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ERICA MARINELLA JHOANNA JEAN PAULO ARA

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NOLI
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DR. JOSE RIZAL'S NOBLE
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES
to know the characters of the Noli to relate the relevance of the
Me Tangere, noble through times, and
to understand the plot of the to be a patriotic to your own
noble, nation.
to analyze the summary of the
noble,
to appreciate the noble through its
messages from the context,
to depicts the different themes of
the noble and link them to reality,
 Overview
THE DISCUSSION WILL FOCUSED ON THE FOLLOWING
ASPECTS OF THE NOBLE, NOLI ME TANGERE;
CHARACTERS
PLOT
SUMMARY
THEME
RELEVANCE THROUGH TIMES
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NOLI
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DR. JOSE RIZAL'S NOBLE
CHARACTERS OF NOLI ME TANGERE

REPORTER: Erica Magalong & Marinella Lucas

 JUAN CRISOSTOMO
IBARRA Y MAGSALIN
(IBARRA)

Wealthy young man of mixed Spanish and

Filipino ancestry.
Has recently returned to the Philippines
from Europe after spending seven years
studying abroad.
Ibarra is cultured and well-respected,
though the friars in his hometown of San
Diego are suspicious of him.
MARIA CLARA
A woman well-regarded in San Diego for
her high social station. Having grown up
together as childhood.
Fiancé of Ibarra and are engaged to be
married.
Real daughter of Padre Damaso.
Capitan Tiago’s adopted daughter.
PADRE DAMASO
A Spanish friar living in the Philippines
He is arrogant and pedantic
Is barely able to speak or understand
Tagalog, the country’s native language.
A shameless loudmouth, he is unafraid of
slandering nonreligious citizens who he
thinks undermine his power.
As such, Dámaso is Ibarra’s most evident
and outspoken rival
The real father of Maria Clara
 ELIAS
An outlaw and vagabond revolutionary
who resents the power the Catholic
church and Spanish government have over
the Philippines.
After Ibarra saved his life from a vicious
crocodile, Elías swears to protect the
young man from his enemies
Lurking in the town in the disguise of a day
laborer, Elías discoverd plots against
Ibarra and does everything he can to
thwart them
He also tried to convince Ibarra to join him
and a band of disenchanted
revolutionaries
PADRE SALVI
A serious and committed Spanish friar who
takes over Father Dámaso’s post in San
Diego as the town’s priest.
A meticulous and cunning man who uses
his religious stature for political influence,
benefitting both himself and the church.
He is often at odds with the town’s military
ensign, volleying back and forth for power
over San Diego and its citizens.
Secretly in love with Maria Clara
DON SANTIAGO
DE LOS SANTOS
(CAPITAN TIAGO)
A Filipino socialite and well-respected
member of the country’s wealthy elite.
Close with high-ranking clergy members
like Father Salví and Father Dámaso.
Captain Tiago is not actually María Clara’s
biological father.
His wife had an affair with Father Dámaso
before dying in childbirth.
 THE ENSIGN
(ALFEREZ)
A Spaniard in charge of the Civil Guard in
San Diego.
Has a bitter relationship with Father Salví,
since he thinks Father Salví takes his
position too seriously.
To retaliate against Salví, he enforces
curfews that make it difficult for the
citizens of San Diego to attend church on
time.
Married to a strong-willed Filipina woman
named Doña Consolación.
 PILOSOPONG
TASYO
An old man who used to study philosophy
and who prefers secular knowledge to
Catholicism.
This atheistic worldview attracts attention
from the friars and pious townspeople,
who call him a “madman”.
Tasio respects Ibarra and hopes dearly
that Ibarra will succeed in building a
school that is independent of the church.
When Ibarra comes to Tasio for advice,
though, Tasio counsels the young man to
avoid talking to him, fearing that it will
hinder the project.
 DON RAFAEL
IBARRA
Ibarra’s father.
Don Rafael perished in prison after Father
Dámaso accused him of heresy and
subversion.
Don Rafael refused to attend confession,
thinking it useless and instead trying to
live according to his own moral compass.
Don Rafael came across a government tax
collector beating a little boy. When he
intervened, he accidentally killed the
collector and was subsequently
imprisoned.
 CRISPIN
A very young boy studying to be a sexton,
or a caretaker of the church.
Crispín work tirelessly to send money
home to their mother, Sisa, who is married
to a drunk gambler who provides nothing
in the way of financial or even emotional
support.
Unfortunately, the chief sexton falsely
accuses Crispín of stealing money from
the church.
 BASILIO
Crispín’s older brother, who is also
training to be a sexton.
When Crispín is dragged away, Basilio tries
to find him unsuccessfully.
Intended to work for Ibarra but was not
lucky enough.
The guardia civil went after Basilio.
DOCTOR TIBURCIO
DE ESPADAÑA

