''Satanas sa Lupa'' (“

Satan Satan,, ; grc, ὁ σατανᾶς or , ; ar, شيطانالخَنَّاس , also known as Devil in Christianity, the Devil, and sometimes also called Lucifer in Christianity, is an non-physical entity, entity in the Abrahamic religions ...

on Earth”), subtitled “''nobelang pangkasalukuyan''”Satanas sa Lupa: nobelang pangkasalukuyan
worldcat.org (“Present-day Novel”), is a 1970Samar, Edgar Calabia

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Celso Al. Carunungan Celso Al. Carunungan is a Filipino writer, novelist, and scriptwriter in English and Filipino languages. In 1959, he won the Best Story prize from the Filipino Academy of Movie Arts and Sciences (FAMAS) for writing the story and screenplay for t ...

,Panitikan sa Pilipinas (Literature in the Philippines)
(Tagalog), books.google.com one of the “titans of Philippine literature”.“Celso Al. Carunungan”
History, The Varsitarian, The Official Student Publication of the University of Santo Tomas, Vol. LXXXI, No. 11, February 18, 2010, Manila, Philippines: “The titans of Philippine literature learned writing in the Varsitarian: (…) Celso Al Carunungan (…)”, varsitarian.net The novel criticizes the

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during the early part of the 1970s, a reason why the author had been included among the group known as "Class 1081", Filipinos imprisoned when

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was declared by

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in 1972. Apart from being one of the political novels in the Philippines from 1967 to 1972 that "represented a clamor for change in society" (Filipino: ''kinatawan ng paghingi ng pagbabago sa lipunan''), ''Satanas sa Lupa'' was one of the novels in the Philippines that incorporated romanticism in its plot using the "

love triangle A love triangle or eternal triangle is a scenario or circumstance, usually depicted as a rivalry, in which two people are pursuing or involved in a romantic relationship with one person, or in which one person in a romantic relationship with so ...

" (Filipino: ''tatsulukan ng pag-ibig'') genre, a genre that began in the Philippines in 1906 through another novel entitled '' Juan Masili'' by another Filipino author named

Patricio Mariano Patricio Mariano y Geronimo (17 March 1877 at Santa Cruz, Manila – 28 January 1935) was a Filipino nationalist, revolutionary, pundit, poet, playwright, dramatist, short story writer, novelist, journalist, violinist, and painter. Mariano wa ...

. The love triangle in ''Satanas sa Lupa'' is between the characters Benigno Talavera, Conrado, and Chona.

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According to Ruby Gamboa-Alcantara in her ''"Romantisismo, Estilong Pilipino" Itinatak sa Nobelang Tagalog'' ("Romanticism, Filipino Style" Stamped on the Tagalog Novel), the character Benigno Talavera was the representative of Philippine politics in ''Satanas sa Lupa''. Talavera was a "formerly good citizen" who was influenced by three other Congressmen (Filipino: ''Konggresista'') Carpio, David, and Balbino. The three were cheating each other for the sake of climbing up the ladder of power and for gaining wealth. In ''Satanas sa Lupa'', the reign of greed was ended by the persecution of Senator Morales, the death of Talavera, and the burning of evidence used to

blackmail Blackmail is an act of coercion using the threat of revealing or publicizing either substantially true or false information about a person or people unless certain demands are met. It is often damaging information, and it may be revealed to fa ...

Talavera. The evidence was burned by Talavera's wife, Virginia. The other circumstances presented in ''Satanas sa Lupa'' were the drug addiction of Ismael, the son of Talavera; the pregnancy out of wedlock and motherhood as a single woman by Esther, the daughter of Talavera; the love affair between Contrado and Chona; and the

elopement Elopement is a term that is used in reference to a marriage which is conducted in a sudden and secretive fashion, usually involving a hurried flight away from one's place of residence together with one's beloved with the intention of getting ma ...

of Conrado and Chona (Conrado was supposed to become a priest). According to Gamboa-Alcantara, there is an unrealistic circumstance in ''Satanas sa Lupa'', which is the excessive portrayal of Virginia, the wife of Talavera, as the martyred spouse and mother, due to the use of Philippine-style romanticism.

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