Pulido, Nathaniel Karl Enin T.

March 2, 2021

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CHARACTERS (ACTIVATE PRIOR KNOWLEDGE)

Instruction: Surf the net about the characters of Rizal's first novel Noli Me Tangere. Use the table below
as the format in the activity.

NOTE: Write all the characters

NOLI ME TANGERE

PRIMARY CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION ROLE

1. Crisostomo Ibarra Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Rizal uses Ibarra to express
Magsalin, best known as Ibarra, ideas about colonialism and the
is a Filipino-Spanish descendant nature of power in the
of Don Rafael Ibarra, a rich Philippines, making him a
Spaniard. He was born and politically significant character.
raised in the Philippines but
spent seven years studying in
Europe during his adolescence.
2. Maria Clara She became the epitome of Religious woman Maria Clara
virtue as a devout Roman She was portrayed as a devoted
Catholic; "demure and self- sweetheart, a caring friend, and
effacing" and endowed with a devout daughter. She
beauty, grace, and charm, she represents the innocence and
was promoted by Rizal as the purity of a sheltered native
"ideal image" of a Filipino woman.
woman worthy of being placed
on the "pedestal of male
honour."
3. Padre Dámaso Padre Damaso was the real Padre Damaso (Padre
father of Maria Clara and the Damaso) Priest is both talkative
former town curate of San and cruel. He raped Maria
Diego. The man, who opposed Clara's mother, Doña Pia, and is
his daughter's marriage to constantly at odds with Ibarra,
Crisostomo Ibarra, tried to keep preventing his marriage to Maria
the two apart for Maria Clara's Clara. He is a representation of
sake. Rizal's time's Spanish friars.
Narcisa, Rizal's older sister, was
the inspiration for the name.
4. Don Santiago de los Santos Kapitán Tiago, as he is known, Maria Clara's father, Capitan
is the only son of a wealthy Tiago, was a powerful
Malabon trader. Kapitán Tiago businessman in San Diego.
did not receive any formal Capitan Tiago struggled to obey
education as a result of his the friars' will when he married

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 mother's cruelty. He became a his daughter to Crisostomo
Dominican priest's servant. Ibarra.
5. Don Anastacio One of the most important Tasyo Pilosopo Filosopo
characters in Noli is Filósofo Tasyo is his name. He spent the
Tacio (Philosopher Tasyo), who majority of his money on books
is also known as Filósofo Tacio and is now penniless. Like his
(Philosopher Tasyo). On the one oldest brother, Paciano Rizal,
hand, he is referred to as a Rizal can relate to his character.
philosopher/sage (hence, He represents the educated
Pilosopo Tasyo) because his Filipinos. He considers himself to
ideas were in tune with the be a pessimist.
townspeople's thoughts.
Filósofo Tacio was born into a
well-to-do family in the
Philippines.
6. Eliás Elias was a wanted fugitive in Elias, far more than Ibarra, is
San Diego. After experiencing a the most unique character in
series of tragedies, he decided to Rizal's Noli. He embodies the
work to improve society. After villager's virtues of gratitude,
Crisostomo Ibarra saved his life, abnegation, sacrifice, and
he began assisting the young devotion to his homeland. Rizal
man, saving him on several created him out of his love and
occasions. devotion.
7. Doña Victorina Victorina de los Reyes de Doña Victorina was a socialite
Espadaña, Doctora Analyze the and Capitan Tiago's friend. She
characters. Don Tiburcio's wife, and her husband, Don Tiburcio,
a Filipina woman. Doña Victorina sought to associate with
is most concerned with her influential San Diego figures in
image as a beautiful and order to elevate their social
admired socialite, despite the status.
fact that she is past her prime, as
Rizal emphasizes.
8. Narcisa Narcisa, also known as Sisa, is Sisa represents the Inang
Basilio and Crispin's insane Bayan, or Motherland, who
mother. Although she adores became an outcast as a result of
her children and is described as the Spaniards' mistreatment of
beautiful and young, she is the Filipinos, and Maria Clara
unable to protect them from represents the Filipino women
Pedro's beatings. Crispin, Sisa's who were oppressed and
son, is seven years old. He was abused by the Spaniards.
unjustly accused of stealing
money from the church as an
altar boy.
9. Doña Consolacion Doña Consolación is a vicious, Doña Consolacion is a Spanish
vulgar partner who berates the word that means "to console."
ensign and engages him in Wife of the San Diego Alferez
physical fights that are heard all She has frequent violent fights
over town. with her husbands. Pretends not
to understand Tagalog and
frequently uses Spanish words
for which she has no
understanding. Symbolizes

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 Filipinos who are ashamed of
their own race and nationality in
our society.

