Trope

• Trope


  The creative use of language mostly found in literature, where language is turned, changed, or altered to make it new, refreshing, and thus literary
• A trope is not simply itself, but something else as well, as seen in the image of the storm
• As a trope, the image of the storm becomes meaningful by standing for aspects of the human experience
• Storm


  • Represents devastation
  • Represents creative, transformative potential
  • Represents the disaster-prone geographic condition of the Philippines
  • Represents the violent consequences of taking the environment for granted
  • Represents a literary turn or trope embodying current Filipino (and global) experiences of natural calamities and our shared smallness in the presence of nature
• The storm has animated Filipino legends, myths, and literature, and has become a wake-up call in the age of climate change