Undergraduate Thesis
Bachelor of Secondary Education major in English
University of Rizal System, Rodriguez, Rizal
2018

This study was conducted to critically analyze and interpret the Legend of Bernardo Carpio with the researchers' statement of the problem. These guide questions were licensed under "Creative Common Attribution" by Gideon O Burton of Brigham Young University Since the study is a rhetorical analysis, it is only conducted in the University of Rizal System Rodriguez Campus for School Year 2016-2017

Based on the data gathered, the following findings were drawn.

Intended audience Basically, the intended audience of the legend of Bernardo Carpio are all the Filipino people particularly the citizens where the legend originated which is in Brgy. Wawa, Rodriguez, Rizal who has been an instant historical heritage because of the said legend, values that the audience hold that the author or speaker appeals to the primary reason why every other legend is written is to explain certain phenomena that they are not yet to figure out, in this case the legend of Bernardo Carpio is created because of the lack of knowledge of our ancestors and it also appeals to promote love for our country which we badly need in our current generation, treasure our roots and imitate the lessons and values of such bravery, wisdom, and love which could eventually make us, the common man, a "hero" in our own ways. Impersistent communication is very appropriate to be the very structure of communication for this legend because there is no physical evidence of the existence of Bernardo Carpio other than the footprint which is rather not plausible and to what remains to the minds of our ancestors which they successfully passed to our current generation. It is also arranged explicitly because the legend was crystallized in a verbal way and even in written form because of the presence of published works and the internet wherein you can see a wide variety of versions of this legend, oral or literary genre The oral or literary genre that the legend of Bernardo Carpio was following is obvious. The title itself already answered the question and it is legend. Metaphor and Hyperbole were used in the legend of Bernardo Carpio because of how Bernardo Carpio was being compared to other legendary or mythical heroes such as Hercules and Atlas due to their similarities. Also some of the events in the legend were exaggerated and far from reality like Bernardo Carpio as a giant and being the cause of earthquake style and tone in every legend it is a must to use variations of literary techniques, in this case, the legend made use of imagery, to help people visualize the legend and grow more attached to it, it also made use of figures of speech such as hyperbole to emphasize the characteristics and qualities of the protagonist and make him even more exceptional. The tone of this story is excitement for it to be appreciated by people of all ages and to keep the people who heard or read this legend hooked and really engrave it into their minds, values or customs would the people that would produce this bravery, patriotism, and how we Filipinos valued our independence were the values of the people that can be found in the legend. Being colonized by the foreign invaders brought bravery and patriotism to the Filipino people which we carried even up to this day. That's why there are a lot of stories or reading materials in the Philippine Literature that depicted those values like in the legend of Bernardo Carpio. These stories were also a manifestation of how we value our independence and the people behind it. time and location shown by the allusions, historical references, or kinds of words it had a certain time sparr particularly because of the historical references that surrounds it, giving it a very specific era, which in this case is during the Spanish conquest witnessing how the national heroes we are well aware of today fought for our liberty, exigency this story is created due to influence during the Spanish conquest. Basically we Filipinos love to explain and connect things we experience. For instance, it is said that Bernardo Carpio is the cause of earthquakes, that is because our ancestors felt the urge to explain that certain phenomenon that they don't know the cause of and because of their imaginative minds, they came up with this legend. The legend is a satirical attempt to overthrow the Spanish occupation almost like how Dr. Jose Rizal wrote Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo. The story gave a window of hope our countrymen badly needed during the time they were mistreated by the foreign invaders and because of that, the legend gained sympathy from our fellowmen because it depicts exactly how they want to liberate this country, logos regardless of the imaginative composition of this legend, it been around for a long time way even way back the era of our Filipino heroes, the legend inspired these said men and gave them the audacity to fight for our country just like what Bernardo Carpio did. In fact, Filipino revolutionary heroes Jose Rizal and Andres Bonifacio are said to have paid homage to the Bernardo Carpio legend - the former making a pilgrimage to Montalban, and the latter making the caves of Montalban the secret meeting place for the Katipunan movement.

Based on the legend "BERNARDO CARPIO" the specific questions have been answered.

The intended audience are the Filipino people. The values are bravery.

wisdom, and love. Impersistent communication is the structure of communication in the legend. Bernardo Carpio is a legend. Metaphor and Simile were used in the legend. The style of the legend were variations of literary techniques and the tone was exciting. The values or customs that the people had were bravery, patriotism, and how we valued our independence. It was during the Spanish conquest or colonization. The reason why this legend was created because of Spanish colonization and we Filipinos loved to explain things-like what is the cause of earthquake. The emotional appeal in the legend was a reflection of what we have been through in the past. The historical occasion was we have been colonized by the Spaniards.

Based on the analysis and conclusions of this study, the following recommendations were hereby offered. Students of literature they should top their sense of critical thinking and judgment as to what books are worth reading, educators they can use the manuscript as a springboard or pattern when they are dealing with the literature so as to uphold the value judgment of the students specifically on things that affect their perspective in life, writers they will be inspired to write literary pieces, should give importance to their work for the quality. time and effort exerted, literary enthusiast they should add more substance to their reading as they combine reading for pleasure with reading for depth analysis and lastly; future researchers hey should use this as a take off point for deeper analysis.