Characters

of Noli Me
Tangere
Reported by:

Jenalyn Avila
Rutsel Baguinang
Katherine Guingab

Is Rizals portrayal of the

characters in Noli Me
Tangere relevant to the
social statuses during his
time?

The Characters
Crisostomo Ibarra
Elias
Kapitan Tiago
Maria Clara
Doa Victorina
Pia Alba
Don Tiburcio
Gobernador Heneral
Alfonso Linares
Alferez
Pilosopo Tasyo
Padre Sibyla

Padre Salvi
Padre Damaso
Crispin
Basilio
Sisa
Doa Consolacion

Crisostomo Ibarra
He has a liberal
mind.

Outspoken and
idealistic

He becomes very
violent and
impulsive when he
provoked.

Patient and
serious man

He symbolizes the
idealism of the
privileged youth.

Ibarra as Rizals
reflection of himself.

Elias
He distrusts human
judgment and prefers
Gods justice instead.

He prefers a revolution
over the reforms.

He represents the
common Filipino.

He is said to be the
personification of
Andres Bonifacio.

Kapitan Tiago

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

He symbolizes the rich

Filipinos who oppress their
fellow countrymen.

Maria Clara

Religious woman

She symbolizes the purity

and innocence of a
sheltered native 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

Rizals childhood
sweetheart, Leonor
Rivera.

Doa Victorina
Wife of Don Tiburcio.

An ambitious Filipina.

She symbolizes those who

have a distorted view of
their identity.

Don Tiburcio de
Espadaa
Doa Victorinas
husband.

He is timid and
rarely joins in
conversation.

Makes living as a
quack doctor.

Represented the ignorant

Spaniards whose foolishness the
other Spaniards tolerated, often
resulting in disastrous
consequences for the natives.

Pia Alba

A young, healthy and

beautiful woman.

By nature, a very
merry woman but she
became melancholic
when she became
pregnant.

Very spiritual
woman.

Pia Alba represents the

women who had been
abused by the clergy and
had been silenced by
their shame.

Gobernador General

Represented the typical

Governor Generals of the
Philippines who would often
disdain the power that the
friars had

He occupies the second

most powerful rank in
the colonial government,
second only to the king

Supported Ibarra
against Padre
Damaso

Alfonso Linares
A young and smart
Spanish lawyer.

Meek and shy.

Padre Damaso wanted

Maria Clara to marry him
but she refused.
Represented the young
Spaniards who came to the
Philippines hoping for a
better life than in their
motherland.

Alferez

Dona Consolascions husband

Shares rivalry with

the priest,
particularly Padre
Salvi and
frequently has
violent fights with
his wife

Represented the officials of

the state who frequently
had power struggles with
Church officials.

Pilosopo Tasyo
Known
as Filosopo
Tasyo.
He spent most of his
money on books and
now lives in poverty
He is a
pessimist.

He symbolizes the
learned Filipinos.
Rizal can relate to his
character as his oldest
brother, Paciano Rizal.

Padre Hernando
Sibyla
a Dominican friar who is
the curate ofBinondoand
had been a former
professor atSan Juan de
Letrancollege

He is often cool and

intelligent, especially when
correcting the other friar,
Padre Damaso, of the
latter's ostentatiousness.

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 Bernardo
Salvi

He is described to
be very thin and
sickly.
The Franciscan
curate of San Diego,
secretly harboring
lust for Mara Clara.
Manipulates people to
get what he wants.

Padre Damaso
Talkative and cruel
priest.

He raped Doa Pia,

Maria Claras
mother

He continually
antagonizes Ibarra and
prevents his marriage to
Maria Clara

He symbolizes the
Spanish friars of
Rizals time.

Sisa
Is the deranged
mother of Basilio
and Crispn.
Described as beautiful and
young, although she loves
her children very much,
she can not protect them
from the beatings of her
husband, Pedro.
Personified the
suffering of the
motherland.
Named after
Rizals older
sister, Narcisa.

Basilio
He is 10 years old. An acolyte
tasked to ring the church bells
for the Angelus
They represented the
innocent who were wrongly
accused of crimes they did
not commit.
Their story was based on the
true tale of the Crisostomo
brothers of Hagonoy.

Crispin

He is 7 years old, often talks

about silly things and is Sisas
favorite son.

An altar boy, he was unjustly

accused of stealing money
from the church.

Doa Consolacion
Wife of the Alferez of
San Diego
Often has violent
arguments with her
husbands
Pretends not to know
Tagalog and often uses
Spanish words even if she
does not the meaning
Symbolizes the Filipinos in
our society who are
ashamed of their own race
and nationality.