Characters in Noli Me Tangere
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
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
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
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
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.\
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
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
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
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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