Final Examination

1. 1. Have the summary of your own report/ presentation.

- In the poem The Life Removed, of which an excerpt is shown, Fray Luis, following the
beatus Ille theme introduced by Horace, expounds upon the notion of choice and its
consequences. He says that those irrational men who aspire to power and wealth and
are guided by the talk and opinion of others will not achieve the peace, happiness, and
liberty assured to those who travel the hidden path. The poem continues on to mention
a ship in a storm, and how the sailors aboard are motivated only by greed and
ambition, and they will not meet the harmonious end of those who travel the hidden
path.
2.Kindly give/ write the moral lesson/ s derived from your own report.
- The main message of The Life Removed by Luis Ponce de Leon is having
consequences for your choices. Those who are greedy or irrational will not see a good
end.
3.What do you think was the author’s purpose in writing the said masterpiece.
- The author’s emphasizing an individual’s ability to rise above the circumstances.
When he writes, If you can dream, and not make dreams your mater, he is saying that
do not let circumstances control you just because you have a dream. The poem talks
about how wealth and power do not bring happiness.