with a stutter and
A Spaniard who speaks
looks significantly older than his thirty-five
years.
He came to the Philippines as a customs
officer, but was dismissed upon his arrival.
Having very little money to his name, he
went to the country provinces of the
Philippines to practice medicine, despite
the fact that he had no training as a doctor.
Nonetheless, because he charged
exorbitant amounts of money, people
came to think of him as one of the
country’s best doctors.
DOÑA VICTORINA
DE LOS REYES DE
ESPADAÑA

to Don Tiburcio.
A Filipina woman married
Doña Victorina cares about her image as a
beautiful and admired socialite, though
she is actually.
She is only in her thirties but looks much
older, and she quickly adopts the latest
trends, often changing her patterns of
speech to reflect the sound of high society
members.
 DOÑA
CONSOLACION

married to the
An older Filipina woman
ensign.
Doña Consolación is a brutal, vulgar
partner who berates the ensign, engaging
him in intense physical fights heard across
the town.
It is well known that she makes many of the
ensign’s decisions, and she even fuels his
rivalry with Father Salví.
She believes herself to be much more
worthy of respect than she actually is.
She even pretends to not remember her
native tongue instead speaking very bad
Spanish.
SEÑOR GUEVARA

of the Civil Guard
An elderly lieutenant
who deeply respects both Ibarra and the
late Don Rafael.
Guevara tells Ibarra that he appreciated
his father’s conviction and moral compass,
which went against the church and Father
Dámaso’s oppressive dominance.
He is also the one to inform Ibarra about
what exactly happened between Don
Rafael and Father Dámaso.
CAPITAN HENERAL
An unnamed representative of Spain, and
the highest government official in the
Philippines.
Captain General is not an enthusiastic
supporter of the church and its over-
inflated power, believing that the friars
have been afforded too much power in
Filipino society.
He recognizes the church’s influence and
does nothing to impede it, though he does
pull strings to have Ibarra’s
excommunication lifted after the young
man’s dispute with Father Dámaso.
 LINARES
Doctor de Espadaña’s nephew from Spain.
Linares has a law degree and is the most
intelligent member of the de Espadaña
family a fact that endears him to Doña
Victorina.
Padre Damaso’s choice of replacement to
Ibarra as Maria Clara’s fiance.
 THE
SCHOOLMASTER
A teacher whom Don Rafael supported,
helping him find a house and enabling him
to properly do his job.
The schoolmaster tells Ibarra about the
unfortunate circumstances in San Diego
surrounding education, which greatly
inhibit the town’s students. Because the
current classroom is in the parish house,
the lessons are heavily monitored by the
priest.
Padre Dámaso forbade him from teaching
Spanish even though the government had
written a decree that all students must
learn the language.
DON FILIPO LINO
The deputy mayor of San Diego. Don Filipo
is described as “almost liberal” and
represents the informal party of the
younger, more open-minded generation.
Like his followers, he resents the idea that
the town should spend great amounts of
money on the yearly festival celebrating
the various religious holidays in November
Don Filipo works for the mayor, who
essentially acts as the church’s political
puppet.
 THE MAYOR
The mayor of San Diego is a conservative
man who is devoted to religion. The mayor
allows himself to be manipulated by the
church, thinking himself a pious man. As
such, anybody accused of heresy finds
himself or herself not only held in
contempt by the church, but by the
government, too. Don Filipo, the deputy
mayor, resents the mayor for blindly
following the friars’ orders.
THE YELLOWMAN
A man hired to kill Ibarra. This man helps
build the school, engineering a large stone
that he intends to drop on Ibarra on the
day of San Diego’s fiesta. When the time
comes, though, Elías holds the Yellow Man
in the way, and the stone kills him instead
of Ibarra.
 SISA
Sisa was a woman living in San Diego and
the mother of Basilio and Crispin. After
both of her sons went missing, Sisa went
insane, wandering around town while
searching for them.
 PLOTS
OF NOLI ME TANGERE

REPORTER: Jhoanna Marie Macasieb

 Exposition
Noli Me Tangere was written by Dr. Jose Rizal
to tell the Filipinos about the abuse of the
Spaniards.
 Rising Action
Before Ibarra came home, Lt. Guevarra told his father's case,
in whose defense the child was killed by the borrower during
the trial of his father's death. Padre Damaso was not yet
satisfied, he dug his father's remains but it was raining and
thrown into the river. Ibarra was so angry that it was planning
a retaliation.
 The Climax
He had already killed Padre Damaso but he was prevented by
Maria Clara. He is therefore dismissed by the Catholic Church
and can not continue the marriage of Maria Clara because his
real father is Fr. Damaso. Maria Clara was married to Linares.

