Noli Me Tangere (Characters) Flashcards
A wealthy, cultured, and well-respected young man of mixed Spanish and Filipino ancestry who has recently returned to the Philippines from Europe after spending seven years studying abroad.
Crisostomo Ibarra
_______________, full name Miguel Guevarra, was an elderly lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and a close friend of Don Rafael Ibarra. Holding a deep respect for the man, he later made efforts to protect Don Rafael’s son Crisostomo after the latter came home from Europe.
Teniente Guevarra
She was the wife of Capitan Tiago and the mother of
Maria Clara.
Dona 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.
Dona Pia Alba
Represents the women who had been abused by the clergy and had been silenced by their shame.
Pia Alba
Represented the typical Governor-generals of the Philippines who would often disdain the power that the friars had.
Governor General
Crisostomo’s father. He was jailed for helping a young boy being harmed by an ignorant Spanish tax collector.
Don Rafael Ibarra
Rizal used ________________ in the Noli to symbolize an affluent landlord with a social conscience.
Don Rafael Ibarra
The deputy mayor of San Diego. He is described as “almost liberal” and represents the informal party of the younger, more open-minded generation.
Don Filipo Lino
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 Lino
TRUE OR FALSE
Unfortunately, Don Filipo works for the mayor, who essentially acts as the church’s political puppet. This makes Don Filipo largely unable to bring about actual change, meaning that the town’s power structures remain closely tied to the church.
TRUE
Paring Agustinong magaling magsalita.
Padre Manuel Martin
Tiago’s sister who helped raise Maria Clara.
Tia Isabel – Capitan
He occupies the second most powerful rank in the colonial government, second only to the king.
Supported Ibarra against Padre Damaso.
Governor General
He told Ibarra about the history behind his father’s death.
Teniente Guevarra
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.
Alfonso Linares
A woman of high social standing, she is thought to be the daughter of Capitan Tiago and goddaughter of Father Damaso but she is actually the biological daughter of Father Damaso.
Maria Clara de los Santos y Alba
A Spaniard who 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.
Don Tiburcio de Espadaña
Because he charged exorbitant amounts of money, people came to think of him as one of the country’s best doctors.
Don Tiburcio de Espadaña
TRUE OR FALSE
When María Clara falls ill, though, Tiburcio is once again falsely practicing medicine. His new wife Doña Consolacion convinced him to go back to medicine, advising him only to take on extremely well-respected patients. This is why Captain Tiago chooses him to attend María Clara.
FALSE – because his new wife is Doña Victorina and not Doña Consolacion who is the wife of the Alferez.
Alferez; Dona Consolacion’s husband.
El Alferezor Alperes
Wife of the Alferez of San Diego. Often has violent arguments with her husbands
Donya Consolacion
Pretends not to know Tagalog and often uses Spanish words even if she does not know the meaning.
Donya Consolacion
Symbolizes the Filipinos in our society who are ashamed of their own race and nationality.
Donya Consolacion
Shares rivalry with the priest, particularly Padre Sali and frequently has violent fights with his wife.
El Alferezor Alperes
Represented the officials of the state who frequently had power struggles with Church officials.
El Alferezor Alperes
She goes mad upon the loss of their sons. Impoverished and married to a violent drunkyard.
Sisa
A younger, more cunning Spanish priest who assumes control over Father Damaso’s post as friar curate of San Diego.
Padre Bernardo Salvi
Represents those people in power that manipulates the weak and the poor for their personal agendas. Manipulates people to get what he wants.
Padre Bernardo Salvi
The Franciscan curate of San Diego, secretly harboring lust for Maria Clara.
Padre Bernardo Salvi
A Dominican friar who is the curate of Binondo and had been a former professor at San Juan de Letran College.
Padre Hernando de las Sibyla
He is often cool and intelligent, especially when correcting the other friar, Padre Damaso, of the latter’s ostentatiousness.
Padre Hernando de las Sibyla
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 Hernando de las Sibyla
A 10-year old acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus.
Basilio
A young boy studying to be a church caretaker, he and his brother, Basilio, work ceaselessly to send support money to their beleaguered mother, Sisa.
Crispin
He represents innocent people who are falsely accused, those who take the blame helplessly because of poverty and lack of power.
Crispin
She depicts how Filipino mothers love their children unquestionably.
Sisa
Personified the suffering of the motherland.
Sisa
He is a rarity in that he is a wealthy Filipino who is native-born. He keeps close ties with high-ranking members of the Catholic Church, despite actually having no respect for religion.
Kapitan Tiago
Ambitious Filipina who classifies herself as a Spanish and mimics Spanish ladies by putting heavy make-up.
Donya Victorina
Represents people in the present with colonial mentality who admire other’s culture and insults her own.
Donya Victorina
An old man who previously studied philosophy and is believed to be crazy by most of the community.
Pilosopo Tacio
He respects Ibarra and gives him valuable advice, and also helped Ibarra’s father before him.
Pilosopo Tacio
Rizal’s representation of his brother Paciano, who gives valuable advice to him.
Pilosopo Tacio
A victim of injustice whose incidental story is interwoven with the main plot.
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.
Elias
He is an old, power-hungry, and shamelessly corrupt Spanish priest who has lived among the native Filipinos for nearly two decades.
Damaso Verdolagas, or Padre Damaso
He is the biological father of Maria Clara.
Padre Damaso
He represents all typical friars at that time, who are shamelessly corrupt and hungry of power.
Padre Damaso
He represents the Filipinos during the Spanish times in the Philippines who submitted themselves to the whims of the authorities to secure their personal interests.
Kapitan Tiago
He represents the Filipinos during the Spanish times in the Philippines who submitted themselves to the whims of the authorities to secure their personal interests.
Kapitan Tiago
The love interest of Ibarra.
Maria Clara de los Santos y Alba
Image of the ideal Filipino woman. She is Rizal’s representation of Leonor Rivera for being the childhood friend and love interest of Ibarra, which also hindered their relationship.
Maria Clara de los Santos y Alba
Ibarra is Rizal’s reflection of himself. He symbolizes the idealism of the privileged youth.
Crisostomo Ibarra
