An Analysis of Noli me tangere by Jose Rizal Essay

The fiction Noli Me Tangere contains 63 chapters and epilogue. It begins with a reception devoted by Capitan Tiago (Santiago de los Santos) at his residence in Calle Analogue ( instantly Juan Luna S earthoeuvert) on the give way solar day of October. The reception or dinner is given in find of Crisostomo Ibarra, a young and plenteous Filipino who had just returned after heptad eld of study in Europe. Ibarra was the only son of don Rafael Ibarra, garter of Capitan Tiago, and a fianc of glorious maria Clara, supposed daughter of Capitan Tiago.Among the guests during the reception were sky pilot Damaso, a fatten come to the fore Franciscan friar who had been parish non-Christian priest for 20 geezerhood of San Diego (Calamba), Ibarras native townspeople beginner Sybila, a young Dominican parish priest of Binondo Seor Guevara, as elderly and sweet deputy sheriff of the Guardia polite Don Tiburcio de Espadaa, a bogus Spanish physician, lame, and henpecked conserv e of Doa Victorina and several ladies.Ibarra, upon his arrival, produced a favorable impression among the guests, withdraw fore yield Damaso, who has rude to him. In accordance with a German custom, he introduced himself-importance to the ladies. During the dinner the conversation cente crimson on Ibarras studies and travels abroad. sire Damaso was in bad mood beca mathematical function he got a bony neck and a hard wing of the chicken tinola. He tried to discredit Ibarras remarks. afterward dinner, Ibarra left Capitan Tiagos post to return to his hotel. On the way, the kind Lieutenant Guevara t mature him the sad degree of his trip ups oddment in San Diego. Don Rafael, his father, was a flush and brave man. He defended a lost boy from the brutality of an illiterate Spanish tax collector, pushing the latter(prenominal)(prenominal) and accidentally cut downing him. Don Rafael was thrown in prison, where he died unhappily.He was buried in consecrated ground, that his enemi es, accusing him being a heretic, had his body re go from the cemetery. On hearing more or less his fathers sad romance, Ibarra thanked the kind Spanish lieutenant and vowed to find out the right about his fathers death. The following morning, he call backed m be Clara, his childhood sweetheart. mare Clara teasingly said that he had forgotten her because the girl relay stations in Germany were beautiful. Ibarra replied that he had never forgotten her. After the romantic reunion with Maria Clara, Ibarra went to San Diego to visit his fathers weighed down. It was All Saints Day.At the cemetery, the large(p) digger told Ibarra that the corpse of Don Rafael was aloof by order of the parish priest to be, buried in the Chinese cemetery however the corpse was levelheaded and it was a dark and rainy darkness so that he (the grave-digger) but threw the corpse into the lake. Ibarra was angered by the grave-diggers story. He left the cemetery. On the way, he met beginner Salvi , Franciscan parish priest of San Diego. In a flash, Ibarra pounced on the priest, demanding redress for desecrating his fathers mortal remains. plungeer told him that he had nix to do with it, for he was non the parish priest at the time of Don Rafaels death.It was don Damaso, his predecessor, who was responsible for it. Convinced for beginner Salvis innocence, Ibarra went away. In his town Ibarra met several interesting spate, such as the wise old man, Tasio the philosopher, whose ideas were too advanced for his times so that the people, who could non understand him, called him Tasio the madman the progressive school teacher, who complained to Ibarra that the children were losing interest to their studies because of the lack proper school house and the discouraging attitude of the parish friar towards both the teaching of Spanish and of the use of modern methods of pedagogy the spineless gobernadorcillo, who catered to the wishes of the Spanish parish friars Don Filipo Lin o, the teniente-whitethornor and loss leader of the cuardrilleros (town police) and the actor gobernadorcillos who were prominent citizens Don Basilio and Don Valentin.A most tragic story in the novel is the tale of Sisa, who was fountainly a fecund girl but became poor because she married a gambler, and a wastrel at that. She became crazy because she lost her dickens boys, Basilio and Crispin, the joy of her wretched life. These boys were sacristanes (sextons) in the church, prepares for a small wage to support their poor yield. Crispin the younger of the two brothers was accused by the brutal sacristan mayor (chief sexton) of stealing the silver of the priest. He was tortured in the convent and died. Basilio, with his brothers dying cries go in his ears, escaped. When the two boys did non return home, Sisa looked for them everywhere and, in her colossal sorrow, she became insane.Capitan Tiago, Maria Clara, and Aunt Isabel (Capitan Tiagos cousin who took care of Maria Clara, after his mothers death) arrived in San Diego. Ibarra and his friends give picnic at the lake. Among those testify in this picnic, were Maria Clara and her four girl friends the marvellous