Crisostomo Ibarra

Binatang nag-aral sa Europa; nangarap na makapagpatayo ng paaralan upang matiyak ang magandang
kinabukasan ng mga kabataan ng San Diego.

Elias
Piloto at magsasakang tumulong kay Ibarra para makilala ang kanyang bayan at ang mga suliranin nito.

Kapitan Tiyago
Mangangalakal na tiga-Binondo; ama-amahan ni Maria Clara.

Padre Damaso
Isang kurang Pransiskano na napalipat ng ibang parokya matapos maglingkod ng matagal na panahon
sa San Diego.

Padre Salvi
Kurang pumalit kay Padre Damaso, nagkaroon ng lihim na pagtatangi kay Maria Clara.

Maria Clara
Mayuming kasintahan ni Crisostomo; mutya ng San Diego na inihimatong anak ng kanyang ina na si
Doña Pia Alba kay Padre Damaso

Pilosopo Tasyo
Maalam na matandang tagapayo ng marurunong na mamamayan ng San Diego.

Sisa
Isang masintahing ina na ang tanging kasalanan ay ang pagkakaroon ng asawang pabaya at malupit.

Basilio at Crispin
Magkapatid na anak ni Sisa; sakristan at tagatugtog ng kampana sa simbahan ng San Diego.

Alperes
Matalik na kaagaw ng kura sa kapangyarihan sa San Diego

Donya Victorina
Babaing nagpapanggap na mestisang Kastila kung kaya abut-abot ang kolorete sa mukha at maling
pangangastila.

Donya Consolacion
Napangasawa ng alperes; dating labandera na may malaswang bibig at pag-uugali.

Don Tiburcio de Espadaña

Isang pilay at bungal na Kastilang napadpad sa Pilipinas sa paghahanap ng magandang kapalaran;
napangasawa ni Donya Victorina.

Linares
Malayong pamangkin ni Don Tiburcio at pinsan ng inaanak ni Padre Damaso na napili niya para
mapangasawa ni Maria Clara.

Don Filipo
Tinyente mayor na mahilig magbasa na Latin; ama ni Sinang

Señor Nol Juan

Namahala ng mga gawain sa pagpapatayo ng paaralan.
Lucas
Taong madilaw na gumawa ng kalong ginamit sa di-natuloy na pagpatay kay Ibarra.

Tarsilo at Bruno
Magkapatid na ang ama ay napatay sa palo ng mga Kastila.

Tiya Isabel
Hipag ni Kapitan Tiago na tumulong sa pagpapalaki kay Maria Clara.

Donya Pia
Masimbahing ina ni Maria Clara na namatay matapos na kaagad na siya'y maisilang.

Iday, Sinang, Victoria,at Andeng

Mga kaibigan ni Maria Clara sa San Diego

Kapitan-Heneral
Pinakamakapangyarihan sa Pilipinas; lumakad na maalisan ng pagka-ekskomunyon si Ibarra.

Don Rafael Ibarra

Ama ni Crisostomo; nakainggitan nang labis ni Padre Damaso dahilan sa yaman kung kaya nataguriang
erehe.

Don Saturnino
Nuno ni Crisostomo; naging dahilan ng kasawian ng nuno ni Elias.

Mang Pablo
Pinuno ng mga tulisan na ibig tulungan ni Elias.

Kapitan Basilio
Ilan sa mga kapitan ng bayan sa San Diego Kapitan Tinong at Kapitan Valentin

Tinyente Guevarra
Isang matapat na tinyente ng mga guwardiya sibil na nagsalaysay kay Ibarra ng tungkol sa kasawiang
sinapit ng kanyang ama.

Kapitana Maria
Tanging babaing makabayan na pumapanig sa pagtatanggol ni Ibarra sa alaala ng ama.

Padre Sibyla
Paring Agustino na lihim na sumusubaybay sa mga kilos ni Ibarra.

Albino
Dating seminarista na nakasama sa piknik sa lawa.
 [edit] Crisóstomo Ibarra

Crisóstomo Ibarra, or commonly called as Ibarra, is a half-Filipino half-Spaniard who is the

last descendant of the wealthy Spanish Don Pedro Eibarramendía. He was born and grew up in
the Philippines, but during his adolescence, he spent seven years in Europe for education. Those
years prevented him to know what was happening to his country.

Upon finding that Padre Damaso ordered that the corpse of Ibarra's father, Don Rafael, was to be
transferred to a Chinese cemetery then dumped into a river, he didn't really think of revenge at
the time.

Ibarra didn't believe in brute force in the fight for justice. He believed that changes could be
achieved through little but organized steps. He also believed that evil must also exist because it is
always accompanied with kindness. Ibarra is usually able to control his temper but was once
angered when his father was disrespected.

[edit] María Clara

María Clara de los Santos, is the most dominant yet weakest representation of women in the
setting. When thinking of Noli, the name of María Clara is can be seen predominantly as image
of ideal Filipina women. María Clara is the primary female character in the novel. She is seen as
the daughter of Capitán Tiago and Doña Pía Alba. Doña Pía died when delivering Maria Clara.
The poor child only grew under the guidance and supervision of Tía 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 Beaterio de Santa Clara where she developed femininity under
religion.

Later in the novel, María Clara discovers that her biological father is not Capitán Tiago, but the
San Diego's former curate and her known godfather Padre Dámaso instead.

[edit] 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 replaced by 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.

He is revealed to be the biological father of Maria Clara.

Padre Dámaso is described to be snobbish, fierce and talkative. He does not control his words
when speaking and does not care if the person he is talking to feels down.

