Group 4

Members :
Mary Angel Pauline Galias
Gellie M. Diantan
Irish Grace Dianne O. Gabinete
Fe G. Daraman
Kurt Jason C. Cuares
Roche Jean M. Dayon
Mary Grace V. Cavales
Sheila Mae E. Costino
Noli Me Tángere
Dr. Jose Rizal
 Introduction

Noli Me Tángere is a novel book authored by Dr. Jose Rizal contains

about fictional story and talks about the hidden truth about corruption ,
abuse , poverty and criticized by the colonial government and Catholic church .
In this novel it expressed the growing national consciousness of many Filipinos
who opposed Spanish colonial tyranny and aspired to attain democratic rights.
 The Journey of Rizal while writing the
Noli Me Tángere

When Rizal started writing Noli Me Tángere in 1884 he is still

studying in Europe and he completed ½ of the novel in Madrid
Spain , ¼ of the novel was written when he was at Paris in France
while the remaining ¼ of the novel completed in Berlin Germany .
The novel was completed in February 21, 1887 and the novel came on
press and published on March 21, 1887 with the financial assistance
of Maximo Viola .
 Key Facts
• Full Title : Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me
Not)
• When written : 1884
• Where written : Europe ,Madrid
Spain ,Paris in France and Berlin
Germany
• When Published : 1887
• Literary Period : Spanish Colonial
Period
• Genre : Political Fiction and Political
Satire
Major Characters
 “Crisostomo Ibarra”

Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin

• Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin
• the novel's protagonist
• Spent 7 years studying in Europe
• Hometown (San Diego , Spanish Philippines)
• Maria Clara fiancee
• Friend of Elias
• He came back in Philippines because of his
father’s death .
• Falsely accused that he is the ringleader of
the band of rebels to attack the civil guards
military barracks .
 “María Clara”

 María Clara de los Santos

•  The childhood sweetheart and fiancée
of  Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra y Magsalin
•  The daughter of padre damaso and Doña
pia Alba
• The Main protagonist in  Noli Me Tángere
• studied at Colegio de Santa Catalina de
Sena,
• the mestiza heroine in Noli Me Tángere,
•  Her name and character has since
become a byword in Filipino culture for
the traditional, feminine ideal. 
 “Captain Tiago”
Santiago de los Santos
(Sacristan Tiago)
• Richest man in the region of
Binondo
• Friend of the Spanish
Government
• Husband of Pia Alba
• Religious man
• Consider himself as Spaniards
never one from natives
• Son of a Miser
• Foster father of Maria Clara
 “PADRE DAMASO”

Dámaso Verdolagas ; Alias, Padre Dámaso

• A fictional character in the novel Noli Me
Tángere
• The former curate of the town of San
Diego
• Roman Catholic priest
• The real father of Maria Clara
• Became close friends with Capitan Tiago
• Enemy of Don Rafael Ibarra
 “Doña Victorina”

Doña Victorina de los Reyes de de Espadaña

• Ambitious Filipina who classifies herself as
a Spaniard and mimics Spanish ladies by
putting on heavy make-up .
• Friend of Capitan Tiago
• A religious woman
• An Indio who hates other Indios.
• One of the novel’s lesser villains
• Cares about her image as a beautiful and
admired socialite .
• Abandoned her true identity to get to a
higher place in life.
 “ELIAS”

•  Ibarra saves his life from a vicious crocodile

• Ibarra's mysterious friend and ally
• made his first appearance as a pilot during a
picnic of Ibarra and María Clara and her
friends.
• Saving his friend Ibarra on numerous occasions.
• Elias was born to a rich family in Manila
alongside his twin sister.
• his father being the son of a prostitute and his
mother being the daughter of a rich man.
• Elias worked as a boat pilot during Ibarra's
fishing trip.
 “Philosopher Tasyo”
Don Anastacio
• An old man who used to study philosophy
and who prefers secular knowledge to
Catholicism .
• The one who advice Ibarra about building
a secular school in San Diego .
• Who also called a “madman”
 “Sisa”
Narcisa
• A mother of Basilio and crispin who
became insane.
• Wife of Pedro
• Characterized as most tragic story in the
novel.
• Represented the typical characteristics of a
filipino mother.
• A caring but submissive woman
 “BASILIO”

• An elder son of Sisa and Pedro, and older

brother of Crispin.
• Been accused of stealing, and fled to town
and was taken in by Capitan tiago.
• Follows her mother's death and his brother
dissapearance.
• An optimistic and hopeful individual.
 “CRISPIN”

• Sisa ( mother) Basilio ( older brother).

