Characters of Noli Me Tangere

Main Characters Crisostomo Ibarra Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin, commonly referred to the novel asIbarraorCrisostomo, is the protagonist in the story. Son of a Filipino businessman, turn inRafael Ibarra, he studied in Europe for s however years. Ibarra is alike mare Claras fiance. Several sources claim that Ibarra is also Rizals reflection both studied in Europe and both persons believe in the same ideas. Upon his return, Ibarra requested the local government of San Diego to construct a public condition to promote education in the town. mare 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 most beautiful and widely celebrated girl in San Diego. In the later parts of the novel, Maria Claras identity was revealed as an illegitimate daughter of Father Damaso, former parishcurateof the town, and Dona Pia Alba, married woman of Capitan Tiago. In the end she entered local conve nt for nuns Beaterio de Santa Clara. In the epilogue dealing with the fate of the characters, Rizal stated that it is unknown if Maria Clara is still living within the walls of the convent or she is already dead.The character of Maria Clara was patterned afterLeonor Rivera, Rizals first cousin and childhood sweetheart. Capitan Tiago DonSantiago de los Santos, known by his nicknameTiagoand political titleCapitanTiagois a Filipino businessman and thecabeza de barangayor head ofbarangayof the town of San Diego. He is also the known father ofMaria Clara. In the novel, it is said that Capitan Tiago is the richest man in the region ofBinondoand he possessed real 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 domestic helper of aDominicanfriarwho taught him informal education. He married Pia Alba fromSanta Cruz. Padre Damaso D amaso Verdolagas, or Padre Damaso is aFranciscanfriarand the former parish curate of San Diego. He is high hat known as a notorious character who speaks with harsh words and has been a deplorable non-Christian priest during his stay in the town. He is the real father of Maria Clara and an enemy 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 aloof town and is found dead one day. In popular culture, when a priest was said to be like Padre Damaso, it way that he is a cruel scarce 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 first appearance as a pilot during a picnic of Ibarra and Maria Clara and her friends. He wants to revolutionize the ground and to be freed from Spanish oppression.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 mother because his fathers past and family lineage was discovered by his mothers family. In the long run, Elias and his twin sister was raised by their maternal grandfather. When they were teenagers, their aloof 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 some other study character in the story. Seeking for reforms from the government, he expresses his ideals in paper written in a cryptographic alphabet similar fromhieroglyphsandCoptic figureshoping that the afterlife 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 Loco(Insane Tacio) due(p) 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 zilch was a Spaniard.Later on, she met and married Don Tiburcio de Espadana, an official of the customs bureau who is about ten years her junior. However, their marriage is childless. Her husband assumes the title of medical doctor even though he never attended medical school using fake documents and certificates, Tiburcio prac tices illegal medicine. Tiburcios usage of the titleDr. consequently makes Victorina assume the titleDra. (doctora, female person 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 represent a Filipino family persecuted by the Spanish authorities * NarcisaorSisais the deranged 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 unjustly accused of stealing property from the church. After failing to force Crispin to return the cash he allegedly stole, Father Salvi and the head sacristan killed him.It is not directly stated that he was killed, but the dream of Basilio suggests that Crispin died during h is 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 leave him by burning in exchange of chest of gold located on his death ground. He will later play a major role inEl Filibusterismo. Due to their tragic but endearing story, these characters are often parodied in modern 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 significant 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 secondary and minor characters inNoli Me Tangere. Items indicated inside the parenthesis are the amountFilipinizationof the Spanish names in the nov el. * 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 thin and sickly. It is also hinted that his last name, Salvi is the shorter form of Salvi meaning Salvation, or Salvi is short for Salvaje meaning bad hinting to the fact that he is willing to kill an innocent child, Crispin, just to get his money back, though there was not enough evidence that it was Crispin who has stolen his 2 onzas. * El AlferezorAlperes chief of theGuardia Civil.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 interfer ence of Sisa. * Don Tiburcio de Espadana Spanish Quack 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 given medications of Don Tiburcio. * Tia Isabel Capitan Tiagos cousin, who raised Maria Clara. * Governor General(Gobernador Heneral) Unnamed 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 vice mayor of the town of San Diego, leader of the liberals. Padre Manuel Martin he is the linguist curate of a nearby town who delivers the sermon during San Diegos fiesta. * Don Rafael Ibarra fa ther 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 times or book 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 clay 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 town 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 t hough 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 bring 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, either on the appendix or renamed asChapter X(Ex). * Sinang Maria Claras friend.Because Crisostomo Ibarra offered half 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 cockfighting. * Tandang Pablo The leader of thetulisanes(bandits), whose family was destroyed because of the Spaniards. * El hombre amarillo(apparently means yellow-belli ed 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 cornerstone for Ibarras school. Instead of killing Ibarra, he was killed by his cornerstone. * Lucas the brother of thetaong madilaw. He planned 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) prescribed as foreman 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 pe ople 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 more or less of the persons included in the Chapter 18. These persons were talking about indulgencia plenaria.