[edit] Capitán Tiago

Don Santíago de los Santos, commonly known as Capitán Tiago, is the only son of a wealthy
trader in Malabon. Due to his mother's cruelty, Capitán Tiago did not attain any formal
education. He became a servant of a Dominican priest. When the priest and his father died,
Capitán 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 given a daughter who shared same features as Padre Damaso, who is
Maria Clara.

Capitán Tiago owned many 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 with the priests because he gave lump of money during ecclesiastical donations and always
invited the parish curate every dinner. He was also with the government because he always
supported tax increase 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, Capitán Tiago loses all his properties and becomes
addicted to opium, which would eventually lead to his death.

[edit] Filósofo Tasyo

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

Filósofo Tacio was born into a wealthy Filipino family. His mother allowed him to take formal
education, then abruptly ordered him to stop. She feared that Tasyo would become "too
educated" and lose faith and devotion to religion. Her mother gave him two choices: either go
into priesthood or stop his education. Tasyo chose the latter because he had a girlfriend that time.
Soon enough, they married. After a year, Tasyo became a widower while his mother also died.
He took most of his time reading and buying books so much that all his properties were lost and
he became poor.

[edit] Eliás

Eliás came from the family which the Ibarra clan downtrodded for generations. He grew up in a
wealthy family until when he discovered something that changed his life forever.

[edit] Doña Victorina

Doña Victorina de los Reyes de de Espadaña

[edit] Sisa

Narcisa

[edit] Doña Consolacíon

Doña Consolacíon, el musa de los guardias civiles e esposa de Alferez Crispin Basilio

[edit] Notes on Filipinization of names

[edit] Transformations

As it was mentioned on the introduction page, Noli me Tangere was written in Spanish.
Specifically, when Noli was translated in Tagalog language, many names were retained in their
Spanish spelling. When later Tagalog editions came into print, apart from removal of diacritics,
names were also modified into Tagalog orthography. Even though many names in the novel still
used Spanish spelling, vast majority is in Tagalog.

• Crisóstomo Ibarra is spelled now as Crisostomo Ibarra in Tagalog and English texts of
Noli.
• María Clara is now spelled as Maria Clara, while others spelled the name as Mariya
Klara or Mariya Clara.
 • Padre Dámaso is now spelled as Padre Damaso, other books use the convention Pari
Damaso (pari being the Filipino word for father-priest, even though padre is a Filipino
word too). In English, it is Father Damaso is also used.
• Capitán Tiago is now spelled as Kapitang Tiyago or Kapitan Tiyago, although in
English it is widely known as Captain Tiyago or Captain Tiago.
• Filósofo Tasyo is spelled now as Pilosopong Tasyo or Pilosopo Tasyo. In English, it is
either Pilosopo Tacio, Sage Tacio, Sage Tasyo, or any word that describes somebody
who has incredible intelligence. Tacio can also be an alternate for Tasyo.
• Eliás is now spelled as Elias. Elijah is not acceptable.
• Doña Consolacíon is now spelled as Donya Consolacion. (see below)
• Alferez is now spelled as Alperes. English texts employ the use of Alferez although some
uses the word's semi-equivalent, lieutenant-general.
• Gobernador General is now spelled as Gobernador Heneral (or with the dash in
between the words Gobernador and Heneral). In English, it is Governor-general.
• Teniente is now spelled as tinyente or tenyente. In English, it is lieutenant.
• Guardia Civil is now spelled as guardiya sibil, guwardiya sibil or guardia sibil. In
English, it is civil guard.
• Gobernadorcillo is now spelled as gobernadorsilyo. In English it is still spelled the same
way as Spanish.

Juan Crisostomo Ibarra

He is the only son of Don Rafael Ibarra, the richest person in San Diego.
He studied in Europe for 7 years, and is the sweetheart of Maria Clara.

Maria Clara

She is the girlfriend of Ibarra.

As far as the society is concerned, she is the daughter of Kapitan Tiyago and Doña Pia
Alba, but biologically, her father is Padre Damaso.

Sisa

Mother of Basilio and Crispin.

She has a drunkard for a husband. In the novel Sisa portrays a loving mother, and it
could be assumed that Rizal likened her to his own mother.
Sisa is being maltreated by the Spaniards; similarly, our country is being abused by the
Spaniards.

Doña Pia Alba

She is the mother of Maria Clara and the wife of Kapitan Tiyago.
She symbolizes our country, which ceaselessly gives in to foreign power.

Capitan Tiago

The father of Maria Clara, as far as the society knows.

Sometimes lovable, and sometimes annoying.
 He is very biased and is only obedient to those who are higher in rank than him.
He has money on a pedestal.

Fray Damaso

He is the first parish priest in San Diego; he is very abusive.

He symbolizes the Spanish friars of Rizal's time.

Fray Salvi

He is a Franciscan parish priest of San Diego.

Because he is interested in Maria Clara, he and Padre Damaso devised a plan to break
Ibarra and Maria Clara apart. They were successful.

Doña Victorina

Her fanatical adulation of the Spaniards leads her to imitate the very actions and attitudes
of the Spanish women.
It may be said that she symbolizes the Filipinos in our society who are ashamed of their
own race and nationality.

Doña Consolacion

She is a Filipino woman married to a Spaniard.

Her very actions and way of dressing will lead people to think that she is a whore.

Elias

He believes that justice can be obtained only through revolution --- reforms simply won't
do.
He symbolizes the very root of the Filipino culture before the coming of the Spaniards,
which remained strong and unbroken by the Spanish culture.

Pilosopong Tasyo

He is a wise man.
He embodies the intelligent people, who never left the country but instead educated
themselves in a religious institution.