Siang, the grave Victoria, the beautiful Iday, and the thoughtful Neneng Aunt Isabel, chaperon of Maria Clara Capitana Tika, mother of Siang Andeng, foster sister of Maria Clara Albino, the ex-theological student who was in love with Siang and Ibarra and his friends. One of the boatmen was a strong and silent peasant youth named Elias. An possibility of the picnic was the saving of Elias life by Ibarra.Elias bravely grappled with a crocodile which was caught in the fish corral. But the crocodile struggled furiously so that Elias could not subdue it. Ibarra jumped into the piddle and killed the crocodile, on that pointby saving Elias. After the crocodile incident, was the essaying of a beautiful mental strain by Maria Clara who had a sweet voice and they went ashore. They made merry i n the cool, wooded meadow. don Salvi, Capitan Basilio (former gobernadorcillo and Siangs father) the alferez (lieutenant of the Guardia Civil) and the town officials were pre direct. The lunch was served, and everybody enjoyed eating.The meal over, Ibarra and Capitan Basilio played chess, while Maria Clara and her friends played the Wheel of notice, a game based on a fortune-telling book. As the girls were enjoying their fortune-telling game, founder Salvi came and tore to pieces the book, saying that it was a sin to play such game. shortly thereafter, a sergent and four spends of the Guardia Civil suddenly arrived, looking for Elias, who was hunted for assaulting founding father Damaso and throwing the alferez into a mud hole. Fortunately Elias had disappeared, and the Guardia Civil went away empty-handed. During the picnic similarly, Ibarra get a telegram from the Spanish authorities notifying him the approval of his donation of a schoolhouse for the children of San Diego .The next day Ibarra visited old Tasio to consult him on his front-runner project about the schoolhouse. He saw the old mans exculpate-ups were written in hieroglyphics. Tasio explained to him that he wrote in hieroglyphics because he was writing for the future generations who would understand them and say, Not all were asleep in the night of our ancestors Meanwhile San Diego was merrily preparing for its annual banquet, in honor of its jock perfection San Diego de Alcala, whose feast day is the 11th of November. On the eve of the fiesta, hundreds of visitors arrived from the nearby towns, and there were laughter, music, exploding bombs, feasting and moro-moro.The music was furnished by five brass bands (including the historied Pagsanjan Band owned by the escribano Miguel Guevara) and three orchestras. In the morning of the fiesta there was a game mass in the church, officiated by Padre Salvi. Padre Damaso gave the long sermon, in which he expatiated on the evils of the times that were caused by certain men, who having tasted some education spread pernicious ideas among the people. After Padre Damasos sermon, the mass was continued by Padre Salve.Elias quietly moved to Ibarra, who was kneeling and praying by Maria Claras side, and warned him to be careful during the service of the laying of the cornerst mavin of the schoolhouse because there was a plot to kill him. Elias suspected that the yellowish man, who built the derrick, was a paid stooge of Ibarras enemies. True to his suspicion, later in the day, when Ibarra, in the presence of a mammoth crowd, went down into the trench to cement the cornerstone, the derrick collapsed.Elias, quick as a flash, pushed him aside, thereby saving his life. The yellowish man was the one crushed to death by the shattered derrick. At the sumptuous dinner that night under a decorated kiosk, a sad incident occurred. The arrogant Padre Damaso, public speaking in the presence of many guests, insulted the memory of Ibarras father. Ibarra jumped to his seat, knocked down the fat friar with his fist, and then seized a sharp knife. He would cook killed the friar, were it not for the timely intervention of Maria Clara.The fiesta over, Maria Clara became ill. She was treated by the quack Spanish physician, Tiburcio de Espadaa, whose wife, a vain and vulgar native charwoman, was a frequent visitor in Capitan Tiagos house. This woman had hallucinations of being a superior Ca easean, and, although a native herself, she looked down on her own people as inferior beings. She added another de to her husbands surname in order to more Spanish.Thus she wanted to be called Doctora Doa Victorina de los Reyes de De Espadaa. She introduced to Capitan Tiagos young Spaniards, Don Alfonso Linares de Espadaa, cousin of Don Tiburcio de Espadaa and godson of Padre Damasos brother in law. Linares was a penniless and jobless, fortune hunter who came to the Philippines in search of a rich Filipino heiress. Both Doa Victorina and Padre Damaso sponsored his wooing of Maria Clara, but the latter did not respond because she loved Ibarra.The story of Elias like that of Sisa, was a tale of poignancy and tragedy. He related it to Ibarra. Some 60 years ago, his grandfather, who was then a young bookkeeper in a Spanish commercial firm in Manila, was wrongly accused of burning the firms warehouse. He was flogged in public and was