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Lesson 6 - Justice

Former Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached over allegations of failing to disclose assets. The poem "Is the Philippine Justice?" by Ralph Semino Galán uses symbols associated with the goddess Justitia - a blindfold, golden scales, and double-edged sword - to represent ideals of impartiality, fairness, and truth in justice. However, the painting depicts Justitia fading away "cloudy as doubts", suggesting these principles are not being fully upheld. The poet suggests right and wrong can be confused and justice may face ridicule. Ralph Semino Galán is a published poet and professor of literature.

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Lesson 6 - Justice

Former Chief Justice Renato Corona was impeached over allegations of failing to disclose assets. The poem "Is the Philippine Justice?" by Ralph Semino Galán uses symbols associated with the goddess Justitia - a blindfold, golden scales, and double-edged sword - to represent ideals of impartiality, fairness, and truth in justice. However, the painting depicts Justitia fading away "cloudy as doubts", suggesting these principles are not being fully upheld. The poet suggests right and wrong can be confused and justice may face ridicule. Ralph Semino Galán is a published poet and professor of literature.

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Former Chief Justice

Renato Corona
PARTS OF
SYMBOL MEANING OF SYMBOL
THE POEM

Impartiality of justice; justice has no


Line 2 Blindfold
favorites, it is objective.

Line 3 Golden pair of scales (1)

Line 5 Double-edged sword (2)

In order to find out whether the defendant


Line 6 Thoth’s feather of truth is guilty or not, one must find out the truth
and give the right verdict.

Painting “Is the Philippine Justice?” with Justitia


Line 11 fading into the air… “cloudy as doubts…”
(3)

“…right and wrong are cards that can be


Line 14 shuffled like a pile of money bills…”
(4)

Line 18 “…face the music of derision…” (5)


Ralph Semino Galán
• is a poet, literary critic and translator.
• He is an Associate Professor of Literature.
• His poems in English and Filipino have won
prizes in the Philippine Panorama (1993) and
Home Life Magazine (1998) poetry contests.
• Ralph has an M.A. in English Studies (major
in Creative Writing) from the University of
the Philippines-Diliman

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