Activity

JOHANNES DI ANTOINE C.
VERZOSA
WORLD LITERATURE
ACTIVITY 1
Part 1
1. What is the genre of the text?
The story is what realistic. Realistic Story or Fiction
2. What important standards of literature are considered in analyzing the literature?
Universality and Intellectual Value.
When do you need to draw considerations of the standards of literature? When is
not?
I don’t know.
3. Knowing these literary standards, values, and genres, how are they helpful in
analyzing the text?
It helps in knowing the storyline better. Also, it is easier to understand if you know
certain details about the story.
Part 2
1. Who are the characters in the story?
Vicente, Mother and Father of the two children, the little boy and the little girl
2. When/where is the setting of the story?
The story happened mostly in the house of the two children.
3. What happened in the story? Plot it.
The story started when Vicente offered to tuitor the two children. He was so
patient, gentle and kind to them. The family trusted him. Then on one night, Vicente
tried to take advantage or molest the little girl and the mother protected her child
and casted the man away.
4. What literary device are present in the selection?
Foreshadowing, Setting, Euphemism.
ACTIVITY 2
PART 1
Manong and Ading.
2. When/where is the setting of the story?
Summer.
3. What happened in the story? Plot it.
Manong sees Ading and follows her but Ading do not seem to care about Manong
and Ignores him.
4. What literary device are present in it?
Mood and Setting.
PART 2
1. What does each stanza/line mean?
The first stanza is wondering about the tiger.
Second stanza question’s the goal of creating the tiger.
Third stanza, describing or wondering about the creator.
Fourth, the steps or procedure in making or creating the tiger.
Fifth, the result and reaction of the creator on what he created.
Last, is same as the first.
2. What literary device are present in it?
Alliteration and Imagery.
ACTIVITY 3
PART 1
Yudhishtra, Arjuna, Karna, Dhritarashtra , Drona, Shakuni, Duryodhana, Krishna,
Bhishma, Abhimanyu, Ghandari, Ghatotkaca and etc..
2. How does the story go?
Pandu and Dhirtrashtra are two brothers who rule Hastinapur. Pandu gets married
to Kunti, who conceives five sons and names them Yudhister, Bhimsen, Arjun, Nakul
and Sahdev, while Dhirtrashtra, who is blind, gets married to Gandhari, and gives
birth to a 100 sons, including Duryodhan and Dushasan. Gandhari's brother,
Shakuni, also resides with them. After Pandu passes away, Dhirtrashtra decides to
bequeath the empire to Yudhister much to the chagrin of Duryodhan, who plots
with Shakuni to kill them in a palace made of wax, but the brothers and Kunti
manage to escape and live incognito in a forest where Bhimsem meets with,
Hidimba, slays her demon brother, Hidimb, gets married to her and sires a son, an
illusionist, Ghatotkach. The brothers do reveal their identity when Arjun wins a
competition at Panchal to wed Draupadi defeating Duryodhan, Dushashan,
Jarasandh and others. Kunti unwittingly asks the brothers to share Draupadi, as she
had in a previous birth as Devi Maa Parvati, prayed to Bhagwan Shri Shivji five times
for a husband. Dhirtrashtra acknowledges the enmity between the cousins and asks
five brothers to re-locate to Khandavprasth, which is subsequently transformed by
Bhagwan Shri Indra's aide, Vishwakarma, and re-named Indraprasht. Duryodhan is
then humiliated by Draupadi, who mocks him and tells him that sons of a blind man
are also blind, when he stumbles in the Maya Mahal, and he takes a vow to
humiliate her. Shakuni then invites the five brother to gamble at Hastinapur where
Yudhister ends up losing Indraprasht, his brothers, his wealth as well as Draupadi
herself. Bhagwan Shri Kishan comes to her aid when Dushashan publicly disrobes
her as no one comes to her defense. The Pandavas are then sentenced to 13 years
in exile, which will be extended by 12 years more if they are discovered during the
13th year. The 13 years pass by, Arjun also gets married to Subhadra and sires a son,
Abhimanyu. When the Pandavs return to claim Indraprasht, the Kauravas oppose
and challenge them to a war in the Kurkshetra. Duryodhan chooses Bhagwan Shri
Kishan's armies, while Arjun chooses Kishanji, who decides to only be the charioteer
for Arjun. And it is here that Kishanji who shows his true self to Arjun when he
hesitates to kill his relatives, cousins, and gurus. It is here that Gandhari will bless
Duryodhan with a body of steel, Kunti will go to plead with Karan to show mercy to
her five sons, and Bhagwan Shri Hanuman, the elder brother of Bhimsen, decides to
make an incognito appearance, in this epic battle between Good and Evil.
3. What are the literary devices present in the text?

