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Noli Me Tangere - Revised
Noli Me Tangere - Revised
1. Cover / symbolisms
2. Dedication
3. The Theme
4. Preface
5. The characters and their
personification yesterday and
today
6. The plot
READING APPROACHES
Bamboo - Filipino
flexibility
Flame - light and hope
Letter covered by the
title - Rizal's letter to
his parents
The Cover
Cross - Catholicism
Flowers - to the flowers
of Heidelberg
The name of the
author
The Title
Noli Me Tangere - Means “Touch Me Not”
Noli Me Tangere - is
taken from the Gospel of
St. John, 20:16. The
statement was uttered by
the Risen Christ to Mary
Magdalene on His
resurrection.
The Title
To My Fatherland,
Cancer is the scourge of mankind; so it is recorded
in the history human distress. So virulent is it that that
it brooks no touch, not even the slightest, without
inflicting the keenest pain. Thou, too, my Fatherland,
are suffering from a social cancer;
THE PREFACE