SECONDARY CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION ROLE

1.Tiya Isabel She is the sister of Tiago who As Maria Clara grew older, he
helped to raise Maria Clara. assisted Kapitan Tiyago in caring
for her.
2. Idáy, Sinang, Victoria and Friends of Maria Clara in San Idáy is a lovely woman who
Neneng Diego plays the harp. Sinang is Maria
Clara's closest friend and is
cheerful and naughty; Victoria is
Sinang's strict older cousin, and
Neneng is quiet and shy.
3. Andeng Foster sister of Maria Clara She is the caretaker of
who cooks well. Kapitan Tiago's house in San
Diego.
4. Doña Pia Alba Mother of María Clara and Died after giving childbirth to
husband of Kapitán Tiago. María Clara.
5. Kapitana Ticá and Kapitan Mother and father of Sinang - Kapitan Ticá does not
Basilio (Kapitan Basilio is not the same want to be
as Basilio) notice/recognize that
her daughter and her
wants some beautiful
and expensive jewelries.
Because of that, Slmoun
will not raise the prices
of the jewelries.
- Kapitan Basilio was one
of the Kapitan in San
Diego that was being
considered as an enemy
of Don Rafael due to the
disagreement about
land privacy.
6. Albino ex-seminarian who became Admirer of Victoria.
disillusioned with the Catholic
church.
7. Crispin and Basilio Children of Sisa At the San Diego parish, the
two serve as sacristans together.
Following the incident that
resulted in Crispin's
disappearance and presumed
death, Basilio was filled with
sorrow and remorse for
sacrificing Crispin to save
himself.
8. Padre Salvi Padre Salvi was San Diego's Padre Salvi reflects the clergy
town curate and the assistant of of the time who used the
Padre Damaso. He later Church's power to conceal their
engineered the downfall of fleshly impulses in order to get

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 Crisostomo Ibarra, exploiting the what they desired. Padre Salvi as
townspeople in the process. He a true human Salvi, like the rest
had a feud with the town's of the characters in Noli Me
alferez. Tangere, was inspired by a real
person by the name of Padre
Antonio Piernavieja.
9. Padre Sibyla A Dominican priest and He was a teacher of Ibarra
former teacher. and very helpful to Padre
Damaso in times of anomalies
ahead; And wears golden
glasses.
10. Pedro Was the husband of Sisa and He is an irresponsible
the father of Basilio and Crispin. husband.

EL FILIBUSTERISMO

PRIMARY CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION ROLE

1. Simoun At the end of Noli Me He devises a plan to detonate
Tángere, Crisóstomo Ibarra is a bomb dressed as a glamorous
presumed dead. Simoun, a rich lamp at a wedding attended by
jeweler, has returned as Ibarra. leading members of civil society
and the church hierarchy.
Unfortunately for him, his
scheme backfires, and he kills
himself by ingesting arsenic.
2. Basilio One of Sisa's and another Noli He is Huli's main love interest.
Me Tángere character. In the Basilio joined Simoun's revolt
events of El fili, he is a young and after discovering that Simoun is
promising surgeon in his final correct and that he must exact
year of university, waiting for his vengeance in order for Spain to
license to be issued after reward him equally for what he
graduation. has lost.
3. Isagani Villamor Basilio's friend. He's an artist, He contrasts with the
taller and more robust than pessimistic Simoun because of
Basilio despite being smaller. He his idealism... Isagani is a sign of
is Padre Florentino's nephew, the youth whose passion for the
but it is also rumored that he country is so intense that he is
was Florentino's son with his old labeled as idealistic.
sweetheart before he was
ordained a priest.
4. Kabesang Tales Former Cabeza de Barangay He reflects the indigenous
of Barrio Sagpang in Tiani, peoples and farmers whose
Telesforo Juan de Dios. He was a lands were occupied by the
sugarcane planter who cleared friars. His narrative outlines the
lands he felt were unclaimed, revolution's origins.
losing his wife and eldest
daughter in the process.
5. Don Custodio Custodio de Salazar y Sánchez Since it is mentioned that Don
de Monteredondo, a well- Custodio came to Manila when
known "contractor" who was he was young, it is believed that
entrusted by the Captain- he was born in the province. He
General with creating the married a mestiza from a

