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Noli Me Tangere

*Characters
Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin , commonly called Ibarra, is Filipino-Spanish and the only
descendant of the wealthy Spaniard Don Rafael Ibarra. He was born and grew up in the
Philippines, but during his adolescence, spent seven years studying in Europe. Those years
prevented him from knowing what was happening in his country. When he returned to the
Philippines, he found his father had died and the corpse was (supposedly) moved to a Chinese
cemetery (but the body ended up in a river). He heard tales of how helpful and kind his father
had been and decided to honor the memory of his father by doing as his father did. Boyfriend of
Maria Clara

María Clara de los Santos y Alba, is the most dominant yet weakest representation of women in
the setting. When thinking of Noli, the name of María Clara can be seen predominantly as the
image of the ideal Filipino woman. María Clara is the primary female character in the novel. She
is the daughter of Capitán Tiago and Doña Pía Alba. Doña Pía died while delivering Maria Clara.
The poor child grew under the guidance and supervision of Tíya Isabél, Capitán Tiago's
cousin.María Clara is known to be Ibarra's lover since childhood. When Ibarra was away in
Europe, Capitán Tiago sent Maria Clara to the Beaterio de Santa Clara where she developed into
a lovely woman under the strict guidance of the religious nuns.

Later in the novel, María Clara discovers that her biological father is not Capitán Tiago, but San
Diego's former curate and her godfather Padre Dámaso. After hearing about Ibarra's death, she
went to Padre Damaso and persuaded him to accept her into a nunnery. She found out
everything she learned about the nunnery was a lie. And was later on raped by Padre Salvi.

Padre Dámaso/Dámaso Verdolagas (commonly known as Padre Dámaso/Padre Damaso or


Father Damaso), of Franciscan order, was the former curate of the parish church of San Diego.
He was the curate for almost twenty years before he was replaced by the much younger Padre
Salvi. Padre Damaso was known to be friendly with the Ibarra family, so much that Crisóstomo
was surprised by what the former curate had done to Don Rafaél.

Padre Dámaso is described to be a snobbish, ruthless and judgemental extrovert. He does not
control his words when speaking and does not care if the person he is talking to will feel
embarassed or remorseful. He always berates or criticizes other people around him-- especially
Ibarra. Enraged, Ibarra once almost stabbed the priest after he embarassed him in front of the
people in the sacristy. This made everyone think that he was slain before Ibarra was being issued
for arrest.There are also issues that he and Donya Pia had a relationship and also revealed that
he is the biological father of Maria Clara.

Don Santíago de los Santos, commonly known as Kapitán Tiago, is the only son of a wealthy
trader in Malabon. Due to his mother's cruelty, Kapitán Tiago did not attain any formal
education. He became a servant of a Dominican priest. When the priest and his father died,
Kapitán Tiago decided to assist in the family business of trading before he met his wife Doña Pía
Alba, who came from another wealthy family. Because of their consistent devotion to Santa Clara
in Obando, they were blessed with a daughter who shared the same features as Padre Dámaso,
named Maria Clara.Kapitán Tiago owned numerous properties in Pampanga, Laguna and
especially, in San Diego. He also managed boarding houses along Daang Anloague and Santo
Cristo (in San Diego too) and had contracts for opening an opium business.

He is close to the priests because he had given numerous contributions of money during
ecclesiastical donations and always invited the parish curate to every formal dinner. He was also
entrenched with the government because he always supported tax increases whenever the local
officials wished. That was the reason he obtained the title of gobernadorcillo, the highest
government position that a non-Spaniard could have in the Philippines.

Later in the Noli sequel, El Filibusterismo, Kapitán Tiago loses all his properties and becomes
addicted to opium, which would eventually lead to his death.

Don Anastacio, commonly known as Filósofo Tacio (Philosopher Tasyo) is one of the most
important characters in Noli. On the one hand, he is referred to as a philosopher/sage (hence,
Pilosopo Tasyo) because his ideas were accurate with the minds of the townspeople. On the
other hand, if his ideas were against the thinking of the majority, he was considered the Imbecile
Tacio (or Tasyong Sintu-sinto) or Lunatic Tacio (Tasyong Baliw).

Filósofo Tacio was born into a wealthy Filipino family. His mother let him be formally educated,
then abruptly ordered him to stop. She feared Tasyo would become "too educated" and lose his
faith and devotion to religion. His mother gave him two choices: either go into the priesthood or
stop his education. Tasyo chose the latter because he had a girlfriend that time. Soon enough,
they married and after a year, Tasyo widowed while his mother also died. Most of his time was
taken up in reading and buying books that all his properties were lost and he became poor.

Eliás came from the family which the Ibarra clan had oppressed for generations. He grew up in a
wealthy family until he discovered something that changed his life forever. Despite that Ibarra's
family subjugated his family, he is entirely indebted towards him. Furthermore, Ibarra, who in
turn, saved Elías' life when they tried to kill a crocodile. Elias helped him again before Ibarra got
arrested by burning his house. Elias and Ibarra continued supporting each other until Elias
sacrificed himself to help him one last time. He was shot by the guards (mistakenly took as Ibarra
trying to dive down the river and escape) and slowly died.

Doña Victorina de los Reyes de Espadaña is the one who pretended to be a meztisa (a Spaniard
born in the Philippines) and always dreamed of finding a Spanish husband, in which she married
Don Tiburcio. She was feared by everyone in the town because of her odd appearance, her
ruthless personality, and her fierce rivalry against Donya Consolacion.

It actually came to pass that she did not like Don Tiburcio. She merely forced herself to marry
him despite having fallen in love with Kapitan Tiago.

Sisa/Narcisa is married to the man named Pedro and the mother of Basilio and Crispín. She
depicts how Filipino mothers love their children unquestionably.