Tragedy, personification, imagery.
PART 2
Dasharatha, Rama, Kaushalya, Bharata, Lakshmana, Shatrughna, Sita, Kaikeyi,
Hanuman, Ravana and etc..
The Characters were introduced, and Rama the eldest was next to the throne as the
current king retires, but the queen disagreed and persuaded the king to banish
Rama for 14 years for Bharata to become king. In the forest where he was banished,
Ravana ought to bring trouble for Rama but Rama with the help of the animals and
his friends fought Ravana, and won. Rama was crowned in the end.
Tragedy, imagery and setting.
PART 3
Kannagi and Kovalan and Madhavi.
It’s about a couple who were married at the beginning of the story. But the man
cheated. The man broke up with his mistress and returned to his wife and goes off
to a journey but karma followed him.
PART 4
Shakuntala, Dushyanta, Durwasa, Bharata and etc..
The story is about a maiden and a king who fell in love in each other in a forest. They
got married and one day a sage came at their house and asked for water. The king
was cursed for being ignorant about the sage, forgetting all about his wife where It
can only be lifted if the maiden showed something valuable to the king to make him
remember. The king lost his memories and went to his palace. The maiden struggled
to reach him, making her venture of her own to take back his man’s memory. She
failed and started to live alone until she gave birth to a son. One day, a fisherman
brought a ring to the king. The curse was broken and the king started to remember
and find his wife again. Until he found their son in a forest and they lived happily
again.
ACTIVITY 4
1. What is the genre of the text given?
It’s a narrative poem.
2. What important standards of literature are considered in analyzing the literature?
Suggestiveness, because this poem talks about choices we make or someone makes
in life.
3. When do you need to draw considerations of the standards of literature? When is
not?
4. Knowing these literary standards, values, and genres, how are they helpful in
analyzing the text?
They help us know the context and theme of the poem. From the genre itself and
other.
QUIZ 1
I. Identification
1. Literature
2. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
3. Essays
4. Fiction
5. Johann Wolfgang Goethe
II. True or False
1. True
2. False
3. True
4. True
5. False
6. True
7. True
8. False
9. False
10. True
ACTIVITY 5
PART 1
1. What does the poem convey?
It talks about courtship and love. A love afraid of being known to the members of
the family. A forbidden love.
2. What are the literary devices/figurative language present in the literary text?
Imagery
PART 2
It conveys peace.
Amplification. Every word used is strongly describing peace.
PART 3
It conveys the feeling of missing home.
Rhythm and Rhyme
PART 4
It conveys the thought of a traveler while gazing through the night sky.
Mood
ACTIVITY 6
PART 1
1. Where and when did the story happen?
Nalbuan.
2. What is the plot of the story?
Lam-ang goes on a journey and face on many challenges just to get the hand of Ines.
Don Juan, Namongan, Lam-ang, Ines and etc..
4. What are the literary devices present in the epic?
Imagery, Prologue, Epilogue and Personification.
PART 2
Kingdom of Komara Mantapoli.
2. What is the plot of the story?
The story is about the brotherhood of Indarapatra and Sulayman. With their
kingdom being threatened, Indarapatra is left to rule the kingdom, while Sulayman
had set on a journey to defeat the one who threatened the kingdom.
Indarapatra, Sulayman, Nabi Bakamarat, Potri Malaybangsa and etc..
4. What are the literary devices present in the epic?
Imagery, Setting, Tragedy and Personification.
ACTIVITY 7
1. What do you think each haiku suggest?
First haiku, describes a lightning and the sound that comes after.
Second haiku, describes similarity and differences.
Third haiku, describes a setting on a river.
Fourth haiku, suggests being in poverty or being poor.
Last, describes the noisiness on a night.
2. What are the literary devices present in the haikus?
One literary device is present on each of them and that is Imagery.
ACTIVITY 8
Mwindo, Mwindo’s Father, Mwindo’s Aunt and etc..
Mwindo is an unwanted child and his father has tried to kill him but he was gifted
with immortality. When he was grown, he plotted his chance to get revenge at his
father. With his flyswatter and family, he embarked on a journey to kill his father.
Imagery, Setting, Personification, Tragedy and Nemesis.
SHORT STORY ANALYSIS
TITLE: The Little Prince

