Noli Me Tangere Flashcards
Crisostomo Ibarra’s great-grandfather was ____________________, an old, sunken-eyed Basque, who spoke Tagalog well in his deep, hollow voice.
Don Pedro Eibarramendia
He is the husband of Dona Victorina. He was introduced as one of the invited guests of Capitan Tiago in the latter’s welcome party for Juan Crisostomo Ibarra.
Don Tiburcio de Espadana
He was known for charging exorbitant fees for his medical treatment.
Don Tiburcio de Espadana
True or False
Don Tiburcio was a high rank official in the Customs before he moved to the Philippines.
FALSE – Don Tiburcio was initially a low rank official in the Customs.
_________________ is a caricature of ignorant Spaniards who wreaked havoc in the provinces during the colonial era. His countrymen condone his actions for they do not want him to become a burden to them.
Don Tiburcio
He has a secret admiration for Maria Clara. In the later part of the story, he and Padre Damaso devised a plan to break Ibarra and Maria Clara apart.
Padre Salvi
____________ symbolizes the lecherous friars in Rizal’s time.
Padre Salvi
In Chapter 15, he was introduced alongside his brother.
Crispin
Her adulation of the Spaniards leads her to imitate the very actions and attitudes of the Spanish women.
Donya Consolacion
She symbolizes the Filipinos in society who are ashamed of their race and nationality.
Donya Consolacion
__________ represents the innocents who have been wrongly accused of the crime they did not commit. The injustices they suffered under the hands of the authorities during their time were silenced by their deaths and the cover-ups that follow it.
Crispin
He is a sacristan who had been accused of stealing two gold pieces by the senior sacristan. Although he had implored his older brother to pay for the said amount, the latter refuses as their mother would have nothing to eat.
Crispin
He was last seen being dragged away from his brother after the pealing bells. When the mother visited him, he is said to have run away.
Crispin
Sisa’s 10-year old son.
Basilio
Tasyo of the characters in the novel that Rizal can relate to, as the former patterned after _________________________.
the latter’s oldest brother, Paciano Rizal
He symbolizes the learned Filipinos who had once embraced the culture of the Spanish regime. They eventually become disenchanted when they return to the Philippines and observe the stark contrast their countrymen receive from their colonizers. The more they turn to learning, the more they become eccentric to the masses they seek to enlighten.
Pilosopong Tasyo
True or False
At the end of the novel, Elias wished Crispin to bury him by burning in exchange for a chest of gold located on his death ground. He will later play a major role in El Filibusterismo.
False – because it was Basilio, not Crispin.
An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus. He faced the dread of losing his younger brother and the descent of his mother into insanity.
Basilio
___________ symbolizes the learned Filipinos who had once embraced the culture of the Spanish regime. They eventually become disenchanted when they return to the Philippines and observe the stark contrast their countrymen receive from their colonizers. The more they turn to learning, the more they become eccentric to the masses they seek to enlighten.
Tasyo
Known by his Filipinized name Pilosopo Tasyo, is another major character in the story. Seeking reforms from the government, he expressed his ideals in paper written in a cryptographic alphabet similar to hieroglyphs and Coptic figures hoping “that the future generations may be able to decipher it” and realized the abuse and oppression done by the conquerors.
Filosofo Tacio
He came from a rich family. He is often the pessimist and is untrusting of human altruism. He also does not believe in the religious fanaticism that was in vogue during his time.
Pilosopong Tasyo
Damaso Verdolagas, or _______________ is a Franciscan friar and the former parish curate of San Diego.
Padre Damaso
He is best known as a notorious character who speaks with harsh words and has been a cruel priest during his stay in the town.
Padre Damaso
He is the real father of Maria Clara and an enemy of Crisostomo’s father.
Padre Damaso
At the end of the novel, he is again re-assigned to a distant town and was found dead one day.
Padre Damaso
He symbolizes the Spanish friars of Rizal’s time and is a comment on the Spanish control of the Philippines.
Padre Damaso
She is an ambitious Filipina who classifies herself as a Spanish and mimics Spanish ladies by putting on heavy make-up.
Donya Victorina (Dona Victorina de los Reyes de Espadana)
The novel narrates her younger days: she had lots of admirers, but she did not choose any of them because nobody was a Spaniard. Later on, she met and married Don Tiburcio de Espadana, an official of the customs bureau who is about ten years her junior. However, their marriage is childless.
Donya Victorina (Dona Victorina de los Reyes de Espadana)
As one of the lesser evils in the novel, she symbolizes those who have a distorted view of their identity. Everything that is indigenous is inferior and everything foreign is superior. It is the comedic form of “colonial mentality.”
Donya Victorina (Dona Victorina de los Reyes de Espadana)
She is the typical native wife. She endures her husband’s beatings and irresponsibility. She had been stripped of her few jewels by her husband, Pedro, an inveterate gambler. Despite the abuse, she considers him her god.
Sisa (Narcisa)
She was described as a mother who considers her sons her only treasure. She would often anticipate when they return home as she would prepare their favorite dishes. She remembers each son’s features and when alone, remembers moments when her sons were with her.
Sisa (Narcisa)
She represented the motherland who was suffering as her character had suffered with the loss of her children. The tragic events that ruined her life represented the abuse that the motherland received from her colonizers.
Sisa (Narcisa)
He is a former boatman who became one of the most wanted criminals in San Diego. He distrusts human judgment and prefers God’s justice instead.
Elias
He is acquainted with the tulisanes and other crooks, which he uses to his advantage in discerning the troubles of the town.
Elias
He represents the common Filipino who is not only aware of the injustices done to their countrymen but would also like to deliver them from their oppressors. He is said to be the personification of Andres Bonifacio.
Elias
He used to have an affluent life with his twin sister.
Elias
He prefers revolution over the reforms that Ibarra has been inclined to believe in.
Elias
_____________ symbolizes the purity and innocence of a sheltered native woman during the time of Spanish occupation. She does not value material things that were abundantly bestowed upon her by admirers and family alike but holds in high esteem her parents’ honor and the promise she had given to her sweetheart.
Maria Clara
She portrayed the ideal woman during her time. She does not impose her will except when she refuses to be married off to Linares.
Maria Clara
Like the real life Leonor, she plays the piano and the harp and has a sweet voice. She was portrayed as a faithful sweetheart, a good friend, and an obedient daughter.
Maria Clara
Her father is Capitan Tiago. She often wore dainty dresses and religious artifacts. She also carries a silk pouch which holds Ibarra’s farewell letter.
Maria Clara
Maria Clara’s character is related to Rizal’s childhood sweetheart, ________________.
Leonor Rivera
In the novel, it is said that ___________ is the richest man in the region of Binondo and he possessed real properties in Pampanga and Laguna de Bay. He is also said to be a good Catholic, friend of the Spanish government, and was considered as a Spanish by colonialists.
Capitan Tiago
________________________, known by his nickname Tiago and political name Capitan Tiago, is a Filipino businessman and the cabeza de barangay or head of barangay of the town of San Diego. He is also the known father of Maria Clara.
Don Santiago de los Santos
He is a rich native-born Filipino who rubbed elbows with the powers that be during that time. He symbolizes the rich Filipinos who oppress their fellow countrymen in exchange for the influence and the riches that they might gain from their powerful associations.
Capitan Tiago
TRUE OR FALSE
Capitan Tiago never attended school, so he became a domestic helper of a Dominican friar who taught him informal education.
TRUE`