left in the street, crippled and almost died. His was pregnant, beg for alms and became a prostitute in order to support her sick husband and their son. After giving birth to her second son and the death of her husband, she fled, with her to sons to the mountains.Years later the premier(prenominal) boy became a dreaded tulisan named Balat. He terrorized the res publicas. One day he was caught by the authorities. His head was cut off and was hung from a tree branch in the forest. On seeing this gory object, the poor mother (Elias grandmother) died.Balats younger brother, who was by nat ure kindhearted, fled and became a trusted doodly-squat in the house of rich man in Tayabas. He degenerate in love with the masters daughter. The girls father, wild by the romance, investigated his past and found out the truth. The unfortunate lover (Elias father) was sent to jail, while the girl gave birth to twins, a boy (Elias) and a girl.Their rich grandfather took care of them, keeping secret their scandalous origin, and reared them as rich children. Elias was educated in the JesuitCollege in Manila, while his sister studied in La Concordia College. They lived happily, until one day, owing to certain dispute over money matters, a distant relative exposed their shameful birth. They were disgraced. An old manful servant, whom they used to abuse, was forced to testify in court and the truth came out that he was their real father.Elias and his sister left Tayabas to hide their shame in another place. One day the sister disappeared. Elias roamed from place to place, looking for her. He heard later that a girl answering to his sisters description, was found died on the beach of San Diego. Since then, Elias lived a vagabond life, wandering from province to province until he met Ibarra.Elias, learning of Ibarras arrest, burned all the cover that might incriminate his friend and set Ibarras house on fire. Then he went to prison and helped Ibarra escape. He and Ibarra jumped into a banca loaded with sacate (grass). Ibarra stop at the house of Capitan Tiago to say goodbye to Maria Clara. In the weepy last scene between the two lovers, Ibarra forgave Maria Clara for giving up his letter to her to the Spanish authorities who utilized them as evidence against him. On her part, Maria Clara revealed that those letters were exchanged with a letter from her late mother, pia Alba which Padre Salvi gave her.From his letter, she learned that her real father was Padre Damaso. After tender Maria Clara farewell, Ibarra returned to the banca. He and Elias paddled up the P asigRiver toward Laguna de Bay. A police boat, with the Guardia Civil on board, pursued them as their banca reached the lake.Elias told Ibarra to hide under the zacate. As the police boat was overtaking the banca, Elias jumped into the water and swam swiftly toward the shore. In this way, he amused the attention of the soldiers on his person, thereby giving Ibarra a chance to escape. The soldier fired at the swimming Elias, who was hit and sank. The water turned red because of his blood. The soldiers, thinking that they had killed the fleeing Ibarra returned to Manila. Thus Ibarra was able to escape.Elias seriously wounded, reached the shore and staggered into the forest. He met a boy, Basilio, who was weeping over his mothers dead body. He told Basilio to make a pyre on which their bodies (his and Sisa) were to be burned to ashes. It was Christmas eve, and the moon gleamed gently in the sky. Basilio prepared the funeral pyre. As lifes breath behind left his body. Elias looked tow ard the east and murmured I die without seeing the dawn authorize over my native land. You, who have it to see, welcome it And forget not those who have fallen during the night.The novel has an epilogue which recounts what happened to the other characters. Maria Clara, out of her committedness to the memory of Ibarra, the man she truly loved, entered the Santa Clara nunnery. Padre Salvi left the parish of San Diego and became a chaplain of the nunnery.Padre Damaso was transferred to a remote province, but the next morning he was found dead in his bedroom. Capitan Tiago the former genial host and generous patron of the church became an opium addict and a human wreck. Doa Victorina, still henpecking poor Don Tiburcio, had taken to wearing eye-glasses because of weakening eyesight. Linares, who failed to win Maria Claras affection, died of dysentery and was buried in Paco cemetery.The alferez, who successfully repulsed the abortive attack on the barracks, was promoted major. He retu rned to Spain, leaving behind his shabby mistress, Doa Consolacion. The novel ends with Maria Clara, an unhappy nun in Santa Clara nunnery forever lost to the world.Characters of noli me tangereCrisstomo Ibarra, or unremarkably called as Ibarra, is a half-Filipino half-Spaniard who is the only descendant of the stiff Spanish Don Rafael Ibarra. He was born and grew up in the Philippines, but during his adolescence, he spent seven years in Europe for education. Those years prevented him from acute what was happening in his country. When he had returned to the Philippines, he found that