AUTHOR: Antoine de Saint Exupery
CHARACTERS:
The Narrator (The Aviator)

The aviator is the narrator of the story and at the same time the voice of the author. The
aviator is a little naive and had a great imagination when he was a child, which is why he
so quickly and directly connects with the little prince. He represents a tamed loneliness
and he is the ambassador of reality. He crash-lands in the Sahara and befriends the
prince while working on his engine.
The Little Prince

The little prince is the main protagonist of the story. He is the personification of the
fantasy world in the story, and the voice of children in the adult world. He is at times
grave, amused, querulous, inquisitive, philosophical, curious, wilful, and kind. At the end
of the tale, he asks the snake to bite him in order to send him back to his home planet
where his beloved flower is.
The Rose
The rose/flower represents a stereotypical view of women, for she is fickle, flighty, self-
absorbed, flirtatious, and contradictory. Though he loves her, the prince is easily
annoyed with her; he comes to believe she is vulnerable and needs him.
The King - Asteroid B-325

This monarch whom the Prince meets claims that he reigns over everything and that his
power is absolute. His only "subject" is in fact a rat, which he says he can hear at night.
The king exercises his power on the sun by ordering it to sleep (go down) at bedtime
(sunset). Not to lose face, this ruler gives "reasonable" orders (" I order you to sit
down"). The little prince is not fooled and sees only a strange grownup in this monarch.
The Vain Man - Asteroid B-326

Wearing a hat that is as showy as it is ridiculous, the vain man considers himself as the
most beautiful and the most intelligent of his tiny planet. The little prince reminds this
vain person he is alone on his planet, but the vain man still wants to be admired and
applauded. Faced with such vanity, the little prince remains perplexed: "Grown-ups are
certainly very odd," he thought to himself.
The Drunkard - Asteroid B-327
The drunkard lives alone with his bottle and spends his time drinking to forget that he is
ashamed of drinking. The little prince sees that this man is unhappy and wants to help.
The drinker retreats into silence and sadness. The little prince is perplexed in the face of
this grownup who goes around in circles.
The Businessman - Asteroid B-328

The businessman is a big, busy man who does not even have time to light his cigarette.
He spends his time counting the stars he says he owns. He set these numbers on a sheet
and deposits it in the bank. The little prince tries to make him understand that he is
wasting his life and that "to own something" is about being useful to what we already
have. The little prince then tells him about his rose, which he waters and protects. The
businessman is left speechless. The little prince leaves, once more disappointed with the
grownups.
The Street Lamp Lighter - Asteroid B-329

The little prince is, at first, seduced by the street lamp lighter. His job is useful: he lights
the lamps at sunset. But his planet turns more and more quickly, so he has to keep on
switching his lamps off and on. "Those are the orders," says the lamplighter to the little
prince, who, after all, respects the efforts of this grownup. "He is the only one who does
not seem ridiculous to me. This may be because he deals with something else than
himself."
The Geographer - Asteroid B-330

