This ppt is about noli me Tangere

1. GROUP6
LEADER: EPANIS, DICERIE
NICOLE
MEMBERS:
VASQUEZ, REGGAN JHADE
NUÑEZ, JOMEL
BALUYOT, ANDREA ANN
GALANZA, KIMBERLY
SAYSON, ROVIE

2. Dr. Jose Riza

3. Objectives:
1. Appraise important characters in the novel
and what who they represent
2. Examine past and the present Philippines
situation through the examples mentioned in Noli
me Tangere

4. Dr. Jose Protacio Rizal Mercado y
Alonzo Realonda
Born on June 19, 1861 in Calamba
Died, December 30, 1896 Manila
Founder of La Liga Filipina
Notable Works: Noli Me Tangere and El
Filibusterismo

5. Rizal Being a Novelist
• As we all know, Jose Rizal is known in many aspects. One of the talents that made him famous
not just to the Filipinos but even with the enemies was him being the novelist. His Noli Me
Tangere (Social Cancer) and even the sequel novel El Filibusterismo (The Reign of the Greed)
had tremendous effects to the people of 19th century.
• These two novels criticized and exposed the social life of that time included the abuses of the
friars and the government officials in the Philippines. These two works of fiction are now
considered two of the greatest social documents of all times. Maybe to some of you, you feel
bored as we go along with this chapter because you have taken this as one of your subjects in
high school. But this time, let us try to focus on the important characters and who or what are
they representing in real life in the society especially during the 19th century.

6. Dr. Jose Rizal
Rizal wrote the novels not just for enterta
but for noble purpose of redeeming the Filipinos
from their miserable condition.
He had two objectives in mind as he wrote them.
1. to expose the social malady affecting our country.
2. to awaken and develop the national consciousness
the people. It is no doubt why, Jose Rizal is consid
as the Father of Nationalism.

7. The Dedication of the Novel
Rizal dedicated his novel entitled “Noli Me Tangere” to his
fatherland. Rizal sacrificed his personal needs in order for him
to make a difference for our country. He made the novel to
expose all the doings of the Spaniards in order to reawaken our
senses.
He was inspired by “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” to write about the inequ
in Filipino society. With a Latin title (“Touch Me Not”) that allude
passage in the Bible, the work, published in 1887, explores the
oppression of the local people by priests and the government du
the era of Spanish colonization.

8. The Dedication of the Novel
Jose Rizal wrote the first sections of his novel Noli Me
Tangere in 1884 in Madrid, Spain when he was still
studying medicine. Rizal drew his inspiration in writing No
Me Tangere from a book entitled Uncle Tom’s Cabin which
was authored by Harriet Beacher Stowe.
Noli was originally written in Spanish, so the likelihood th
Spanish authorities would read it first was very high;which
is what Rizal wanted to happen. This led to his decision to
write the sequel of Noli Me Tangere, the El filibusterismo.

9. The plot of the Novel
Noli Me Tangere, a book by José Rizal that was written in Spanish and released in 1887, was very important to the
political development of the Philippines. Rizal provided a devastating analysis of a society under Spanish colonial
power by drawing on personal experience, novelistic patterns from the nineteenth century, and ideals of European
liberty.
After spending seven years in Europe, Crisostomo Ibarra, the mixed-race heir to a powerful clan, returns home with
plans to improve the situation of his fellow people. While attempting changes, he is met with an oppressive religious
hierarchy and a governmental administration in Spain that is both brutal and apathetic. Through story events, the
book implies that significant change in this situation is extremely difficult, if not impossible.
Ibarra is excommunicated for assaulting the parish priest because Don Rafael, his father, passed away just before
he returned home, and Padre Damaso refused to perform a Catholic funeral. But when the governor general steps
in, the decree is overturned. The friar and Padre Salvi, his successor, represent the corrupt status of the clergy. Their
conflicted feelings—one paternal, the other carnal—for Maria Clara, Ibarra’s beloved and the stunning daughter of
wealthy Capitan Tiago, strengthen their resolve to thwart Ibarra’s intentions for a school. Tasio, the town
philosopher, humorously observes that previous attempts to achieve the same goal have failed, and his wise remark
makes it evident that all colonial rulers are afraid that a civilized people will cast off the yoke of oppression.