 Falling Action
Ibarra escaped with Elias help, but Elias jumped in the water
and the Spaniards thought it was Ibarra so he was shot . He
reached the jungle of the Ibarra and died there.
 Resolution
This book was written to awaken the Filipinos from the
abusive Spaniards. To spread the hate and plot the revenge
on how to get rid of the Spaniards in the Philippines.

SUMMARYOF NOLI ME TANGERE

REPORTER: Jean Clarence Marcelo

 THEME
OF NOLI ME TANGERE

REPORTER: John Paulo Hessan

Freedom from Spain
“Noli Me Tangere,” the first novel written by the Philippine’s
national hero Jose Rizal, mirrors its creator’s persistence in
attaining freedom from the Spaniards. True enough, as Rizal
aimed to redeem the country and its people by exposing the
barbarity, greed, cruelty and ignorance of the Spanish
colonizers, his work reflected the struggles of the Tagalogs —
being the first to project such a bold account of living in the
1800s in the Philippines. Likewise, as “Noli Me Tangere” portrays
the different aspects of gaining independence, Jose Rizal focuses
on social climbers, abusive power, family devotion, self sacrifice,
and purity and faithfulness.
Social Climbers
Representing the various classes of society during the late 1800s in the
Philippines, Jose Rizal includes personalities such as Doña Victorina and
Capitan Tiago. These characters, indeed, show how people tend to
associate with higher classes of society, specifically the Spaniards and the
illustrados (“learned” ones) and mestizos. Capitan Tiago, in this instance,
portrays this character as he gives friars lumps of money as ecclesiastical
donations and even invites the parish curate at his home every dinner.
Aside from that, he also supports the government’s tax increases, leading
to his title of gobernadorcillo, the highest post a non-Spaniard can attain.

Meanwhile, Doña Victorina’s character in the novel shows an obsession in

becoming Spanish. She does this by covering her face with too much
makeup, dressing just like Spanish women, speaking Spanish (though
incorrectly), and basically promotes the “colonial mentality” as she
prefers being just like a Spaniard when in fact she is a Filipino.
Abusive Power
Having been colonized by Spaniards since the 1500s, the author
depicts the Filipinos suffering abuse from civil guards, friars and
other government officials. Using their power to mistreat
civilians, the civil guards harass them because of simple causes,
such as not rendering the customary salute, not being able to
show identification cards, etc. The same goes with friars who
commercialize religion through simony and plenary indulgence.
Government officials, likewise, make use of their power to
control those whom they believe would be detrimental to the
Spanish rule. Just as Crisostomo Ibarra, the main character in the
novel, experiences this through the death of his father (Don
Rafael), this theme in “Noli Me Tangere” comes to life.
Family Devotion
Never forgetting the positive qualities of the Filipinos, Jose Rizal
still highlights devotion to one’s family through Crisostomo
Ibarra, Maria Clara and Sisa. With the death of Don Rafael,
Ibarra’s father, Crisostomo traces all means to seek for justice.
This is also true with Maria Clara, an obedient daughter to
Capitan Tiago. Consenting to her father’s request that she marry
a Spaniard (as requested by Padre Damaso), Maria Clara adheres
to this (but gets very ill afterward). Sisa, on the other hand,
definitely shows her devotion to her family by doing everything
to serve her family. Considering her children (Basilio and
Crispin) as her treasures, she endures the trials she goes
through just to keep them secure.
Self Sacrifice

Just as Jose Rizal sacrificed himself for his

country, “Noli Me Tangere” also conveys this
message all throughout its text. Starting off with
Sisa’s never-ending sacrifices for her children,
she withstands her husband’s beatings and even
takes on the journey of finding her sons, thereby
showing her real love as a mother.
Purity and Faithfulness