He is an old man who collects, in huge books, all the information from explorers who
come to him. His planet is vast, but he does not know if there are rivers or mountains
because "the geographer is too important to wander." The geographer appears as
someone who needs the story of others to know things while for the little prince, effort
is required to know things. It is the geographer who sends the little prince on Earth
saying it has a "good reputation."
The Fox
The fox is a wild creature whom the prince, at the fox's request, tames. The fox offers
startlingly simple but profound insights: that what is invisible is what is truly worth
loving.
The Snake
The snake is a yellow, poisonous creature whom the prince meets in the desert and one
year later asks for his deadly bite so he can return home.
SETTINGS:
Earth
PLOT:
The Little Prince Summary
The narrator, a pilot, crash-lands his plane in the Sahara desert. While he tries to
repair his engine and monitor his dwindling supply of water and food, a little boy
appears out of nowhere and simply asks him to draw a sheep. The author then learns
that this "little prince" comes from the far away Asteroid B-612, where he left a rose
and three volcanoes.
The prince’s most prized possession was the rose, but her tempestuous mien
and fickleness tired him and he decided to leave his tiny planet. To his surprise, the
flower was visibly sad to see him go, but she urged him on nonetheless.
Before arriving on Earth, the prince visited other planets and met with strange
individuals: a king, a vain man, a drunkard, a lamplighter, and a geographer. At the
geographer’s suggestion, he visited Earth but dropped down into the Sahara Desert. He
found no friends there, but a snake told him that if he ever needed to return to his
home planet, he could take advantage of the snake’s bite. He met a fox that taught him
to realize that to know others we must “tame” them; this is what makes things and
people unique. "The essential is invisible to the eye," says the fox.
The narrator grows to love and cherish the small boy, marveling at how fragile
he seems though he adopts a serious air. He and the boy find a well and drink from it,
which saves the narrator’s life, but he later, right as he is about to joyfully tell the prince
he's fixed his engine, happens upon the prince talking to a yellow snake about poison.
The plan is for the prince to reunite with his rose, but this is utterly devastating to the
narrator. Nevertheless, the boy lets the snake bite him and falls over into the sand. The
narrator cannot find his body the next day so he hopes that the boy is not dead.
The narrator returns to his life but always wonders about the prince and hopes
he returns. He asks readers to let him know if they ever meet the prince.
LITERARY DEVICES:
Foreshadowing
"When I drew the baobabs, I was inspired by a sense of urgency" This gives the sense
that something dramatic or tragic is going to happen, which it does when the prince
dies.
Understatement
"I'm leaving today, too." This is an understatement because he is actually going to kill
himself.
-"There had been nothing but a yellow flash close to his ankle... He fell gently, the way a
tree falls" This is an understatement because he died, rather than just fell over.
Imagery
Imagery is used when describing the home planet of the little prince and other planets.
Also, vivid descriptions of the desert, especially at night, help to get deeper into the
characters’ inner world.
Paradox
The paradox exists in the fact that people are supposed to become wiser and smarter as
they grow up into adults, but they on the contrary are grow farther away from such
qualities. Everything has to be explained to them.
Parallelism
- The pilot's crash in the desert is paralleled by the prince's.
Metonymy and Synecdoche
“I was awakened by an odd little voice” means that he was awakened by the little
prince.
Personification
“She dressed herself slowly. She adjusted her petals one by one” The little prince is
describing the rose.
ACTIVITY 9
Odysseus, Telemachus, Penelope, Athena, Poseidon and etc..
The Odyssey repeatedly contrasts two kinds of setting: domestic and wild. The
poem’s characters often find themselves in luxurious domestic settings, the palaces
of kings and goddesses. In these locations Odysseus and Telemachus negotiate the
subtleties of the guest-host relationship, and often the sheer wealth and luxury of
the settings makes this negotiation difficult. Telemachus proves his growing
maturity when he tactfully explains that his own homeland is too rocky for the
chariot he is offered by the spectacularly wealthy Menelaus. Odysseus is lulled by
the incredible luxury of Circe’s home into wasting a year on her island. At other
times, the poem’s characters find themselves in unknown, untamed spaces, where
they face serious threats. At sea they are threatened by storms and the wrath of
gods and monsters. In unknown lands they face hostile armies. Odysseus’ most
dangerous encounter comes when he mistakes a wild setting for a domestic one. He
seeks out the home of Polyphemus the Cyclops because he expects a guest-gift, only
to find that the Cyclops pays no heed to human laws.
3. What happened in the story?
The exposition (or introduction) of Homer's The Odyssey introduces the character of
Odysseus being discussed by Athena and Zeus, her father. She wants to know why
Odysseus has not been able to return home, even though the Trojan War has been
over for ten years.
Later the reader learns the details of Odysseus' trials to return home as he tells of
his adventures and trials. In this introductory part of the story, Zeus alludes to the
longer story of the Cyclopes, Polyphemus—the son of Poseidon. Because Odysseus
had behaved dishonorably toward Polyphemus (even though the giant ate some of
Odysseus' men), Poseidon has punished Odysseus by keeping him away from home.
At that moment, though, because Poseidon is not present, Zeus releases Odysseus
so he may return to his wife and son. Athena instructs Telemachus (Odysseus' son)
to seek out what information he may be able to find about his father.
In general, Odysseus was at war; that the Greek gods are involved in the story; that
our hero angered one god who kept him another ten years from his home; and, that
his son has not given up hope of his return.
The rising action starts with Book Two and continues throughout the following
books as we learn of Odysseus' adventures, his travels towards Ithaca, the suitors
who have overrun his home, the attempt on his son's life, and Odysseus' arrival in
Ithaca. We see him reunited with two of his servants and his son, and learn of the
suitors' treatment of the disguised Odysseus. Odysseus has plans to punish the
suitors, and Penelope has placed a test of strength before them to see who (so she
says) she will marry—based on who can complete the test. (No one but Odysseus
can do so.)
The climax of the story takes place when Odysseus, Telemachus and two servants
attack and kill all the suitors. At one point Odysseus calls on Athena, wondering how
he will be able to bring the suitors to their just punishment. Athena chides and
encourages him.
The falling action includes Odysseus' reunion with Penelope: how she cannot
believe it is him and how she tests him to make sure he is who he says he is—She
tells her servant to move Odysseus' bed back into his room; only Odysseus would
know this to be impossible as he built the bed from a tree, and constructed the
room around the bed.
When Odysseus grows angry, wondering who could have moved the bed, Penelope
is convinced this is her husband, and she finally welcomes him home.
The resolution (conclusion) describes how the suitors arrive in Hades; how Odysseus
goes to see his elderly father, Laertes; and, how the relatives of the suitors come to
take revenge on Odysseus. We learn of the ensuing fight and Athena's ability to
bring about peace between them all.
4. What are the literary devices aside from plot that are present in the epic?
Similes are frequently used. These are comparisons between two different things
using the words "like" or "as." For instance, "As brave as a lion," or "My love is like a
red, red rose."
In The Odyssey, similes tend to be longer, stretching out over several lines. This
explains why they're often called Homeric, or epic similes.
Dramatic irony- This is where we know something that a character in the story
doesn't.
Foreshadowing- This provides us with hints as to what is to come. A good example