10. The plot of the Novel
The main issue in the book is how to do this specifically, which Ibarra discusses with the enigmatic Elias, whose life is entwine
his. While Elias, who has experienced injustice at the hands of the authorities, prefers violence, the affluent Ibarra favors nonv
methods.Salvi in particular, Ibarra's adversaries, accuse him of leading a phony revolt, albeit the case against him is tenuous.
Maria Clara turns against him in order to conceal a terrible family secret whose revelation would be disastrous. With Elias'
assistance, Ibarra breaks out of jail and confronts her. Ibarra is absolved after hearing her justification, and he and Elias take o
towards the lake. One, however, perishes as the other is pursued by the Guardia Civil. Maria Clara enters the nunnery believing
is dead and rejecting a marriage that Padre Damaso has arranged for her. Her unfortunate ending and that of the more legend
Sisa, who was driven insane by the fate of her sons, serve as a metaphor for the country's mixed-up state of beauty and misery
satire brilliantly, Rizal creates other memorable characters whose lives manifest the poisonous effects of religious and colonia
oppression. Capitan Tiago; the social climber Doña Victorina de Espadaña and her toothless Spanish husband; the Guardia Ci
head and his harridan of a wife; the sorority of devout women; the disaffected peasants forced to become outlaws: in sum, a
microcosm of Philippine society. In the afflictions that plague them, Rizal paints a harrowing picture of his beloved but sufferin
country in a work that speaks eloquently not just to Filipinos but to all who have endured or witnessed oppression.

11. Mga Tauhan
Juañ Crisostomo Ibarra y
Magsaliñ
• Anak ni Don Rafael; kasintahan ni Maria
Basilio
ng Noli Me Tangere
Clara; pangunahing tauhan sa nobela
Maria Clara • Panganay na anak ni
Sisa; napagbintangang
nagnakaw; tagapag-
patunog ng kampana
sa simbahan
• Kasintahan ni Crisostomo Ibarra;
anak-anakan ni Kapitan Tiago;
anak ni Pia Alba at ng paring si
Padre Damaso
Kapitañ Tiago o Doñ Sañtiago Alperes Crispiñ
de los Sañtos • Asawa ni Donya Consolacion; lider
ng mga gwardiya sibil; kaagaw ng
kura sa kapangyarihan sa San Diego
Pedro
Tiya Isabel •
Pia Alba Bunsong anak ni Sisa;
napagbintangang
nagnakaw; tagapag-
patunog ng kampana sa
simbahan
• Ama-amahan ni Maria Clara; asawa
ni Pia Alba
• Iresponsableng
asawa ni Sisa;
mahilig sa sugal a
lasenggo
• Asawa ni Kapitan
Tiago; hinalay ni
Padre Damaso; ina
ni Maria Clara
• Tiya ni Maria Clara
at tumulong sa
pagpapalaki dito;
pinsan ni Kapitan
Tiago
Doñ Rafael Ibarra
• Ama ni Crisostomo Ibarra; mayaman kung
Doñya Coñsolacioñ
• Asawa ng alperes; malupit at
Liñares
kaya’t labis na kinainggitan ni Padre Damaso masama ang ugali
Tiñyeñte Guevarra
Kapitañ Heñeral
• Pinakamakapangyarihang
opisyal ng Espanya sa
Pilipinas
Doñ Saturñiño
• Lolo ni Crisostomo
• Umiibig kay Maria
Clara at napiling
Doñ Pedro Eibarrimeñdia
• Ninuno ni Crisostomo Ibarra na naging
dahilan ng matinding kasawian ng
nuno ni Elias
Kapitañ Pablo • Tinyente ng gward
kaibigan ni Don Ra
nagkwento kay Cr
Ibarra tungkol sa s
kanyang ama
mapangasawa nito;
pinsan ng inaanak ni
Padre Damaso
• Kapitan ng mga tulisan;
Ibarra
tinuturing na ama ni Elias
Padre Damaso Verdolagas
• Ninong ni Maria Clara; humalay kay Pia
Alba; nagpahukay sa bangkay ni Don
Rafael
Lucas
Elias
Padre Berñardo Salvi
• Kurang pumalit kay Padre Damaso;
nagkaroon ng lihim na pagtingin
kay Maria Clara
Añdeñg
Albiño
• Taong madilaw;
nagtangkang
• Nagligtas kay Crisostomo
Ibarra; anak ng angkang
kaaway ng mga ninuno ni
Ibarra
• Kinak
• Dating
pumatay kay
Padre Herñañdo De La Sibyla
• Kura ng Tanawan; palihim na
Maria
mahu
paglu
seminarista;
kasintahan ni
Victoria
Crisostomo Ibarra
Doñya Victoriña de los Reyes de
Espadaña
Siñañg
sumusubaybay kay Crisostomo Ibarra
Doñ Filipo Liño
Kapitaña Maria
• Masayahing
kaibigan ni Maria
Clara; anak ni
Kapitan Basilio
Pilosopo Tasyo o Doñ
Añastacio
• Ama ni Sinang; Bise-
• Nagpapanggap na Kastila; asawa
Alkalde • Pumanig sa pagtatang
Ibarra sa alaala ng am
babaeng makabayan
ni Don Tiburcio
Sisa
Doñ Tiburcio de Espadaña
• Isang pilay na Kastilang napadpad sa
Pilipinas; asawa ni Donya Victorina;
nagpanggap na doktor
• Matalino ngunit tingin ng
Kapitañ Basilio
karamihan ay baliw Sanggunian
•
Inang nabaliw sa • Kapitan sa bayan ng
paghahanap sa dalawang
anak; asawa ni Pedro San Diego