• On all Saints Day 1881,They been accused of
stealing two gold pieces by the Sacristan
mayor.
• Been beaten to death by the Sacristan
Mayor went Missing and presumably killed
by the Sacristan Mayor and Padre Silva.
IMPORTANT EVENTS
AND
IMPORTANT ISSUES
 “Important Events”
• Chapter 1 – “A Social Gathering”
• Chapter 2 – “Crisostomo Ibarra”
• Chapter 3 – “The Dinner”
• Chapter 4 - “Heretic and Filibuster”
• Chapter 5 – “A Star in a Dark Night”
• Chapter 6 – “Capitan Tiago”
• Chapter 7 - “An Idyl on an Azotea”
• Chapter 8 – “Recollections”
• Chapter 9 – “Local Affairs”
• Chapter 10 – “The Town”
• Chapter 11 – “The Rulers”
• Chapter 12 – “All Saints”
• Chapter 13 – “Signs of Storm”
• Chapter 14 – “Tasio: Lunatic or Sage”
• Chapter 15 – “The Sacristans”
• Chapter 16 - “Sisa”
• Chapter 17 – “Basilio”
• Chapter 18 – “Souls in Torment”
• Chapter 19 – “A Schoolmaster’s Difficulties”
• Chapter 20 – “The Meeting in the Town Hall”
• Chapter 21 – “The Story of a Mother”
• Chapter 22 – “Lights and Shadows”
• Chapter 23 – “Fishing”
• Chapter 24 – “In the Wood”
• Chapter 25 – “In the House of the Sage”
• Chapter 26 – “The Eve of the Fiesta”
• Chapter 27 – “In the Twilight”
• Chapter 28 – “Correspondence”
• Chapter 29 – “The Morning”
• Chapter 30 – “In the Church”
• Chapter 31 - “The Sermon”
• Chapter 32 – “The Derrick”
• Chapter 33 – “Free Thought”
• Chapter 34 – “The Dinner”
• Chapter 35 – “Comments”
• Chapter 36 – “The First Cloud”
• Chapter 37 – “His Excellency”
• Chapter 38 – “The Procession”
• Chapter 39 – “Doña Consolacion”
• Chapter 40 – “Right and Might”
• Chapter 41 – “Two Visits”
• Chapter 42 – “The Espadañas”
• Chapter 43 – “Plans”
• Chapter 44 – “An Examination of Conscience”
• Chapter 45 – “The Hunted”
• Chapter 46 – “The Cockpit”
• Chapter 47 – “The Two Señoras”
• •
Chapter 48 – “The Enigma”
• Chapter 49 – “The Voice of the Hunted”
• Chapter 50 – “Elias’s Story”
• Chapter 51 – “Exchanges”
• Chapter 52 – “The Cards of the Dead and the
Shadows”
• Chapter 53 – “Il Buon Dí Si Conosce Da
Mattina”
• Chapter 54 – “Revelations”
• Chapter 55 – “The Catastrophe”
• Chapter 56 – “Rumors and Beliefs”
• Chapter 57 – “Vae Victis!”
• Chapter 58 – “The Accursed”
• Chapter 59 – “Patriotism and Private Interests”
• Chapter 60 – “Maria Clara Weds”
• Chapter 61 – “The Chase on the Lake”
• Chapter 62 – “Padre Damaso Explains”
• Chapter 63 – “Christmas Eve”
Chapter 64 – “Epilogue”
 “Summary of Noli Me Tángere”
Captain Tiago, a wealthy socialite, holds a dinner party to welcome Juan Crisostomo Ibarra back to the
Philippines. Ibarra, a native mestizo, has spent the past seven years studying in Europe. During dinner,
Ibarra learns his father, Don Rafael, died recently of unknown causes. Ibarra is berated by Friar Father
Damaso for learning abroad what he could have learned at home. Ibarra holds his tongue and leaves the
party to visit his fiancée Maria Clara, Tiago’s daughter. En route, Ibarra chats with Civil Guard Senor
Guevara, who explains that Rafael died in jail after being imprisoned for accidentally killing a tax
collector who was abusing a boy in the street. Ibarra travels to his hometown, San Diego, accompanied
by Clara. A large “All Souls Day” festival is held commemorating purgatorial souls, which Ibarra finds
immoral due to profiting on people’s pain. Ibarra finds the increased influence of the Catholic Church
troubling. Father Salvi is an example of the corruption, using his religious post to fine people who don’t
attend church. Ibarra learns from a schoolmaster of Father Damaso’s curricular meddling. Damaso insists
on teachers beating children as discipline, and bans teaching Spanish in favor of the native Philippine
language, Tagalog. As alternative, Ibarra plans to build a secular school like the one Rafael always wished
for. Ibarra consults with church and government officials, fully intending to ignore their influence once
the school’s built. Ibarra visits the Catholic cemetery and learns Damaso had Rafael’s body exhumed,
which has since been dumped in a lake. During the fiesta, Ibarra and local officials celebrate the opening
of the new school. As Damaso blesses the building with a sermon, the mysterious Elias arrives. Ibarra
once saved Elias’s life during a fishing expedition. Elias informs Ibarra that the others plan to kill Ibarra
during the school’s christening. Ibarra disbelieves, but when a large boulder comes rolling at him as Elias
suggested, Elias shoves the man responsible in the way. The man dies, saving Ibarra’s life. The festival
continues, but Ibarra is now aware of his foes.
 At a dinner celebration held by Ibarra that night, Damaso arrives
uninvited and begins insulting the new school, spouting racial insults to
Filipinos as “indios,” and besmirches Rafael’s death. The latter remark
prompts Ibarra to attack Damaso, raise a knife to him and tell everyone
Damaso exhumed Rafael’s corpse. Ibarra nearly kills Damaso but Clara
stops the blade before it stabs him. Afterwards, Ibarra is
excommunicated. Tiago cancels the wedding of Ibarra and Clara, and
betroths his daughter to the Spaniard Linares. The Captain General visits
San Diego from Spain, and is begged to punish Ibarra. Since the General
supports Ibarra’s school project, he refuses punishment and lifts the
excommunication. Father Salvi hires Lucas, brother of the deceased man
who meant to kill Ibarra with the boulder, to frame Ibarra. Salvi is in love
with Clara, and orchestrates an attack on the military barracks that he
blames on Ibarra. Salvi intends to take credit for saving the town from
the attack he secretly started.
 Following the siege, Ibarra is arrested as planned. He’s jailed and found
guilty based on a vague letter he wrote to Clara. Elias returns and busts
Ibarra out of prison and they escape on a boat. Before fleeing town,
Ibarra climbs onto Clara’s patio and bids adieu. Clara explains the she
was blackmailed into releasing the letter which led to Ibarra’s
imprisonment. A man told Clara that her real father is Damaso, not
Tiago. Clara relinquished the letter in order to keep this a secret from
Tiago and to honor her deceased mother. Clara expresses deep regret
for her betrayal and reinforces her undying love for Ibarra. Ibarra and
Elias bid farewell and begin rowing into the night. As they travel, the
debate the merits of revolution and whether a change within this
system is better than outright overthrowing it. During their discussion,
the men are attacked by another boat. As a distraction, Elias decides to
leap off the boat while Ibarra continues rowing. Elias tells Ibarra to meet
him on Christmas Eve in San Diego, where Ibarra’s grandfather is buried
with his family fortune. Elias dives into the water and is chased by the
boat until the attackers spot blood in the water and assume Elias is
dead.
 In San Diego, Clara tells Damaso she cannot marry
Linares because she’s not in love with him. Clara cites
a newspaper falsely claiming Ibarra’s death as the
reason she no longer wishes to live, and joins a
convent as a result. On Christmas Eve, Elias appears in
the woods to meet Ibarra, who never shows up. Elias
is wounded and tells the young Basilio that he is
about to die. Elias asks Basilio to burn his corpse along
with Basilio’s mother’s, Sisa’s, on a pyre. As Elias looks
up to the sky dying, he utters: “I die without seeing
dawn’s light shining on my country…You, who will see
it, welcome it for me…don’t forget those who fell
during the nighttime.” Ibarra’s fate remains a mystery.
“IMPORTANT ISSUES”