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 students' association's plan for prosperous family after having a
an academy for the teaching of decent career. He became
Spanish, but who was also under involved with the government
pressure from the priests not to with all of his contracts due to
jeopardize their monopoly on his abilities and attitude. He
instruction. gradually rose through the ranks
to become a councilor and then
mayor.
6. Paulita Gomez Isagani's girlfriend and Doña Paulita Gomez is a stereotype
Victorina's niece, the old Indio of a woman who takes the right
who disguises herself as a choice for a more prosperous
Peninsular and is the wife of the future. She knows what is best
quack doctor Tiburcio de for her and will use her admirers
Espadaña. to get what she needs.
7. Macaraig One of Isagani’s classmates at He is a wealthy student who
the University of Santo Tomas leads the students who want to
create the Academia de
Castellano.

SECONDARY CHARACTERS DESCRIPTION ROLE

1. Father Tolentino Isagani's godfather and a Padre Florentino is the only
secular priest, who was engaged indigenous priest mentioned in
to be married but opted to Rizal's novels. He makes his first
become a priest after being appearance in El Filibusterismo,
convinced by his mother, the where he plays an important
tale suggesting the uncertainty part in bringing hope and peace
of his choice as he prefersan to the world.
assignment to a remote place,
living in isolation near the sea.
2. Juli San Jose Juliana de Dios, Basilio's Juliana, Basilio's sweetheart,
girlfriend, and Kabesang Tales' and Kabesang Tales' daughter is
youngest sibling. To regain her known by the nickname Juli.
father from the robbers, she had Devoted to Basilio, she agrees to
to serve as a maid under become a servant rather than
Hermana Penchang's sell the locket he had given her,
supervision. She was finally set which had formerly belonged to
free, but she killed herself after Maria Clara and had fallen into
Father Camorra tried to rape his possession.
her.
3. Juanito Pelaez A favorite student of the As a child, he was a prankster
professors. They belong to the who would sometimes fool
noble Spanish ancestry. people and then hide behind
others. As a result of his
frequent crouching and hiding,
he still seems to have a hump on
his back. Juanito Pelaez is a
student at UST right now.
4. Doña Victorina Victorina delos Reyes de Dona Victorina is a religious
Espadaña, known in Noli Me woman, a strict guardian and an
Tangere as Tiburcio de Indio who hates other Indios.
Espadaña's cruel wife. She is the She is often in a bad mood, and

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 aunt of Paulita Gomez, and even in public she can often be
favors Juanito Pelaez than found complaining about
Isagani. Although of Indio something, finding ways to
ideology, she considers herself blame Indios or her husband
as one of the Peninsular. Don Tiburcio.

5. Father Camorra The lustful parish priest of Padre Camorra's personal life
Tiani, San Diego's adjacent town other than the fact that as of the
who has longtime desires for beginning of the book, he serves
young women. He nearly raped as the parish priest of Tiani (San
Juli causing the latter to commit Diego).
suicide.

6. Ben-Zayb The pseudonym of Abraham He is currently a journalist

Ibañez, a journalist who believes who has his own column, called
he is the "only" one thinking in “El Grito de la Integridad”. He
the Philippines. Ben-Zayb is an writes under the name Ibanez.
anagram of Ybanez, an alternate People often call him “Padre
spelling of his name. Ybanez” because he looks like a
friar, but he denies the
resemblance.
7. Placido Penintente A student of the University of Placido Penitente was
Santo Tomas who was very originally from Batangas. He was
intelligent and wise but did not considered a very good student
want, if not only by his mother's and was so smart that the parish
plea, to pursue his studies. He priest called him a subversive. ...
also controls his temper against In the beginning of El
Padre Millon, his physics Filibusterismo (El Fili), he is
teacher. currently a student enrolled in
UST. While in Manila, he boards
at the house of a silversmith.
8. Hermana Penchang Sagpang's She offers Huli to be her maid
rich pusakal (gambler). so the latter can obtain money
to free Kabesang Tales.
Disbelieving of Huli and her close
friends, she considers herself as
an ally of the friars.

