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Characters of Noli Me Tangere
Reported by:
Jenalyn Avila
Rutsel Baguinang
Katherine Guingab
Is Rizal’s portrayal of the characters in Noli Me
Tangere relevant to the social statuses during his
time?
Crisostomo Ibarra Elias Kapitan Tiago Maria Clara Doña VictorinaPia AlbaDon Tiburcio Gobernador HeneralAlfonso LinaresAlferezPilosopo Tasyo Padre Sibyla
Padre SalviPadre DamasoCrispin BasilioSisaDoña Consolacion
The Characters
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.
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.
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.
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.
Doña Victorina
An ambitious Filipina.
She symbolizes those who have a distorted view of
their identity.
Wife of Don Tiburcio.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.