Characters of Noli Me Tangere

Main Characters Crisostomo Ibarra Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin, commonly referred to the apologue asIbarraorCrisostomo, is the protagonist in the story. son of a Filipino businessman, endureRafael Ibarra, he studied in Europe for cardinal years. Ibarra is also mare Claras groom-to-be. Several sources claim that Ibarra is also Rizals reflection twain studied in Europe and both persons believe in the uniform ideas. Upon his return, Ibarra requested the local government of San Diego to construct a public naturalize to promote education in the town. Maria Clara de los Santos y Alba, commonly referred to asMaria Clara, is Ibarras fiancee.She was raised by Capitan Tiago, San Diegoscabeza de barangayand is the well-nigh beautiful and widely observe girl in San Diego. In the by and by parts of the novel, Maria Claras identity was revealed as an shit daughter of Father Damaso, former parish rectorof the town, and take ina pia Alba, wife of Capitan Tiago. In the end she entere d local convent for nuns Beaterio de Santa Clara. In the epilogue transaction with the fate of the characters, Rizal stated that it is apart(p) if Maria Clara is still living at bottom the walls of the convent or she is already dead.The character of Maria Clara was patterned afterLeonor Rivera, Rizals archetypal cousin and childhood sweetheart. Capitan Tiago applySantiago de los Santos, cognise by his sur call forthTiagoand political titleCapitanTiagois a Filipino businessman and thecabeza de barangayor spike ofbarangayof the town of San Diego. He is also the known father ofMaria Clara. In the novel, it is express that Capitan Tiago is the ri white meat man in the region ofBinondoand he possessed real(a) properties inPampangaandLaguna de Bay. He is also said to be a good Catholic, friend of the Spanish government and was considered as a Spanish by colonialists.Capitan Tiago never attended school, so he became a sept servant helper of aDominican beggarwho taught him informa l education. He espouse Pia Alba fromSanta Cruz. founding father Damaso Damaso Verdolagas, or Padre Damaso is aFranciscanfriarand the former parish curate of San Diego. He is best known as a nonorious character who speaks with harsh words and has been a unrelenting non-Christian non-Christian priest during his stay in the town. He is the real father of Maria Clara and an opposition of Crisostomos father, Rafael Ibarra. Later, he and Maria Clara had bitter arguments whether she would marry Alfonso Linares or go to a convent.At the end of the novel, he is again re-assigned to a distant town and is rear dead whizz day. In popular culture, when a priest was said to be manage Padre Damaso, it means that he is a inhumane but respectable individual. When one says a child is anak ni Padre Damaso (child of Padre Damaso), it means that the childs fathers identity is unknown. Elias Eliasis Ibarras mysterious friend and ally. Elias made his startle appearance as a pilot during a picnic of Ibarra and Maria Clara and her friends. He wants to revolutionize the country and to be freed from Spanish conquest.The 50th chapter of the novel explores the past of Elias and history of his family. In the past, Ibarras great-grandfather condemned Elias grandfather of burning a warehouse which led into misfortune for Elias family. His father was refused to be married by her start because his fathers past and family lineage was discovered by his m differents family. In the long run, Elias and his couple sister was raised by their maternal grandfather. When they were teenagers, their distant relatives called themhijos de bastardoor illegitimate children.One day, his sister disappeared which led him to search for her. His search led him into different places, and finally, he became a fugitive and subversive. Pilosopong Tacio Filosofo Tacio, known by hisFilipinizednamePilosopo Tasyois a nonher study character in the story. Seeking for reforms from the government, he expresses h is ideals in paper pen in a cryptographic alphabet similar fromhieroglyphsandCoptic figureshoping that the rising generations may be able to decipher it and realized the abuse and oppression done by the conquerors.His full name is only known asDon Anastasio. The educated inhabitants of San Diego labeled him asFilosofo Tacio(Tacio the Sage) while others called him asTacio el daft(Insane Tacio) due to his exceptional talent forreasoning. Dona Victorina Dona Victorina de los Reyes de Espadana, commonly known as Dona Victorina, is an ambitious Filipina who classifies herself as a Spanish and mimics Spanish ladies by putting on heavymake-up. The novel narrates Dona Victorinas younger days she had lots of admirers, but she did not choose any of them because nobody was a Spaniard.Later on, she met and married Don Tiburcio de Espadana, an formalised of the customs bureau who is about ten years her junior. However, their marriage is childless. Her hubby assumes the title of medical doc tor even though he never attended medical school using fake documents and certificates, Tiburcio practices illegal medicine. Tiburcios workout of the titleDr. consequently makes Victorina assume the titleDra. (doctora, female doctor). Apparently, she uses the whole nameDona Victorina de los Reyesdede Espadana, with doubledeto emphasize her marriage surname.She seems to feel that this awkward titling makes her more sophisticated. Sisa, Crispin, and Basilio Sisa, Crispin, and Basilio face a Filipino family persecuted by the Spanish authorities * NarcisaorSisais the crazed mother of Basilio and Crispin. Described as beautiful and young, although she loves her children very much, she can not protect them from the beatings of her husband,Pedro. * Crispinis Sisas 7-year-old son. An altar boy, he was un bonnyly accused of stealing bullion from the church. After failing to force Crispin to return the money he allegedly stole, Father Salvi and the head sacristan killed him.It is not dir ectly stated that he was killed, but the dream of Basilio suggests that Crispin died during his encounter with Padre Salvi and his minion. * Basiliois Sisas 10-year-old son. An acolyte tasked to ring the church