NOLI ME TANGERE, CONTEXT AND CONTEXT.

THE PUBLICATION OF NOLI

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NOLI ME TANGERE, CONTEXT AND CONTEXT. THE PUBLICATION OF NOLI ME
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Complete the table below by identifying what the major characters in Noli Me Tangere
symbolize in relation to
colonial Philippine society. Character Symbolism Crisostomo Ibarra Maria Clara Capitan
Tiago Padre Damaso
Sisa Pilosopo Tasio Dona Victorina Basilio
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Crisostomo Ibarra - Symbolizes the idealism of the privileged youth.

Maria Clara - Symbolizes the purity and innocence of a sheltered native woman.

Capitan Tiago - Symbolizes the rich Filipinos who oppress their fellow countrymen.

Padre Damaso - Symbolizes the Spanish friars of Rizal's time.

Sisa - Personified the suffering of the motherland.

Pilosopo Tasio - Symbolizes the learned Filipinos.

Doña Victorina - Symbolizes those who have a distorted view of their identity.

Basilio - Represented the innocent who were wrongly accused of crimes they did not commit.
Step-by-step explanation
Crisostomo Ibarra - He has a liberal mind. Outspoken and idealistic Patient and serious man. He
becomes very violent and impulsive when he provoked. Ibarra as Rizal's reflection of himself.

Maria Clara - Religious woman. She portrayed as a faithful sweetheart, a good friend and an
obedient daughter. She had childish simplicity. She gets easily nervous. Her character is related
to Rizal's childhood sweetheart, Leonor Rivera.

Capitan Tiago - He is said to be a good Catholic, friend of the Spanish government.

Padre Damaso - Talkative and cruel priest. He raped Doña Pia, Maria Clara's mother. He
continually antagonizes Ibarra and prevents his marriage to Maria Clara.

Sisa - Is the deranged mother of Basilio and Crispín. Described as beautiful and young, although
she loves her children very much, she cannot protect them from the beatings of her husband,
Pedro. Named after Rizal's older sister, Narcisa.
Pilosopo Tasio - Known as " Filosopo Tasyo". He spent most of his money on books and now
lives in poverty Rizal can relate to his character as his oldest brother, Paciano Rizal. He is a
pessimist.

Doña Victorina - An ambitious Filipina. Wife of Don Tiburcio.

Basilio - He is 10 years old. An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus. Their
story was based on the true tale of the Crisostomo brother's of Hagonoy.