Blog 1

Well, to be sure the classes have been interesting enough and have definitely helped thus far with understanding both the play and the characters in which the "purple posse" is attempting to create. The most interesting thing that I have learned in class has been when we surfed the internet looking for the old tales about the mythology of the Filipinos. The most interesting of all of these, an it was surprising how many there were, was of the tiyanak. Learning about the mythology surrounding this mythical creature made the scene in which Junior scares his sister that much more understandable. I enjoy mythology of different cultures and it was great to see and learn about the legends of a culture whose history we are attempting to contextualize in the play. Furthermore, I would just like to say that this particular monster must have taken a good deal of imagination being that it is an aborted baby demon that imitates a crying child to attract victims , take revenge on the people who deprived it of life, and to kidnap children, FREAKY!!!! Thank god it is only a myth.