his father had died and that the corpse was (supposedly) moved to a Chinese cemetery (but the body ended up in a river). He heard tales of how helpful and kind his father was and decided to honor the memory of his father by doing as his father did.Mara Clara de los Santos, is the most dominant yet weakest representation of women in the setting. When thinking of Noli, the name of Mara Clara is can be seen preponderantly as image of ideal Filipina women. Mara Clara is the primary womanish character in the novel. She is seen as the daughter of Capitn Tiago and Doa Pa Alba. Doa Pa died when delivering Maria Clara. The poor child only grew under the guidance and supervision of Ta Isabl, Capitn Tiagos cousin.Dmaso Verdolagas (commonly cognize as Padre Dmaso/Padre Damaso or Father Damaso), of Dominican order, was the former curate of the parish church of San Diego. He was the curate for almost twenty years forrader he replaced by much younger Padre Salvi. Padre Damaso was known to be friendly with the Ibarra family, so much that Crisstomo was surprised by what the former curate had done to Don Rafal.Don Santago de los Santos, commonly known as Capitn Tiago, is the only son of a wealthy trader in Malabon. Due to his mothers cruelty, Capitn Tiago did not attain any formal education. He became a servant of a Dominican priest. When the priest and his father died, Capitn Tiago decided to assistin the family business of trading before he met his wife Doa Pa Alba, who came from another wealthy family. Because of their consistent devotion to Santa Clara in Obando, they were given a daughter who shared same features as Padre Damaso, who is Maria Clara.Don Anastacio, or commonly known as Filsofo Tacio (Philosopher Tasyo) is one of the most important character in Noli. In one side, he is referred to as philosopher/sage (hence, Pilosopo Tasyo) because his ideas were accurate with the minds of townspeople.Elis came from the family which the Ibarra clan downtrodded for generations. He grew up in a wealthy family until when he discovered something that changed his life forever. He is also the one who helped Ibarra in running away from the guards.Doa Victorina de los Reyes de de Espadaaalways ed dream to have a Spanish husband. and it came true but she dont like Don Tiburcio she just forced her self to be married to Him She fell in love once before for kapitan TiyagoNarcisa or Sisa is the mother of Basilio and Crispin. Shows how Filipino mothers love their children.Synopsis of El FilibusterismoThe superstar of El Filibusterismo is a rich jeweler named Simoun. He was Crisostomo Ibarra of the Noli, who, with Elias help, escaped from the prosecute soldiers at Laguna de Bay, dug up his buried rate, and fled to Cuba where he became rich and befriended many Spanish officials. After many years he returned to the Philippines, where he freely moved around. He is a powerful figure not only because he is a rich jeweler but also because he is a good friend and adviser of the governor general.Outwardly, Simoun is a friend of Spain. However deep in his heart, he is secretly cherishing a terrible revenge against the Spanish authorities. His two magnificent obsessions are to deliverance Maria Clara from the nunnery ofSanta Clara and to foment a revolution against the hated Spanish masters.The story of El Filibusterismo begins on board the clumsy, roundish shaped s teamer Tabo, so appropriately named. This steamer is sailing upstream the Pasig from Manila to Laguna de Bay. Among the passengers are Simoun, the rich jeweler Doa Victorina, the ridiculously pro-Spanish native woman who is going to Laguna in search of her henpecked husband, Tiburcio de Espadaa, who has deserted her Paulita Gomez, her beautiful niece Ben-Zayb (anagram of Ibaez), a Spanish diary keeper who writes silly articles about the Filipinos Padre Sibyla, vice-rector of the University of Santo TomasPadre Camorra, the parish priest of the town of Tiani Don Custodio, a pro-spanish Filipino holding a position in the government Padre Salvi, thin Franciscan friar and former cura of San Diego Padre Irene, a kind friar who was a friend of the Filipino students Padre Florentino, a retired scholarly and patriotic Filipino priest Isagani, a poet-nephew of Padre Florentino and a lover of Paulita and Basilio, son of Sisa and promising checkup student, whose medical education is financed b y his patron, Capitan Tiago.Simoun, a man of wealth and mystery, is a very close friend and confidante of the Spanish governor general. Because of his great find out in Malacaang, he was called the Brown Cardinal or the Black musical note. By using his wealth and political influence, he encourages corruption in the government, promotes the oppression of the masses, and hastens the moral degradation of the country so that the people may become desperate and fight. He smuggles arms into the country with the help of a rich Chinese merchant, Quiroga, who wants very much to be Chinese consul of Manila. His first attempt to begin the armed uprising did not materialize because at the last hour he hears the sad news that Maria Clara died in the nunnery. In his agonizing moment