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Matabagka Feminism

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Feminism in the modern day has been a confusing concept and theory. As I watched the play Matabagka, it made me think what feminism is all about. In the 1960s, it reappeared as a movement that concentrates on the empowerment of women. It shows the different ways how women can be and what she could become in numerous aspects in life (Wanve, 2014). Women have been showing confidence and power against men and demanding for equality, but in reality they want to be more than men. Matabagka is a play which talks about how women revolutionize around a world that is ruled by men. It is written by Layeta Bucoy and directed by Elmer Rufo. It has a setting that is in Mindanao and focuses on a princess who is trying to take initiative and leadership in …show more content…

She tricked the ruler of another kingdom into falling in love with her. This is because the ruler of that kingdom has the ability to control the powerful beings, Ipo-Ipo and Bagyo, by using an object. If Matabagka successfully steals the objects that control the powerful beings, then she can prove to her kingdom that she is worthy of being a ruler and she can finally prove that women are capable of leading a kingdom. The symbolism of tricking the other ruler is that women are step by step trying to move forward and beginning to overpower the men. The men would think that they are still stronger than the women when in actuality they are already equal. Women have been taking advantage of this opportunity to slowly gain power on men. The scene where the other ruler is trying to serve all of Matabagka’s wishes is a great allegory that the conflict between men and women before has now reversed today but Matabagka is not yet content with this. Besides having all of her requests granted, she still wants the power of Ipo-Ipo and Bagyo and when she got it, tragedy happened. Her mom died and her whole kingdom was in chaos. I think that the play is telling us that it is wrong to gain too much

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