9. Tiburcio de Espadaña Don Tiburcio is Victorina de Don Tiburcio de Espadaña

Espadaña's lame husband. He is was the hen-pecked husband of
currently on hiding with Father Doña Victorina in Jose Rizal's
Florentino. Noli Me Tangere. He was under
his wife's orders of being a proud
Spanish doctor in the
Philippines. ... Don
Tiburcio came to the Philippines
as a petty official in the Customs.
10. Father Irene Captain Tiago's spiritual Padre Irene is described as
adviser. Although reluctant, he being Capitan Tiago's advisor.

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 helped the students to establish Basilio mentions Padre Irene to
the Academia de Castellano Isagani and Capitan Basilio,
after being convinced by giving complaining that he suggested
him a chestnut. The only witness to Capitan Tiago to send Basilio
to Captain Tiago's death, he to San Diego so that Capitan
forged the last will and Tiago could smoke opium.
testament of the latter so Basilio ... Padre Irene makes excuses
will obtain nothing from the but hides his smile.
inheritance.

11. Quiroga A Chinese businessman who Quiroga is a Chinese doing

dreamed of being a consul for business in the Philippines. He
his country in the Philippines. He holds a dinner at his house, and
hid Simoun's weapons inside his all the important people arrive -
house. - merchants and other
businessmen, soldiers, and even
those holding positions in the
government.
12. Don Timoteo Pelaez Juanito's father. He is a rich businessmen and
arranges a wedding for his son
and Paulita. He and Simoun
became business partners.

13. Tandang Selo Father of Kabesang Tales. He Tandang Selo was a

raised the sick and young Basilio woodcutter who lived in the
after he left their house in Noli forests of San Diego. Not much is
me Tangere. He died in an known about his life before
encounter on the mountains living with his son Tales. After
with his son Tales. retiring from woodcutting, he
started making brooms. When
Tales was an adult and started
managing his own farm,
Tandang Selo was supportive
and eventually moved with the
family to Sagpang barrio, where
they currently live.
14. Father Fernandez The priest-friend of Isagani. He promised to Isagani that
he and the other priests will give
in to the students' demands.

15.Sandoval The vice-leader of Macaraig's A Spanish classmate of

gang. Isagani, he coerces his
classmates to lead alongside him
the opening of the Spanish
language academy.

16. Hermana Bali Another gambler in Tiani. She became Huli's mother-
figure and counselor; helped to

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 release Kabesang Tales from the
hands of bandits.

17. Father Millon The Physics teacher of the He always becomes vindictive
University of Santo Tomas. with Placido and always taunts
him during class.

18. Tadeo Macaraig's classmate. He, along with the other three
members of their gang,
supposedly posted the posters
that "thanked" Don Custodio
and Father Irene for the opening
of the Academia de Castellano.

19. Leeds He is good friends with An American who holds stage

Simoun. plays starring decapitated
heads;

20. Tano Kabesang Tales's elder son He is currently one of

after his older sister, Lucia died the Guardia Civil. He then
in childhood. returned under the name
Carolino after his exile in
Caroline Islands.

21. Pepay She seems to be a close friend Don Custodio's supposed

of Macaraig. "girlfriend". A dancer, she is
always agitated of her
"boyfriend"'s plans.
22. Gobernador General The highest-ranking official in This unnamed character
the Philippines during the pretends that what he is doing is
Spanish colonial period. for the good of the Indios, the
local citizens of the country, but
in reality, he prioritizes the
needs of his fellow Spaniards
living in the country.

23. Pecson Basilio's classmate who had no He suggested that they held
idea on the happenings the mock celebration at the
occurring around him. panciteria.

24.Father Hernando de la Sibyla A Dominican friar Introduced in Noli Me

Tangere, now the vice-rector of
the University of Santo Tomas.

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 25. Father Bernardo Salvi Former parish priest of San Now the director and
Diego. chaplain of the Santa Clara
convent.

26. Captain Tiago Santiago delos Santos, His health disintegrates

although making a cameo gradually because of the opium
appearance, Captain Tiago is he was forced to smoke given to
Maria Clara's stepfather and the him by Father Irene.
foster-father to Basilio.

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