12. Summary
The young and idealistic Juan Crisostomo Ibarra returns home a
years in Europe. The wealthy meztizo, like his father Don Rafael
for reform primarily in the area of education in order to eliminate po
improve the lives of his countrymen. Upon learning about his father’s demise
and the denial of a Catholic burial for his father Ibarra was provoked to hit
Padre Damaso which eventually lead to his excommunication. The
excommunication was later rescinded upon the intervention of the Governor
General.
Padre Salvi, Ibarra’s mortal enemy accused Ibarra of insurrection. Ibarra’
letter to his beloved Maria Clara was used against him. Later in the story
Maria Clara will tell Ibarra that she did not conspire to indict him. She wa
compelled to give Ibarra’s letter in exchange for the letters of her mothe
before she was born. Maria Clara found out that the letters of her mothe
were addressed to Padre Damaso about their unborn child which means tha
she is the biological daughter of the priest and not of her father, Capita
Tiago.

13. Summary
Meanwhile, Ibarra was able to escape the prison with Elias,
experienced injustice with the authorities. Ibarra was able to sp
Maria Clara about the letters and thereafter forgave her. Ibarra and
to the lake and were chased by the Guardia Civil. One was shot
other survives. Upon hearing the news, Maria Clara believed that Ibarra was
dead; she entered the nunnery instead of marrying Alfonso Linares.
The fatally wounded Elias found the child Basilio and his dead mother Sis
The latter was driven to insanity when she learned that her children were
implicated for theft by the sacristan mayor. Elias instructed Basilio to dig
his and Sisa’s graves and there is a buried treasure which he can use for h
education. Noli Me Tangere brilliantly described Philippine society with its
memorable characters. The melancholic fate of Maria Clara and the insan
of Sisa characterized the country’s pitiful state, which was once beautiful
turned miserable. Reading Noli Me Tangere will open one’s mind about
oppression and tyranny.

