ASPECTS AND

NOLI ME TANGERE EL FILIBUSTERISMO

SIMILARITIES
 Crisostomo Ibarra, PROTAGONIST
 Ibarra disguised as
shown as a soft-
Same person but with Simoun, the angry
spoken, patient,
different perspective in and vengeful
compassionate and
life. wealthy jeweler.
idealistic
 Padre Dámaso, the ANTAGONIST
Franciscan friar and
the former parish
curate of San Diego. 
 The main antagonist
is Father Salví, who
plots against Ibarra
PLOT  Juan Crisóstomo
Ibarra, thirteen years
older, his idealism
and youthful dreams
 Revolves around
shattered, and
Crisostomo Ibarra,
taking advantage of
mixed-race heir of a
the belief that he
wealthy clan,
died at the end
returning home after
of Noli Me Tangere,
seven years in
he is disguised as
Europe and filled
Simoun, an
with ideas on how to
enormously wealthy
better the lot of his
and mysterious
countrymen.
jeweler who has
gained the
confidence of the
colony’s governor-
general.
 a love story or a THEME  a political novel
romantic novel, associated with
dedicated to our revenge and anger
motherland and is dedicated to
GOMBURZA.
 El Filibusterismo
addresses topics of
great importance to
the movement,
namely clerical
abuses, racism
against the
Philippine people,
and the need for

 Ibarra escapes from ENDING
prison with Elias's
help and confronts
her. She explains
why, Ibarra forgives
her, and he and Elias
flee to the lake. But
chased by the
Guardia Civil, one
dies while the other
survives.
political reform. The
novels resulted in
Rizal’s exile to Hong
 Simoun find Padre
Florentino and
confesses his entire
story to him and
hands the priest all
his riches before
finally passing away