The painting illustrates a picture of two people, a woman and a man standing in what appears to be a

bedroom with a disarranged bed and a table with candles visible from behind. The woman is in a blush
dress ostensibly covering the lower half of her body and she holds a white cloth to cover her upper half.
The man is wearing a what seems to be an open blue polo shirt tucked into his khaki pants that comes
with a brown belt. The man is also holding a sharp machete pointing downwards as his other hand holds
the woman, the two are in a defensive position, gazing to the same direction of an unrevealed object or
person.

There are different colors from pale red to blue that are visible on the artwork but the artist outwardly
used more hazel, brown and rust-like palettes to paint the entire scenario. The general use of earthy
shades evokes an antique feeling to the overall atmosphere of the piece. Moreover, the artist painted
the background with a subtle cloudiness, that blurs the room, as it gives emphasis on the man and the
woman as the main elements of the artwork. This is reinforced with the degree of brightness being more
visible on the people while the background seemed clouded.

The artwork depicts an image of a man, with a sharp machete, defending a woman, who was almost
undressed, from an unrevealed identity. Basing on their defensive posture and position, the woman just
got out herself in a possible molestation and assault as the man barges in with a weapon. The clutter in
the bed indicates that a fight transpired between the woman and the culprit. Being painted in 1945, the
picture narrates the post-war events and situations that women went through in the hands of abusive
foreign occupations, particularly in this piece, the Japanese, where Filipinas experience sexual assaults
and abuse from foreign soldiers and tyrants

. The piece effectively encapsulates the evoking concepts of resistance, courage, relentlessness and
power as it mirrors the important rights and honor that must not be detracted from the Filipino people
especially from women. The emancipatory and revolutionary storytelling of the artwork also opens the
narratives of democracy that was once detached from our history.