ACTIVITY 6

In the space below, answer the following questions in three to five sentences.

1.what is the difference between the historic Rizal and symbolic Rizal?
Historic Rizal who lied and died in the 19th century Philippines. He is the Rizal born and raised in
Calamba, Laguna, who studied at the Ateneo Municipal Manila, He published Noli Me Tangere and EL
Filibusterismo. And the symbolic Rizal is the “second” Rizal. He is the kind of Rizal we have today. He is
the Rizal in Luneta Park, the Rizal in the coin, the Rizal in postage stamps, the Rizal as Tagalog Christ,
this kind of Rizal has indeed become a text open to many meanings.
2. what is a Text? A Sign? a Symbol?
A Text is anything that can be read, Interpreted, and analyzed. The key concept here is reading. Reading is
making sense of the world and our lives; we read spaces, place, our historical circumstances, and a
plethora of images unleashed by the media, literature, and art. A sign is an object, quality, event, or entity
whose presence or occurrence indicates the probable presence or occurrence of something else. A symbol
is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea object or
relationship.
3. what instances in the past show that Rizal’s image was manipulated by people?
His portrait was always hung on the walls of the meeting room during the Katipunan meetings so that
members would see his face clearly. This was because of Andres Bonifacio and Rizal the secret society’s
honorary president.