bells for the Angelus, he faced the dread of losing his younger brother and the descent of his mother into insanity. At the end of the novel, Elias wished Basilio to bury him by burning in exchange of chest of gold located on his death ground. He will afterwards play a major role inEl Filibusterismo. delinquent to their tragic but endearing story, these characters are often parodied in unexampled Filipino popular culture. Note The Franciscan Order was shown by Rizal as hypocrites not because they were such during his time but because they are the most loved, and had portentous numbers. Strategically, if one must attack the Spanish friars, the best is to attack the most popular during that time. Other characters There are a number of lowly and minor characters inNoli Me T angere. Items indicated inside the parenthesis are the standardFilipinizationof the Spanish names in the novel. * Padre Hernando de la Sibyla a Dominican friar. He is described as short and has fair skin.He is instructed by an old priest in his order to watch Crisostomo Ibarra. * Padre Bernardo Salvi the Franciscan curate of San Diego, secretly harboring lust for Maria Clara. He is described to be very contract and sickly. It is also hinted that his last name, Salvi is the shorter form of Salvi gist Salvation, or Salvi is short for Salvaje meaning bad hinting to the fact that he is willing to kill an innocent child, Crispin, vertical to get his money back, though there was not enough tell that it was Crispin who has stolen his 2 onzas. * El AlferezorAlperes chief of theGuardia elegant.Mortal enemy of the priests for power in San Diego and husband of Dona Consolacion. * Dona Consolacion wife of theAlferez, nicknamed asla musa de los guardias civiles(The muse of theCivil Guards) orla Alfereza, was a former laundrywoman who passes herself as aPeninsular best remembered for her abusive treatment of Sisa. * Don Tiburcio de Espadana Spanish utter Doctor who is limp and submissive to his wife, Dona Victorina. * Teniente Guevara a close friend of Don Rafael Ibarra. He reveals to Crisostomo how Don Rafael Ibarras death came about. Alfonso Linares A distant nephew of Tiburcio de Espanada, the would-be fiance of Maria Clara. Although he presented himself as a practitioner of law, it was later revealed that he, just like Don Tiburcio, is a fraud. He later died due to minded(p) medications of Don Tiburcio. * Tia Isabel Capitan Tiagos cousin, who raised Maria Clara. * Governor General(Gobernador Heneral) anon. person in the novel, he is the most powerful official in the Philippines. He has great disdain for the friars and corrupt officials, and sympathizes with Ibarra. * Don Filipo Lino misdeed mayor of the town of San Diego, leader of the liberals. Padre Manuel M artin he is the linguist curate of a nearby town who delivers the sermon during San Diegos fiesta. * Don Rafael Ibarra father of Crisostomo Ibarra. though he is the richest man in San Diego, he is also the most virtuous and generous. * Dona Pia Alba wife of Capitan Tiago and mother of Maria Clara, she died giving birth to her daughter. In reality, she was raped by Damaso so she could bear a child. Non-recurring characters These characters were mentioned in the novel, appeared once, mentioned many another(prenominal) times or have no major contribution to the storyline. Don Pedro Eibarramendia the great-grandfather of Crisostomo Ibarra who came from theBasquearea of Spain. He started the misfortunes of Elias family. His descendants abbreviated their surname toIbarra. He died of unknown reasons, but was seen as a decaying corpse on a Balite Tree. * Don Saturnino Ibarra the son of Don Pedro, father of Don Rafael and grandfather of Crisostomo Ibarra. He was the one who developed the t own of San Diego. He was described as a cruel man but was very clever. * Salome Elias sweetheart.She lives in a little house by the lake, and though Elias would like to marry her, he tells her that it would do her or their children no good to be related to a fugitive like himself. In the original publication ofNoli, the chapter that explores the identity of Elias and Salome was omitted, classifying her as a inwardness non-existing character. This chapter, entitledElias y Salomewas probably the 25th chapter of the novel. However, recent editions and translations ofNoliprovides the inclusion of this chapter, each on the appendix or renamed asChapter X(Ex). * Sinang Maria Claras friend.Because Crisostomo Ibarra offered half(prenominal) of the school he was building to Sinang, he gained Capitan Basilios support. * Iday, NenengandVictoria Maria Claras other friends. * Capitan Basilio Sinangs father, leader of the conservatives. * Pedro the abusive husband of Sisa who loves cockfightin g. * Tandang Pablo The leader of thetulisanes(bandits), whose family was destroyed because of the Spaniards. * El goofball amarillo(apparently means yellowish person, named asTaong Madilaw) One of Crisostomo Ibarras would-be assassins. He is not named in the novel, and only described as such.In the novel, he carved the radix for Ibarras school. Instead of killing Ibarra, he was killed by his cornerstone. * Lucas the brother of thetaong madilaw. He intend a revolution against the government with Ibarra as the leader after he was turned down by Ibarra. He was said to have a scar on his left cheek. He would later be killed by the Sakristan Mayor. * Bruno and Tarsilo a pair of brothers whose father was killed by the Spaniards. * Nor Juan(Nol Juan) appointed as tribal chief of the school to be built by Ibarra * Capitana Tika (Rustica) Sinangs mother and wife f Capitan Basilio. * Albino a former seminarian who joined the picnic with Ibarra and Maria Clara. Was later captured during the revolution. * Capitana Maria Elena a nationalist woman who defends Ibarra of the memory of his father. * Capitan TinongandCapitan Valentin other known people from the town of San Diego. * Sacristan Mayor The one who governs the altar boys and killed Crispin for his accusation. * Hermano Pedro, Hermana Rufa, Hermana Sipa, Hermana Juana several(prenominal) of the persons included in the Chapter 18. These persons were talking about indulgencia plenaria.