14. The Characters and their Symbolism
Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin
• Crisostomo Ibarra is a believer in hope. He's a libera
Outspoken and idealistic, he is a force to be reckoned with.
Man who is patient and serious. When he is provoked, he
becomes quite violent and impetuous. Rizal sees Ibarra as a
reflection of himself. He represents the privileged youth's
ideals.
• He characterized the vision of Rizal for the Philippines during t
Spanish Colonial Time, and it was to not use violence as means
seeking freedom from the colonizers but instead to become an a
of Spain. Moreover, his character also symbolizes the Filipinos w
had the privilege to study abroad during his time and those w
value education. Lastly, his character represents those people w
suffer and became victims of the abusive and unjustifiable justi
system of the colonizers.

15. Characters and their symbolism
Maria Clara
• Maria Clara is depicted as a biological daughter of Pad
Damaso, and Pia Alba, the wife of captain Tiago. S
symbolizes the unhappy and exploited state of the Philippin
under spanish rule. Father Damaso strongly Disapproves t
marriage of his daughter to Ibarra, which symbolizes t
LIBRERALISM that influencial the country during 19th Centu
Maria Clara with her innate beauty and charms virtues a
inconsistences, was symbolic characteristic of the 19th centu
Philippines Society.
• Maria Clara represents the purity and innocence of a sheltered Filipino woman.
Her character represents how a Filipino woman values family bonds as well as
romantic relationships. She represents those who hold her parents' honor in
high regard. Furthermore, she is a metaphor for people who have been forced to
choose between her family and her lover. Finally, she represents a person who
loves her lover unconditionally regardless the circumstances.

16. Characters and their Symbolism
Padre Damaso
• Padre Damaso, represent the reacti e
forces in the Colony.
• His character symbolizes the unlawf
rulings of the colonizers to the Filipino
people who are in the upper class o
power to manipulate, degrade and
t
e
s
n
power at the cost of the lives of Filipinos. People like him is
the very reason why Filipinos during that time wanted to do a
revolution just to be freed from the oppression.
• Priest who is both talkative and harsh. He raped Maria Clara's
mother, Dona Pia, and isconstantly at odds with Ibarra,
preventing his marriage to Maria Clara. He is a representation
of Rizal's time's Spanish friars. Represent the Government of
Spain

17. Characters and their Symbolism
Kapitan Tiago
• His character symbolizes how a
blinded by wealth and power. He
wealthy Filipinos during the Spa
mistreat their fellow Filipinos in ex
power and wealth that comes with powerful
alliances. He symbolizes those who are the puppet
of the Spaniards.
• Capitan Tiago represent the subservient Filipino to
the authorities to protect his personal and
business interest.
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18. Characters and their Symbolism
Doña Pia Alba
• Pia Alba symbolizes the womeñ who had beeñ mistreate
remaiñed iñ sileñce by their humiliatioñ.She may also sym
wañtedto give their husbañd somethiñgthat would eñtaila greatsacrificeoñ
theirpart. The characterof Pia Alba cañ be represeñtedby the sileñtwomeñ
victimsof clergysexual abuse.The reasoñfor their sileñceis iñ respecto the
Church or fear of scañdal.

19. Characters and their symbolism
Sisa
• Sisa symbolizes the Philippines: she is d
e
must have been pretty and charmin
tribulations. She became ugly (crazy) due to too much
sorrow and sufferings. The Philippines was also once
a beautiful territory until later ravaged and made
uncomely by Spanish colonization.
• Typical of Filipino mothers, Sisa knows her son
attributes intimately, even the way they walk; Basilio
with sure and strong steps; and Crispin, with light and
irregular ones. She also represents the Filipin
motherhood for she never admits her sons were guilty
of the accusations imputed agaist them. Also typica
of Filipino women, Sisa is sensitive and refuses to
allow degradation of her reputation, even when she
is called the “mother of thieves”.