After days when Crispin was held captive by Mang Tasyo, the owner of the sacristy, she was
arrested, locked up in the jail. One day later, she was pardoned by the town Alferez and was
released. However, when she returned home, Basilio was also gone. When she found Crispin's
clothes soaked with blood, she grew lunatic as she continues to find her children.

At the end of the novel, Basilio grievously mourns for his mother as he found her dying under
the tree.

Doña Consolacíon, la musa de los guardias civiles y esposa del Alférez once a laundry woman
who worked for the town Alferez. She became wealthy after marrying a Spanish husband.
Despite that they are rivals with Donya Victorina, they are somewhat common .

Albino - ex-seminarian who got disillusioned with the Catholic church. Admirer of Victoria.

El filibusterismo
*Characters
Simoun - Crisóstomo Ibarra in disguise, presumed dead at the end of Noli me tangere. Ibarra has
returned as the wealthy jeweler Simoun. His appearance is described as being tanned, having a
sparse beard, long white hair, and large blue-tinted glasses. In manners he was crude and
confrontational. He was derisively described by Custodio and Ben Zayb as an American mulatto
or a British Indian. While presenting as the arrogant elitist on the outside, he secretly plans a
violent revolution in order to avenge himself for his misfortunes as Crisóstomo Ibarra, as well as
hasten Elias' reformist goals.

Basilio - son of Sisa and another character from Noli me tangere. In the events of the El fili, he is
an aspiring and so far successful physician on his last year at University and was waiting for his
license to be released upon his graduation. After his mother's death in the Noli, he applied as a
servant in Captain Tiago's household in exchange for food, lodging, and being allowed to study.
Eventually he took up medicine, and with Tiago having retired from society, he also became the
manager of Tiago's vast estate. He is a quiet, contemplative man who is more aware of his
immediate duties as a servant, doctor, and member of the student association than he is of
politics or patriotic endeavors. His sweetheart is Juli, the daughter of Kabesang Tales whose
family took him in when he was a young boy fleeing the Guardia Civil and his deranged mother.

Isagani - Basilio's friend. He is described as a poet, taller and more robust than Basilio although
younger. He is the nephew of Padre Florentino, but is also rumored to be Florentino's son with
his old sweetheart before he was ordained as a priest. During the events of the novel, Isagani is
finishing his studies at the Ateneo Municipal and is planning to take medicine. A member of the
student association, Isagani is proud and naive, and tends to put himself on the spot when his
ideals are affronted. His unrestrained idealism and poeticism clash with the more practical and
mundane concerns of his girlfriend, Paulita Gomez. When Isagani allows himself to be arrested
after their association is outlawed, Paulita leaves him for Juanito Peláez. In his final mention in
the novel, he was bidding goodbye to his landlords, the Orenda family, to stay with Florentino
permanently.

Father Florentino - Isagani's uncle, a retired priest. Florentino was the son of a wealthy and
influential Manila family. He entered the priesthood at the insistence of his mother. As a result
he had to break an affair with a woman he loved, and in despair devoted himself instead to his
parish. When the 1872 Cavite mutiny broke out, he promptly resigned from the priesthood,
fearful of drawing unwanted attention. He was an Indio and a secular, or a priest that was
unaffiliated with the orders, and yet his parish drew in a huge income. He retired to his family's
large estate along the shores of the Pacific. He is described as white-haired, with a quiet, serene
personality and a strong build. He did not smoke or drink. He was well respected by his peers,
even by the Spanish friars and officials.

Father Fernández - a Dominican who was a friend of Isagani. Following the incident with the
posters, he invited Isagani to a dialogue, not so much as a teacher with his student but as a Friar
with a Filipino. Although they failed to resolve their differences, they each promised to approach
their colleagues with the opposing views from the other party - although both feared that given
the animosity that existed between their sides, their own compatriots may not believe in the
other party's existence.

Captain Tiago - Don Santiago de los Santos. María Clara's stepfather. Having several landholdings
in Pampanga, Binondo, and Laguna, as well as taking ownership of the Ibarras' vast estate, Tiago
however fell into a depression following María's entry into the convent. He alleviated this by
smoking opium, which quickly became an uncontrolled vice, exacerbated by his association with
Padre Írene who regularly supplied him with the substance. Tiago hired Basilio as a capista, a
servant who given the opportunity to study as part of his wages; Basilio eventually pursued
medicine and became his caregiver and the manager of his estate. Tiago died of shock upon
hearing of Basilio's arrest and Padre Írene's embellished stories of violent revolt.

Captain-General - the highest-ranking official in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial
period. The Captain-General in the El fili is Simoun's friend and confidant, and is described as
having an insatiable lust for gold. Simoun met him when he was still a Major during the Ten
Years' War in Cuba. He secured the Major's friendship and promotion to Captain-General
through bribes. When he was posted in the Philippines, Simoun used him as a pawn in his own
power plays to drive the country into revolution. The Captain-General was shamed into not
extending his tenure after being rebuked by a high official in the aftermath of Basilio's
imprisonment. This decision to retire would later on prove to be a crucial element to Simoun's
schemes.

Father Bernardo Salvi - former parish priest of San Diego in Noli me tangere, now the director
and chaplain of the Santa Clara convent. The epilogue of the Noli implies that Salvi regularly
rapes María Clara when he is present at the convent. In the Fili he is described as her confessor.
In spite of news reports of Ibarra's death, Salvi believes that he was still alive and lives in
constant fear of his revenge.

Father Millon - a Dominican who serves as the physics professor in University of Santo Tomas.

Quiroga - a Chinese businessman who aspired to be a consul for China in the Philippines. Simoun
coerced Quiroga into hiding weapons inside the latter's warehouses in preparation for the
revolution.

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