comes from the cyclops, Polyphemus, who puts a curse on Odysseus.
ACTIVITY 10
Beowulf, King Hrothgar, Grendel, Grendel’s Mother and etc.
5th Or 6th Century in the land of Danes and the land of Geats.
King Hrothgar and the Danes are at the mercy of the marauding demon Grendel,
who keeps attacking Heorot Hall. A Geatish warrior, Beowulf, throws his armor and
weapons aside and fights the demon Grendel in a wrestling match to the death.
Grendel's mother shows up to avenge the death of her son. Back home in Geatland,
Beowulf must defend his people against a marauding dragon. Beowulf hangs out on
the side of the dragon's barrow, recalling his past glories and wondering if he's going
to die fighting the dragon. Beowulf is mortally wounded, but manages to kill the
dragon and win its hoard of treasure. The Geats give Beowulf a splendid funeral and
prepare to be attacked by their neighbors.
Symbolism, Imagery, Allusion and Allegory.
ACTIVITY 11
ACHAEANS, Achilles, Patroclus, Agamemnon, Odysseus, Extraordinary Ajax,
Little Ajax, Nestor, Menelaus, Diomedes, Antilochus, Idomenus, Meriones, Teucer,
Calchas, Automedon, Machaon, Briseius and etc.
It dates back to Classical Antiquity's archaic period. After consulting the Oracle at
Dodona, Herodotus placed Homer and Hesiod at about 400
years before his own time, which would place them at about 850 BC.
Initial Situation/ exposition
The Achaians are suffering from plague; something has to be done.
Conflict
After his falling out with Agamemnon, Achilleus refuses to fight and the Achaians
start getting killed. Not even the offer of gifts can turn him around.
Complication
Nestor suggests that Patroklos lead the Myrmidons, wearing Achilleus's armor. He
does so and is killed.
Climax
Achilleus gets new armor, comes back to battle, kills lots of Trojans, then kills
Hektor.
Denouement
The gods take pity on Hektor and send Achilleus's mother Thetis to instruct him to
give the body back. They also tell Priam to go ask for it. Priam goes to Achilleus's
tent and they connect with one another as human beings, share a meal, and
negotiate the surrender of the body.
Conclusion
The funeral of Hektor.
Allusion: Due to the long tradition of oral literature that became central to the
preservation of ancient Greek culture, the Iliad is riddled with allusions to both past
and future events surrounding the particular time the story is set. Because of the
popularity of mythological retellings, ancient Greek audiences would have already
been familiar with many of the myths and lore that form the foundation of the Iliad.
Homer is aware of this, and does not take much time explaining the events that had
already occurred or would occur shortly after the events of the story. He instead
alludes to them and allows the reader to fill in the blanks.
Foreshadowing: Ancient Greek literature and foreshadowing go hand-in-hand

