Noli me tangere characters

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Characters of Noli Me Tangere Reported by: Jenalyn Avila Rutsel Baguinang Katherine Guingab

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Characters of Noli Me Tangere

Reported by:

Jenalyn Avila

Rutsel Baguinang

Katherine Guingab

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Is Rizal’s portrayal of the characters in Noli Me

Tangere relevant to the social statuses during his

time?

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Crisostomo Ibarra Elias Kapitan Tiago Maria Clara Doña VictorinaPia AlbaDon Tiburcio Gobernador HeneralAlfonso LinaresAlferezPilosopo Tasyo Padre Sibyla

Padre SalviPadre DamasoCrispin BasilioSisaDoña Consolacion

The Characters

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Crisostomo Ibarra

He has a liberal mind.

Outspoken and idealistic

Patient and serious man

He becomes very violent and

impulsive when he provoked.

Ibarra as Rizal’s reflection of himself.

He symbolizes the idealism of the

privileged youth.

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Elias

He distrusts human judgment and prefers God’s justice instead.

He prefers a revolution over the reforms.

He represents the common Filipino.

He is said to be the personification of Andres Bonifacio.

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Kapitan Tiago

He is said to be a good Catholic, friend of the Spanish government.

He symbolizes the rich Filipinos who oppress their

fellow countrymen.

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Maria Clara

Religious woman

She portrayed as a faithful sweetheart, a good friend and an obedient daughter.

She had childish simplicity.

She gets easily nervous.

Her character is related to Rizal’s childhood

sweetheart, Leonor Rivera.

She symbolizes the purity and innocence of a

sheltered native woman.

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Doña Victorina

An ambitious Filipina.

She symbolizes those who have a distorted view of

their identity.

Wife of Don Tiburcio.

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Don Tiburcio de Espadaña

Doña Victorina’s husband.

He is timid and rarely joins in conversation.

Makes living as a quack doctor.

Represented the ignorant Spaniards whose foolishness the other Spaniards tolerated, often

resulting in disastrous consequences for the natives.

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Pia Alba

A young, healthy and beautiful woman.

Very spiritual woman.

By nature, a very merry woman but she became melancholic when she became

pregnant.

Pia Alba represents the women who had been

abused by the clergy and had been silenced by

their shame.

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Gobernador General

He occupies the second most powerful rank in

the colonial government, second only to the king

Supported Ibarra against Padre

Damaso

Represented the typical Governor Generals of the

Philippines who would often disdain the power that the

friars had

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A young and smart Spanish lawyer.

Meek and shy.

Padre Damaso wanted Maria Clara to marry him

but she refused.

Alfonso Linares

Represented the young Spaniards who came to the

Philippines hoping for a better life than in their

motherland.

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Alferez

Dona Consolascion’s husband

Shares rivalry with the priest,

particularly Padre Salvi and

frequently has violent fights with

his wife

Represented the officials of the state who frequently had power struggles with

Church officials.

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Pilosopo Tasyo

Known as “ Filosopo

Tasyo”. He spent most of his money on books and now lives in poverty

Rizal can relate to his character as his oldest brother, Paciano Rizal.

He symbolizes the learned Filipinos.

He is a pessimist.

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Padre Hernando Sibyla

He is often cool and intelligent, especially when correcting the other friar,

Padre Damaso, of the latter's ostentatiousness.

a Dominican friar who is the curate of Binondo and

had been a former professor at San Juan de

Letran college

Symbolizes the liberal friar but would rather stay in the background rather than incur the wrath of other priests in power. He is aware of the injustices done to

the natives but would not do anything to change it, as all he cares about is getting his congregation in power.

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Padre Bernardo Salvi

Manipulates people to get what he wants.

He is described to be very thin and

sickly. The Franciscan

curate of San Diego, secretly harboring

lust for María Clara.

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Padre Damaso

Talkative and cruel priest.

He raped Doña Pia, Maria Clara’s

mother

He continually antagonizes Ibarra and

prevents his marriage to Maria Clara

He symbolizes the Spanish friars of

Rizal’s time.

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Sisa

Is the deranged mother of Basilio

and Crispín.

Described as beautiful and young, although she loves her children very much,

she can not protect them from the beatings of her

husband, Pedro.

Personified the suffering of the motherland.

Named after Rizal’s older

sister, Narcisa.

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Basilio

He is 10 years old. An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells

for the Angelus

They represented the innocent who were wrongly accused of crimes they did

not commit.

Their story was based on the true tale of the Crisostomo

brother’s of Hagonoy.

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Crispin

He is 7 years old, often talks about silly things and is Sisa’s

favorite son.

An altar boy, he was unjustly accused of stealing money

from the church.

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Doña Consolacion

Wife of the Alferez of San Diego

Often has violent arguments with her

husbands

Pretends not to know Tagalog and often uses

Spanish words even if she does not the meaning

Symbolizes the Filipinos in our society who are

ashamed of their own race and nationality.