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 30s 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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Im puzzled, she should have smile with evident delight
everytime I addressed her thus but why she wasnt.
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Don Julian: Alfredo she was not the Judges sister, as he had
supposed, but his sister- in- law, and her name was Julia
Salas.
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Alfredo: So.. Youre Julia.. My apology... I thought you were
the Judges 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 Sundays 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
wont 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 wont 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 Valles.
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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,
hasnt it?
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This, I think, is the last timewe 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 Alfredos paths crossed once again.
Ten years later, Alfredo became a prominent Lawyer like his father.
Unexpectedly, Julia and Alfredos 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 Alfredos sake and respect Esperanzas 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 Alfredos sake and respect Esperanzas
feelings. Then again, she remains single.
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Alfredos 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 fiance 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 30s and a Bachelor who is engaged to a fine woman name
Esperanza. 4.Sister-in-Law 5.Sister of Judge Del Valles wife
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6. Esperanza 7. Yes, they did. 8. A prominent Lawyer 9. Sister
of Alfredo 10. No, he didnt.
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Prepared by: Gallentes, Genvirly P. Estrada, Jaquilyn V.
