Nick Joaquin

 Nick Joaquin by name of Nicomedes Joaquin

was born on born May 4, 1917
in Paco, Manila, Philippines.—died
on April 29, 2004, San Juan, Philippines.
 Filipino novelist, poet, playwright,
essayist, and biographer whose works
present the diverse heritage of the
Filipino people.
 Well-known as a historian of the brief
Golden Age of Spain in the Philippines, as
a writer of short stories suffused with
folk Roman Catholicism.
 Novels:
-The Woman who had two navels (1961)
-A Portrait of the Artist as a
Filipino (1966)
-Cave and Shadows (1983)

• Short stories
-Tropical Gothic (1972)
-Stories for Groovy Kids (1979)
-May Day Eve (1947)
 Anastasia- an old gypsy who told Agueda
that if she faced the mirror she will saw
her future husband.
 Agueda– pretty, young woman who is so
curious, hardheaded, brave and very much
willing to know her future husband.
 Badoy Montiya- a vain good looking man who
will do everything to get what he wants
and revengeful.
 Voltaire- their grandson who at an early
age want to know who will he marry.
 Introduction:
The old people had ordered that the
dancing should stop at ten o’clock but it was
almost midnight before the carriages came
filing up the departing guests, while the
girls who were staying were promptly herded
upstairs to the bedrooms, the young men
gathering around to wish them a good night and
lamenting their ascent with mock signs and
moaning, proclaiming themselves disconsolate
but straightway going off to finish the punch
and the brandy though they were quite drunk
already and simply bursting with wild spirits,
merriment, arrogance and audacity, for they
were young bucks newly arrived from Europe;
the ball had been in their honor.
 Rising Action:
When Anastasia said the prophecy that:
You must take a candle and go into a room
that is dark and that has a mirror in it
and you must be alone in the room. Go up
to the mirror and close your eyes and say:
Mirror, mirror, show to me him whose woman
I will be. If all goes right, just above
your left shoulder will appear the face of
the man you will marry. And if nothing
goes right you will see the devil.
 Climax
Agueda faced the mirror and saw Badoy.
Badoy asked to dance with Agueda, but
Agueda bite her hand and runaway.
 Falling Action
Years had passed and they had marry,
but their marriage is full of bitterness
because in the first place they never
loved each other at all.

 Resolution:
When Don Badoy had realized that he
should have love Agueda. That they
shouldn’t get marry because their life had
become miserable. He had realized it when
Agueda is gone.
  Conflict
Inner Conflict Man VS. Man

 Theme
-Regret
- Intense remorse caused by wrong
decisions, like believing in superstitions
  Implication
The story implies that we should not
believe in superstitions. In marriage, we
should always consider love because love
is the foundation of all.
We shouldn't force another person to love
us in return. Instead, do something
special in order for you to be loved back.
 Symbolism
Mirror
Thank you! 
GONZALES, Shiela May P.
VIERNES, Ma.Leonilla L.