldn’t let him go so she bit him. He was so mad he tried to slap her but she was gone.