Maria Clara portrays purity and faithfulness as

she remains true to her love for Crisostomo
Ibarra. Even though she is engaged to a Spaniard,
she still does not submit herself to him because
of her undying love for Ibarra. Thus, she prefers
to become a nun and hence dies afterward when
Padre Salvi rapes her.
Patriotism
Another very evident theme in the novel turns out to be patriotism.
Portrayed by Crisostomo Ibarra and Elias, these two men earnestly desire
for independence from the oppressors. Although different in their means
for seeking reform, they both profess their goals.
Since Elias resolves for a revolt against the Spaniards, he finds all means
to lead a revolution against the friars, civil guards and government
officials. Believing that God will bring forth justice over Filipinos depicts
patriotism by all means.
All in all, “Noli Me Tangere” shall forever remain as one of the most
powerful tools the Philippines has ever had to spread awareness on the
“social cancer” and to fight for independence. As Jose Rizal used various
themes to spread the word regarding the battle against abusive power,
injustice, false religious claims and other inappropriate dealings with
innocent people, the cause Rizal started more than a hundred years ago
shall endure.
RELEVANCE THROUGH
TIMES
OF NOLI ME TANGERE

REPORTER: Ara Grace Casillan

NO. 1
Jose Rizal's Noli Me Tangere tells us that we should
reflect on our actions and beliefs for our country.
The theme of the novel is to promote nationalism
and to accept change in ourselves is still applies to
us today.
NO. 2
The novel did not only awaken sleeping Filipino
awareness, but also established the grounds for
aspiring to independence.
NO. 3
In this novel, the society is urged to open its eyes
to reality and rebel against the Spanish
government for its oppression and abuse. This
novel helped awaken the Filipinos to fought for
their freedom and stand with their right.
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“In life it’s not criminals who provoke
great hatred, it’s honest men.”

Elias
Ibarra
“In life it’s not criminals who provoke
great hatred, it’s honest men.”

Elias
“Your education and mode of thought
are not for this country."

Ibarra
Captain Heneral
“Your education and mode of thought
are not for this country."
Captain Heneral
 "I die without seeing dawn's light
shining in my country...You, who will
see it, welcome it for me...don't forget
those who fell during the nighttime."

Basilio Elias
 "I die without seeing dawn's light
shining in my country...You, who will
see it, welcome it for me...don't forget
those who fell during the nighttime."

Elias
 “Show us a school and we will tell
you who you are.”

Pilosopong Tasyo
Captain Heneral
“Show us a school and we will tell
you who you are.”

Captain Heneral
 "The Philippines is religious, and loves Spain. The
Philippines will realize how much it does for our
nation. There is abuse, one can't deny it, there are
defects, but Spain is working to introduce reforms
that will correct these things, and bring future
projects to bear. Spain is not just self-interest."

Pilosopong Tasyo Ibarra

"The Philippines is religious, and loves Spain. The
Philippines will realize how much it does for our
nation. There is abuse, one can't deny it, there are
defects, but Spain is working to introduce reforms
that will correct these things, and bring future
projects to bear. Spain is not just self-interest."

Ibarra
 “The realization of my father’s ideas
matters more than my crying over him,
and more than my vengeance.”

Ibarra Schoolmaster
 “The realization of my father’s ideas
matters more than my crying over him,
and more than my vengeance.”

Ibarra
 "Better to drown than to be with the
Chinese, I always say. I threw the
deceased in the water."

Gravedigger
Ibarra
 "Better to drown than to be with the
Chinese, I always say. I threw the
deceased in the water."

Gravedigger
 “Either there is religion or there
isn’t, and that’s that, either priests
are free or they aren’t! The country
is being lost…it is lost!"

Father Damaso
Father Salvi
 “Either there is religion or there
isn’t, and that’s that, either priests
are free or they aren’t! The country
is being lost…it is lost!"

Father Damaso
“If I kill the head of a family, if I make a woman into a destitute widow and happy
children into helpless orphans, will I have satisfied eternal justice if I let them
hang me, or confide my secret to someone who has to keep it to himself, or give
alms to the priests, who need it the least, or buy myself a papal pardon, or weep
night and day? And what about the widow and children? My conscience tells me I
should replace as much as possible the person I have murdered and dedicate
myself completely and for my whole life to the welfare of the family whose
misfortune I have created. And even then, even then, who will replace the love of
a husband and father?”

Don Rafael Lt. Guevara

“If I kill the head of a family, if I make a woman into a destitute widow and happy
children into helpless orphans, will I have satisfied eternal justice if I let them
hang me, or confide my secret to someone who has to keep it to himself, or give
alms to the priests, who need it the least, or buy myself a papal pardon, or weep
night and day? And what about the widow and children? My conscience tells me I
should replace as much as possible the person I have murdered and dedicate
myself completely and for my whole life to the welfare of the family whose
misfortune I have created. And even then, even then, who will replace the love of
a husband and father?”

Don Rafael
“The example could encourage others
who only fear to start.”
“The example could encourage others
who only fear to start.”
Dr. Jose Rizal
“The dead man is only an indio!"
“The dead man is only an indio!"

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