Characters in Noli Me Tangere
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Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin (Ibarra) |
- a young, wealthy mestizo
- studied seven years in Europe
- smart, well-respected, and idealistic
- engaged to Maria Clara
- sought to establish a proper school in San Diego
- after getting mplicated in a revolt he later fled the town
- forged a new identity as the jeweler Simoun
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Maria Clara de Los Santos y Alba |
- a representation of the ideal Filipino woman
- a woman of high social status
- is said to be the daughter of Capitan Tiago and goddaughter of Padre Damaso
- actually Padre Damaso's biological child, born of the scandalous relation
between the friar and Capitan Tiago's wife
- her mother died in childbirth
- got betrothed to Padre Damaso's relative Alfonso Linares
- entered the Sta. Clara convent as a nun after Ibarra's supposed death
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Padre Damaso Verdolagas |
- former town curate of San Diego
- he made efforts to drive the Ibarra and Maria Clara apart for his daughter's sake
- a Franciscan priest in the Philippines
- had an affair with Capitan Tiago's wife, Dona Pia Alba
- watched over Maria Clara as her godfather
- reassigned to another parish because he had Don Rafael's corpse dug up
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Don Santiago de los Santos (Capitan Tiago) |
- respected member of the country’s elite
- close with the influential clergy members
- not actually María Clara’s biological father
- incredibly concerned with keeping up appearances
- was considered a religious man
- incredibly cowardly and submits to the friars easily
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Teniente Miguel Guevarra |
- elderly lieutenant of the Guwardiya Sibil
- close friend of Don Rafael Ibarra
- told Crisostomo Ibarra about DOn Rafael's ill fate
- one of the few people who supported Ibarra
- hated the control the friars, specifically Padre Damaso, had.\
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Isabel de los Santos (Tiya Isabel) |
- aunt and primary caretaker of Maria Clara
- cousin of Capitan Tiago
- head housekeeper in the De Los Santos home
- representation of a normal welathy woman at the time
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Padre Bernardo Salvi |
- successor of Padre Damaso as curate of San Diego
- had a rivalry with the Alferez
- lusted after Maria Clara
- presumably killed Crispin over the boy's alleged theft
- blackmailed Maria Clara
- orchestrated the downfall of Crisostomo Ibarra
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Don Anastasio o Pilosopo Tasyo |
- intelligent and wise person
- has a wonderful love for learning
- became poor because he bought so many books
- his wife and mother died in the same year
- persecuted for his controversial thinking
- left behind his knowledge in the form of coded writing
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Narcisa (Sisa) |
- a woman living in San Diego
- she is described as having dark brown, clean, and pure skin
- her cheeks are sunken but people said she looked like an innocent person
- the mother of Basilio and Crispin
- husband of Pedro
- Sisa went insane after both her sons went missing
- represents the Inang Bayan or Motherland that became an outcast after the Spaniards came
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