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Alagad ng Sining, March 20, 2020 A Comparative Analysis Essay of the Poems Pinagrok by Estelito B. Jacob and The Applicant by Sylvia Plath BY Sophia Therese R. Canabe and Chester Jay O. Celis (September 18, 2018)      Oftentimes, people are limited by their gender roles which are imposed by society. Men and women must do this and that based on what other people are expecting them to be. This is the sad reality that most people fail to have a full grasp on because they are blinded by the goal of fulfilling and achieving what they are supposed to do as either a man or a woman. In today’s fast-paced world, the sluggish progress in attaining gender equality is evident because patriarchy is dominating in many aspects. With that, misogyny arises due to the fact that most men, if not all, think too highly of themselves―it is as if they are higher beings who are in full control of the world. Estelito B. Jacob’s Pinagrok and Sylvia Plath’s The Applicant are just two of the many l...

I made a wish for my death For I saw a shooting star. Man — in black hood with a hook, Or a crook, o what you are, I am but here in a nook. I made a wish for my death For I tossed coins to the well, Blew eyelashes on my palm, Bought thirteen purple candles, I am but here with a bomb. Of all wishes and wishes, No hook nor crook on my door. Of all coins and eyelashes, I am but same as before. I made a wish for my death.