CharactersofNoliMe

Tangere
 Is Rizal’s portrayal of the
characters in Noli Me Tangere
relevant to the social statuses
during his time?
 The Characters
Crisostomo Ibarra Padre Salvi
Elias Padre Damaso
Kapitan Tiago Crispin
Maria Clara Basilio
Doña Victorina Sisa
Pia Alba Doña Consolacion
Don Tiburcio
Gobernador Heneral
Alfonso Linares
Alferez
Pilosopo Tasyo
Padre Sibyla
 Crisostomo Ibarra

He has a liberal Outspoken and

mind. idealistic

He becomes very
Patient and serious
violent and impulsive
man
when he provoked.

He symbolizes the
Ibarra as Rizal’s
idealism of the
reflection of himself.
privileged youth.
 Elias

He distrusts human
He prefers a revolution
judgment and prefers
over the reforms.
God’s justice instead.

He is said to be the
He represents the
personification of Andres
common Filipino.
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 She had childish
and an obedient daughter. simplicity.

Her character is related to

She gets easily
Rizal’s childhood sweetheart,
nervous.
Leonor Rivera.
Doña Victorina

Wife of Don Tiburcio.

An ambitious Filipina.

She symbolizes those who

have a distorted view of their
identity.
Don Tiburcio de Espadaña

Doña Victorina’s
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

Very spiritual woman.
beautiful woman.

By nature, a very merry Pia Alba represents the

woman but she became women who had been
melancholic when she abused by the clergy and
became pregnant. had been silenced by their
shame.
 Gobernador General

He occupies the second

most powerful rank in the
Represented the typical colonial government,
Governor Generals of the second only to the king
Philippines who would often
disdain the power that the
friars had

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 Consolascion’s 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 of Binondo and had
been a former professor
at San Juan de Letran college

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
María Clara.
Manipulates people to
get what he wants.
 Padre Damaso

Talkative and cruel

priest. He continually antagonizes
Ibarra and prevents his
marriage to Maria Clara

He raped Doña Pia, He symbolizes the

Maria Clara’s mother Spanish friars of
Rizal’s time.
 Sisa

Is the deranged
mother of Basilio
and Crispín.

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 Rizal’s

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 brother’s of
Hagonoy.
Crispin

He is 7 years old, often talks about

silly things and is Sisa’s favorite
son.

An altar boy, he was unjustly

accused of stealing money from
the church.
Doña 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.