Name: Charlotte Lawas BSA-1 RIZAL 1O1: 8:15-9:15 MARCH 24, 2023

“The different symbolism of every persona of the novel Noli Me Tangere”

 Juan Crisostomo Rafael
- Crisostomo Ibarra exemplified the vision that Jose Rizal had aimed for
the youth of the Philippines during his time. Others attribute Ibarra as
Rizal's reflection of himself

 Maria Clara De Los Santos

- Maria Clara symbolizes the purity and innocence of a sheltered native
woman during the time of Spanish occupation. She does not value
material things that were abundantly bestowed upon her by admirers
and family alike but hold in high esteem her parents' honor and the
promise she had given to her sweetheart.

 Padre Damaso
- He symbolizes the Spanish friars or Rizal’s time and is a comment on
the Spanish control of the Philippines.

 Elias
- Elias represents the common Filipino who is not only aware of the
injustices done to their countrymen but would also like to deliver them
from their oppressor. He s said to be the personification of Andres
Bonifacio.

 Pilosopo Tacio
- Tasio symbolizes the learned Filipinos who had once embraced the
culture of the Spanish regime. They eventually became disenchanted
when they return to the Philippines and observe the stark contrast their
countrymen receive from their colonizers. The more they turn to
learning, the more they become eccentric to the masses they seek to
enlighten.

 Padre Salvi
- Symbolizes the lecherous friars in Rizal’s time.

 Capitan Tiago
- Capitan Tiago was a typical character during the time of Jose Rizal. He
is a rich native-born Filipino who rubbed elbows with the powers that
be during that time. He symbolizes the rich Filipinos who oppress their
fellow countrymen in exchange for the influence and the riches that
they might gain from their powerful associations.
 Sisa, Basilio, Crispin- Symbolizes a Flipino family persecuted by Spanish
authorities.
o Sisa
 Sisa is thought to have represented the motherland who was
suffering as her character has suffered with the loss of her
children. The tragic events that ruined her life represented
the abuse that the motherland receives from the colonizers.
o Basilio
 Basilio He represents the dismissive attitude toward social
problems among the country's educated youth.
o Crispin
 Crispin represents the innocents who have been wrongly
accused of a crime they did not commit. The injustice they
suffered at the hands of the authorities during their time was
silenced by their deaths and the cover-ups that follow it.