largely due to the inclusion of prophecy and fate in most, if not all, storylines
surrounding the Greek storytelling tradition. We are provided with the knowledge
that Troy will eventually fall, even if we do not read it within the Iliad, because
Homer offers the information freely in the form of prophecy. We also learn the fates
of many characters in the same way before they meet their ends.
Irony: The Iliad includes many examples of the various kinds of irony, the most
notable the dramatic irony that exists between the reader’s knowledge of the gods’
mediation of the war and the resulting actions of mortals. The war is frequently
paused or interrupted while the gods debate how an event will play out and how
the characters’ fates change as a result. This puts the reader in the know before
characters ever actually play out the will of the gods.
In Medias Res: The plot of the Iliad begins in medias res, or in the middle of the
action. There is little build up to conflict; instead, Homer drops readers into the war
many years after its beginning. He chooses to start with the capture of Chryseis and
Briseis because this is the event that will spur Achilles to leave the battlefield and
sets the stage for bigger conflicts later. It was assumed that readers would know the
events that sparked the Trojan War, so there is not a great need for immediate
exposition.
Also, there is an extensive use of Imagery, Dialogue, and Similes.

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3. What are the literary devices present in the text?

SHORT STORY ANALYSIS

TITLE: The Little Prince

The Narrator (The Aviator)

The Little Prince

The King - Asteroid B-325

The Vain Man - Asteroid B-326

The Businessman - Asteroid B-328

The Street Lamp Lighter - Asteroid B-329

The Geographer - Asteroid B-330

Foreshadowing- This provides us with hints as to what is to come. A good example

Foreshadowing: Ancient Greek literature and foreshadowing go hand-in-hand

Also, there is an extensive use of Imagery, Dialogue, and Similes.

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