COURSE : MALAYSIAN LITERATURE

COURSE CODE : CES 2113

SUBMISSION : WEEK 9

FACULTY : EDUCATION AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

PROGRAMME : B. ED. (HONS) TESL

LECTURER : MS EDA SUHANA BINTI SHARUDIN

TITLE : PLAY SUMMARY: DEATH OF A
WARRIOR (JEBAT) BY USMAN AWANG

Qty. NAME MATRIC NO.

AMIRAH NUR FATIHAH BINTI

1. 4212002951D
FARIDAM SHAH
SCENE ONE

Hang Jebat had taken over the palace of the King of Malacca, as he went to sleep in the
chambers surrounded by the king’s concubines. He demanded for entertainment, dictating for the
best singer with the sweetest voice to sing him a song suit for a king. Dang Wangi stepped up and
explained to Hang Jebat and simultaneously to the other chamber maids who were puzzled by
Hang Jebat’s request that the abundant proverb used in describing a sweet voice, but there can
never be someone who has the truly irresistible voice gifted as the lovelorn bamboo (buluh
perindu).

The first maid revealed that the best admired voice in the palace had always been Dang
Wangi’s, and stated that her voice represents all the respect she received from the king and her face
helped her in receiving such respect as well as her sweet voice. Hang Jebat agreed to the statement,
acknowledging that he knew about Dang Wangi’s honey-like voice through the king’s satiated
ruling as it is best believed from Dang Wangi’s sweet voice. He claimed that he is truly happy now,
as hearing Dang Wangi’s sweet voice meant victory had arisen from his vengeance. Hang Jebat
insisted that the voice of Dang Wangi will heal his broken heart as he already felt happy to possess
Dang Wangi who used to only serve the king. Now that she is at his disposal, he demanded Dang
Wangi to sing for him, Hang Jebat, rather than the king like she used to.

Dang Wangi humbly stated her willingness to fulfil Hang Jebat’s desire promptly, but her
confusion in the autonomy from Hang Jebat held her back. She had always been told to don’t speak
unless spoken to, and the superior ranks had always gave her orders for her to fulfil in haste.
Therefore, she refused to start the song without knowing what Hang Jebat’s preferences were in a
song as she aims to please as she was told, not to be displeased by her own presumptions. Hang
Jebat light-heartedly reassured Dang Wangi to let her hair down, and insisted that Dang Wangi
forgo her lowly rank and sing as her heart wants, because he can never stand ever treating someone
as the king did and bring anyone suffering and monotony in life.

Dang Wangi chose to sing Anak Raja Turun Beradu (Prince at Rest) and Hang Jebat
cordially listens while the other maids prepared a concoction of betel-leaf for Hang Jebat. He was
so enchanted by the singing as he approved of the likeness between the lovelorn bamboo and Dang
Wangi’s voice. He requested a dance from Dang Wangi, to feel alive as if they are immortal. Dang
Wangi added truthfully that she had never lived so the difference her life has with death is naught,
as she had lost her being as soon as she was presented before the King although she seemed
luxurious with the perks that came with being a royal chambermaid. She had never received any
chance to be autonomous, as she had always obeyed the King, to which Hang Jebat saw the
resemblance between Dang Wangi and Hang Tuah, his deceased brother who was killed by the
King. He claimed that Hang Tuah had always blindly fulfilled every wishes the King had made.
Many disapproved quietly as they did not dare to voice out their disapproval at the risk of being
punished by the King. He insisted Dang Wangi to join him for a dance, to which Dang Wangi did.
The second maid suddenly came running in and kneeled before Hang Jebat. He took notice of the
second maid’s hurriedness, knowing well that there might be company that is against his
vengeance. However, the second maid assured to him that no one had been brave enough to stand
against him, and she had brought a news from what she had seen, which are the King and his
Queen leaving the palace with their children to Datuk Bendahara’s house. This stroked Hang
Jebat’s ego as he proudly received the truth that the King ran away from the palace, and that the
proud King had lost his throne to one person that is himself. He took a moment to remember his
befallen brother, Hang Tuah who was killed by the king, wishing for him to be by his side to see
how disgraceful the king that Hang Tuah had always obeyed to, who had been dethroned by his
own knight, Hang Jebat himself.