20. Characters and their Symbolism
Basilio
• His character symbolizes a child's uncond
for his mother. He represents the children
have been deprived of an education, a a
harmonious society as a result of the country's
oppressors. He is a literal symbol of youth, as described
by Rizal in his works, who, despite his hardships, can
become a hope for the country.
• This character also represents the Ilustrados but unlike
Simours/bara who afford living less threats Basilio
portrayed a more complicated or realistic life experience
as a Filipino during the Spanish colonial period. Basilio's
mother lose har sanity and his brother Crispin was
beaten to death for a crime accusation that is not yet
proven to be true. Baslo is a determined for education, a
sacristan and a medical student scholar at the same
time. His mindset conclude reforms for change despite
of traumas he went through.

21. Characters and their Symbolism
Pilosopo tasyo
• Tasio symbolizes the educated Filipinos who had
embraced the culture of the Spanish colonizers.
represents those who revert their stance as they bec
disenchanted when they return to the Philippines and obs
the stark contrast their countrymen receive from
colonizers. He represents those who are not easily fooled
swayed by the lies of the colonizers and always
thoroughly his actions.
• He symbolizes desperate culture and these are the educ
Filipinos who once adopted the Spanish regime’s cu
when they returned to the Philippines and saw the
difference between their countrymen and their coloni
they were disillusioned. The more they devote themselv
studying, the more eccentric they seem to the masses
want to enlighten.

22. Characters and their Symbolism
Donya Victorina
• Dona Victorina – Victorina de los Reyes de Espadaña, a wom
who poses herself as a Peninsulares. Wife of Don Tiburcio
Espadana, known in the novel as a trying hard rich woman w
abhors anything that is Filipino and clings for Spanish way of li
This kind of character was manifested on some Filipinos of th
time.
• Her character symbolizes a person who is not proud of her roo
or about her identity, She is a symbol of an ambitious women w
is willing to commit unethical things in order to gain social positi
and power. She is a symbol for Filipino women who would rath
have wealth than pride and nationalism. Finally, her charac
represents a prevalent viewpoint held by even today’s Filipino
foreigners are superior to Filipinos in many ways.

23. Characters and their Symbolism
Elias
Elias is a representation of common Filipinos
during Spanish colonial period, also known a
Indios who acts like he saw nothing
but witnesses
every Injustice. He has endured se much pa
and suffering yet thy heart screams a resist
change, just like an Indio
Wanting for a revolution to gain independen

24. Characters and their Symbolism
Donya Consolacion
Doña Consolacion – wife of the Alferez, another
woman who passed herself as a Peninsular; best
remembered for her abusive treatment of Sisa.
Being the only competitor of Captain Tiago in
godliness, she did everything to pretend that
she was really religious by showing off to the
public what she could contribute to the Church.

25. As we can see, truly that all characters represent real
Rizal’s time. The novel exposed the symptoms of the
were eroding Philippine society
- Abuses of the friars and the civil guards;
- The corruption in the government;
- the defective educational system;
- the hypocrisy and apathy of some Filipino, and
- the decadence of the social order

26. Noli Me Tangere as Instrument in Awakening
National Consciousness
The importance of social reforms and the spirit of national
consciousness is reflecting in the novel. No doubt that after readin
the Noli Me Tangere, readers love for his country will truly be
awaken. That is why the novels made Rizal famous among his peop
likewise made him notorious from the view of the Spanish religious
authorities and detractors.If we are about to connect the scenario
the novel at this present time, we can also find some of the
characters portraying some aspects in the government.

27. References:
Zaide, Gregorio (2014) Jose Rizal: Life, Works, and Writings. Mandaluyong
City. National Bookstore. (77-88)
Maguigad, R., et. al. (2004) Jose Rizal: The First Filipino.Quezon City.Libro
Filipino Enterprises. (43-58)
https://answer-to-all.com/miscellaneous/what-inspired-jose-rizal-to-write-
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