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D ead S tars By: Paz Marquez- Benitez
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The Author
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Characters Alfredo Salazar - son of Don Julian, a more than 30 years old man and a bachelor. He is engaged to Esperanza but him still fleeting to Julia Salas. Esperanza - wife of Alfredo Salazar. She is a homely woman, literal minded and intensely acquisitive. She is one of those fortunate women who have the gift of uniformly beauty. Julia Salas - sister-in-law of Judge Del Valle. She is the other girl of Alfredo Salazar that remains single in her entire life. Don Julian - an old man, a father of Alfredo Salazar and Carmen.
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Carmen - sister of Alfredo Salas. Judge Del Valle - brother-in-law of Julia Salas. Donna Adella - sister of Julia Salas. She is small and plump, a pretty woman with a complexion of a baby with a expression of a likeable cow. Calixta - note-carrier of Alfredo Salazar and Esperanza. Dionisio - husband of Donna Adella. Vicente - husband of Carmen. Brigida Samuy - She is the illusive woman whose Alfredo is looking for.
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D ead S tars
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Meet Alfredo, a man in his 30’s and a Bachelor who is engaged to a fine woman name Esperanza.
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But what if..................
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Carmen: Papa, and when will the ‘long table’ be set?
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Don Julian: “ I dont know yet. Alfredo is not very specific, But I understand Esperanza wants it to be next month.”
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(Sigh...)
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Carmen: “ Why is he not a bit more decided, I wonder. He is over thirty, is he not? And still a bachelor! Esperanza must be tired waiting.”
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Don Julian: “ She does not seem to be in much of a hurry either,”
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Carmen: “ How can a woman be in a hurry when the man does not hurry her? “
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Carmen: Papa, do you remember how much in love he was? “
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Don Julian: “ In love? With whom?”
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Carmen: “With Esperanza, of course. He has not had another love affair that I know of.”
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Everyone takes it for granted that he will eventually marry Esperanza, but what if he met another woman and unknowingly felt something different....
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House of Judge Del Valle
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Judge Del Valle: Don Julian and Alfredo welcome to my home. Judge Del Valle: Don Julian and Alfredo welcome to my home.
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Don Julian: Thanks, its our pleasure. How are you Judge Del Valle? Don Julian: Thanks, its our pleasure. How are you Judge Del Valle?
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Alfredo: Hi, Ms. Del Valle..
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Julia Salas:..................? Julia Salas:..................?
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I’m puzzled, she should have smile with evident delight everytime I addressed her thus but why she wasn’t.
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Don Julian: Alfredo she was not the Judge’s sister, as he had supposed, but his sister- in- law, and her name was Julia Salas.
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Alfredo: So.. You’re Julia.. My apology... I thought you we’re the Judge’s sister.
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Julia: “That is nothing, each time I was about to correct you, but I remember a similar experience I had once before.”
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What if he found himself falling in-love with some other girl? While ‘The Wedding’ seems to be inevitable?
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After the Sunday’s mass, Esperanza was waiting intensely at the church for Alfredo to get her. But no sign of him has come.
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Esperanza: Alfredo, do you went straight home after mass?
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Suddenly realized that for several Sundays now he had not waited for Esperanza to come out of the church.. As he had been won’t to do. He had been eager to go “neighbouring.” Suddenly realized that for several Sundays now he had not waited for Esperanza to come out of the church.. As he had been won’t to do. He had been eager to go “neighbouring.”
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Alfredo: Yes, I went home to work.. And ‘sometimes I go with Papa to Judge del Valle’s.’
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“That half-lie told him what he had not admitted openly to himself.. That he was giving Julia Salas something which he was not free to give. He realized that; yet something that would not be denied beckoned imperiously, and yet he followed on.” “That half-lie told him what he had not admitted openly to himself.. That he was giving Julia Salas something which he was not free to give. He realized that; yet something that would not be denied beckoned imperiously, and yet he followed on.”
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Will it leads him to eventually lose his intensity of passion for his bride to be?
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Alfredo: “ I hope you are enjoying this.”
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Julia: “Very much. It looks like home to me. Except that we do not have such a lovely beach.The afternoon has seemed very short, hasn’t it?”
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“This, I think, is the last time—we can visit.” Then….
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Alfredo: “The last? Why?” “Oh, you will be too busy perhaps.”
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Julia: “Im going home, tomorrow.”
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Alfredo: (sad) “Why?....”
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How will he managed to choose between Love and Obligation?
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Alfredo: “ I had been thinking all this time that you had gone..” The next week… He said in a voice that was both excited and troubled.
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Julia: “ No, my sister asked me to stay until they are ready to go.”
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Julia: Yes. Alfredo: “Oh, is the Judge going?”
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“Mr. Salazar, I wish to congratulate you.”
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Alfredo: “For what?”
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“ For your approaching wedding. I should have offered congratulations long before, but you know mere visitors are slow about getting the news.”
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Julia: Good-bye Mr. Salazar. All the moments that we are together will stay forever in my heart.
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Will True Love weigh more,his dream. The Dead Star in his life. More than the Moral Obligation of Regenerative Virtue of Institution.
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Even if Alfredo is not sure about his wedding with Esperanza. He have nothing to do about it.
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Ten years later, Alfredo became a prominent Lawyer like his father. Unexpectedly, Julia and Alfredo’s paths crossed once again. Ten years later, Alfredo became a prominent Lawyer like his father. Unexpectedly, Julia and Alfredo’s paths crossed once again.
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For the past ten years, everything has change even the special feelings of Alfredo for Julia.
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It is not easy for Julia to stay away from Alfredo because she had learn to fall inlove with him for the past years. But she thinks of Alfredo’s sake and respect Esperanza’s feelings. Then again, she remains single. It is not easy for Julia to stay away from Alfredo because she had learn to fall inlove with him for the past years. But she thinks of Alfredo’s sake and respect Esperanza’s feelings. Then again, she remains single.
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Alfredo’s feelings towards Julia is like a “Dead Star”, maybe its not shining anymore but the memories of them together will be in his heart FOREVER..
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1.Who wrote the first Filipino modern short story in English and the author of Dead Stars? 2.What school did the author work? 3.Who is Alfredo? 4.What is the relationship of Julia Salas to Judge Del Valle? 5.Who is Julia Salas?
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6. Who is the fiancée of Alfredo? 7. Did Esperanza and Alfredo got married? 8. What is the occupation of Alfredo after 10 years? 9. Who is Carmen? 10. Did Alfredo pursue his love for Julia Salas?
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1.Paz Marquez- Benitez 2.University of the Philippines 3.A man on his 30’s and a Bachelor who is engaged to a fine woman name Esperanza. 4.Sister-in-Law 5.Sister of Judge Del Valle’s wife
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6. Esperanza 7. Yes, they did. 8. A prominent Lawyer 9. Sister of Alfredo 10. No, he didn’t.
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Prepared by: Gallentes, Genvirly P. Estrada, Jaquilyn V.
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