Suddenly, a riot was heard calling him by various distasteful names, calling him a traitor
repeatedly. All the maids ran with fright except Dang Wangi. Hang Jebat asked Dang Wangi to
leave this roughened place, as she did not deserve to be in a place which will be flooded in blood
and contaminated by the sound pollution from kris and spear clashing into one another. Dang
Wangi complied, but pleaded for a kiss from Hang Jebat which he refused as he was in no place to
even swore on love and loyalty after dethroning the king. As soon as Dang Wangi was gone, he
heard Hang Kasturi’s voice among the riot, claiming the king’s permission to kill him as he is now
accursed. Hang Jebat looked out the window and sarcastically labeled Hang Kasturi the same as
his dead brother. He refused to fight, as they were once brothers. But Hang Kasturi reminded that
the comeuppance had been the aftermath of what Hang Jebat had done, and he shall reap what he
sows.
SCENE TWO

Dang Wangi and ladies-in-waiting were by the King’s bed, with Dang Wangi preparing
betel leaf concoction. The first and second maid talked about the bloodshed by Hang Jebat’s doing,
accompanied by the Taming Sari that he possessed after Hang Tuah’s death while he was washing
himself in the King’s bath with scented water. Dang Wangi was confident with Hang Jebat’s ability
to defeat anyone and relied on the fear from people to withhold their attacks on Hang Jebat. Hang
Jebat made an entrance as he was freshly dressed with the best scent to fill the room. He exclaimed
his contentedness, happy with the possession of Taming Sari in his hands as he remained invincible
before acknowledging the presence of the ladies-in-waiting and Dang Wangi. Dang Wangi
remarked the strangeness of talking about the morose topic of death in a cheery tone, before adding
a cynical remark about her carefreeness in talking casually to her lord, Hang Jebat.

Lightheartedly, Hang Jebat joked about her treacherous remark might earn her a
punishment by beheading if he were to be a king at the moment, to which Dang Wangi replied
gratefully and equally humorous that she was glad that Hang Jebat is not the king, and she may
pass any comment without it costing her head off her neck. Dang Wangi, encouraged by Hang
Jebat, spoke her mind when she asked him whether he shall speak so brazenly about death, as
death might get angry and find him right then. Hang Jebat confidently stated his confidence in
avoiding death affectively as long as the Taming Sari stays in possession of his hands, and his
hands might assist the death instead.

While Dang Wangi was singing for Hang Jebat to calm him down after the hard day he
had, a voice similar to Hang Tuah yelled from the riot that awakened Hang Jebat from his lull. He
was surprised to hear the familiar voice and decided to listen carefully to what the voice has to say.
The voice continued to taunt him with his own sins, reminding him that no bad deed goes
unpunished especially since Hang Jebat spilled too many bloods for what he had achieved, and
Hang Jebat stood up and walked to the window to look for the voice. He tried to awaken from the
cruel dream of his hallucinations by washing his face, and demanded for the voice to reveal
himself. Hang Tuah snarked Hang Jebat, taunting the fear in Hang Jebat at the thought of Hang
Tuah’s presence amongst the riot was to bring him down by the King’s order. He revealed himself
to Hang Jebat as Hang Tuah who is willing to kill his own brother at the King’s bidding. Hang
Jebat insisted that he was never an ounce afraid of the name Hang Tuah, but he admitted that he
was taken aback at the fact that Hang Tuah was still alive even after the King’s order to kill him.
Hang Tuah brushed Hang Jebat’s reasoning to vengeance aside as a mean to a mere self-defense,
and all bad deeds shall be paid with Hang Jebat’s blood. Hang Jebat laughed in snide, accepting
that there will be blood spilled between the two brothers, and he shall have no regrets.

Hang Jebat soon realized that Hang Tuah was hell-bent on killing him, with the strength
that Hang Tuah was pushing was more than necessary to take him down, as if fighting a thousand
enemies, not one estranged friend. Hang Tuah prided in his action of doing the bidding by the
King’s order. Hang Tuah snatched away the Taming Sari which was his by right gifted by the Seri
Betara Majapahit himself. Hang Jebat was angry for losing the only weapon that helps him become
invincible to any attacks, thus presenting his chest for Hang Tuah to finish his job, but Hang Tuah
refused to be treated in that way in a duel, thus pushing for Hang Jebat to fight using a normal kris.

When the Taming Sari kris finally sunk itself in Hang Jebat’s chest through his heart with
the help of Hang Tuah’s thrust, Hang Jebat’s eyes filled with every emotion to describe the forlorn,
except humiliation. Hang Tuah avoided those eyes, for his gaze was too much to take into as he
knew that he had killed his sworn brother, and Hang Jebat’s blood splashed everywhere in the
palace. Hang Tuah was weak in the knees, killing his friend had caused a toll on his will and his
energy as it all became too much for him. He was a warrior but at the cost of his beloved brother’s
blood being spilled by his own kris, the Taming Sari. Hang Jebat grabbed a sultan’s ceremonial
scarf and tried to dress his wounds as he heard the joy in the riot screaming the victor of the fallen
knight. Hang Jebat dressed his wounds as he shouted to everyone in the city of Malacca within
earshot, addressing the irony where he went against the tyranny of the King of Malacca with his
own blood, before running amok and doing what he intended to do before wasting his life away at
the last breath.