Colonialism, Religion, Power ,

Revolution and Reform and
, Education
 Colonialism, Religion, and Power
• Rizal illustrates the Catholic priests' corruption and their unchecked
power, which doesn't stem from actual religious zeal, but rather from
a love of supremacy that colonization has enabled and encouraged.
The Spanish friars' abuse of power is evident early in Noli Me
Tangere.
 “Revolution and Reform”
• José Rizal quickly emerged as the leading Propagandist. By 1892 it
became obvious that Spain was unwilling to reform its colonial
government.
 “Education”
• Rizal holds up education as a way of overcoming oppression. Ibarra,
who is a respected figure because of the fact that he studied in
Europe, fiercely advocates the importance of intellect and education
by building a school in San Diego.
 Conclusion
• Rizal’s Noli Me Tangere tells us that we should reflect on Jose our actions
and beliefs for our country. The theme of the novel is to promote
nationalism and to accept change in ourselves is still applies to us today. We
must patronize our country by respecting the law, promoting Philippine
culture, and realizing the true goal of the country by helping each other
towards the improvement of the country. It teaches us the values of wisdom,
fighting what is right, and loving our country. This novel is being taught in
school in order to not repeat the history itself by learning how to love our
country and to empower the youth as the catalyst of change for our country.
Being a true Filipino is what Jose Rizal wants us to be, to know who we are
and what is our true goals will make the country flourished.
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