The main characters of Noli Me Tangere the first novel of Dr. Jose Rizal but the other character is not included.

1. Characters of
Noli Me Tangere

3.  the only son of Don Rafael Ibarra. He came
from Europe after 7 years of studying
 Outspoken and idealistic.
 Patient and serious man
He becomes very violent and impulsive when
he provoked.
Ibarra as Rizal’s reflection of himself.
He symbolizes the idealism of the privileged
youth.
The love interest of Maria Clara

4. MARIA CLARA

5. MARIA CLARA
Religious woman
She portrayed as a faithful sweetheart, a good
friend and an obedient daughter of Kapitan Tiyago
 She had childish simplicity.
She gets easily nervous.
Her character is related to Rizal’s childhood
sweetheart, Leonor Rivera.
She symbolizes the purity and innocence of a
sheltered native woman.

6. ELIAS

7.  He distrusts human judgment and prefers
God’s justice instead.
 He prefers a revolution over the reforms.
 He represents the common Filipino.
 He is said to be the personification of
Andres Bonifacio.
 A man hiding from the authorities. He is
bound to save Ibarra until death.
ELIAS

8. Don Santiago de los
Santos also known
Kapitan Tiyago

9. The foster father of Maria Clara
He is said to be a good
Catholic, friend of the Spanish
government.
He symbolizes the rich Filipinos
who oppress their fellow
countrymen.
Don Santiago de los
Santos also known
Kapitan Tiyago

10.  Talkative and cruel priest.
 He raped Doña Pia, Maria Clara’s
mother He continually
antagonizes Ibarra and prevents
his marriage to Maria Clara.
 He symbolizes the Spanish friars
of Rizal’s time.
 The former parish priest of San
Diego
Fray Damaso
Verdolagas

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

12. Fray Hernando Sibyla
He is often cool and
intelligent,
especially when
correcting the other
friar, Padre Damaso,
of the latter's
ostentatiousness.

13. a Dominican friar who is the curate of Binondo
and had been a former professor at San Juan de
Letran college 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.

14. Sisa,Basilio and Crispin
Sisa  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.

15. 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.

16. Don Anastacio also known
Pilosopo Tasyo
 He considered a fool by
uneducated and a philosopher by
educated
 He spent most of his money on
books and now lives in poverty
Rizal can relate to his character as
his oldest brother, Paciano Rizal.
He symbolizes the learned
Filipinos. He is a pessimist.

17. Doña Victorina
 An ambitious Filipina.
She symbolizes those
who have a distorted
view of their identity.
Wife of Don Tiburcio.

18. 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.

19. Gobernador General
 He occupies the second most
powerful rank in the colonial
government, second only to the
king Supported Ibarra against
Padre Damaso Represented the
typical Governor Generals of the
Philippines who would often
disdain the power that the friars
had

20. Pia Alba
A young, healthy and beautiful
woman. Very spiritual woman.
By nature, a very merry woman
but she became melancholic
when she became pregnant. Pia
Alba represents the women
who had been abused by the
clergy and had been silenced by
their shame.

21. 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.

22. 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.

23. SALOME
- the sweetheart of
elias