of bereavement, he did not give the intercommunicate for the outbreak of hostilities.After a long time of illness brought about by the bitter loss of Maria Clara, Simoun perfects his plan to overthrow the governmen t. On the occasion of the wedding of Paulita Gomez and Juanito Pelaez, he gives a wedding gift to them a beautiful lamp. Only he and his confidential associates, Basilio (Sisas son who join his revolutionary cause), know that when the wick of his lamp burns lower the nitroglycerine, hidden in its secret compartment, will explode, destroying the house where the wedding feast is going to be held killing all the guests, including the governor general, the friars, and the government officials. Simultaneously, all the government buildings in Manila will be blown by Simouns followers.As the wedding feast begins, the poet Isagani, who has been rejected by Paulita because of his liberal ideas, is standing outdoor(a) the house, watching sorrowfully the merriment inside. Basilio, his friend, warns him to go away because the lightened lamp will presently explode.Upon hearing the horrible secret of the lamp, Isagani realizes that his beloved Paulita was in grave danger. To cede her life, he rushes into the house, seizes the lightened lamp, and hurls it into the river, where it explodes.The revolutionary plot was thus discovered. Simoun was cornered by the soldiers, but he escaped. Mortally wounded, and carrying his treasure chest, he sought refuge in the home of Padre Florentino by the sea.The Spanish authorities, however, learns of his presence in the house of Padre Florentino. Lieutenant Perez of the Guardia Civil informs the priest by letter that he would come at eight oclock that night to arrest Simoun.Simoun eluded arrest by taking poison. As he is dying, he confesses to Padre Florentino, revealing his true identity, his dastardly plan to use his wealth to visit himself, and his sinister aim to destroy his friends and enemies.The confession of the dying Simoun is long and painful. It is already night when Padre Florentino, wiping the sweat from his wrinkled brow, rises and begins to meditate. He consoles the dying man saying God will forgive you Seor Simoun. He knows that we are fallible. He has seen that you have suffered, and in ordaining that the chastisement for your faults should come as death from the very ones you have instigated to crime, we can see His infinite mercy. He has frustrated your plans one by one, the best conceived, first by the death of Maria Clara, then by a lack of preparation, then in some mysterious way. Let us bow to His will and render Him thanksWatching Simoun die peacefully with a clear moral sense and at peace with God. Padre Florentino falls upon his knees and prays for the dead jeweler. He takes the treasure chest and throws it into the sea as the waves close over the sinking chest.Characters in El FilibusterismoSimoun Crisostomo Ibarra in disguise, left for dead at the end of Noli Me Tangere, has resurfaced as the wealthy jeweler, Simoun, sporting a beard, blue-tinted glasses, and a revolver. Fueled by his mistreatment at the hands of the Spaniards and his fury at Maria Claras fate. Basilio Son of Sisa. A graduating Medical Student who befriended Simoun. This is the same Basilio introduced in Noli Me Tangere. Isagani Villamor Basilios friend, ex-beau of Paulita Gomez and the man who removed the explosive lamp from the Captain Tiagos house, thus sabotaging Simouns plans. Kabesang Tales Cabeza Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) of Sagpang, a barangay in San Diegos neighboring town Tiani, who resurfaced as the feared Luzn bandit Matanglawin Don Custodio Custodio de Salazar y Snchez de Monteredondo, a famous journalist who was asked by the students about his conclusiveness for the Academia de Castellano.In reality, he is instead an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a member of Manilas high society. Paulita Gomez The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doa Victorina, the old Indio who passes herself off as a Peninsular, who is the wife of the quack doctor Tiburcio de Espadaa. In the end, she and Juanito Pelez are wed, and s he mopes Isagani, believing that she will have no future if she marries him. Macaraig One of Isaganis classmates at the University of Santo Tomas. He is a rich student and serves as the leader of the students yearning to build the Academia de Castellano.Father Florentino Isaganis godfather, and a blue priest was engaged to be married, but chose to be a priest after being pressured by his mother, the story hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a remote place, living in solitude near the sea. Juli San Jose Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales. To claim her father from the bandits, she had to work as a maid under the supervision of Hermana Penchang. Eventually, she was freed but committed suicide after Father Camorra attempted to rape her. Juanito Pelaez A dearie student of the professors.They belong to the noble Spanish ancestry. Doa Victorina Victorina delos Reyes de Espadaa, known in Noli M e Tangere as Tiburcio de Espadaas cruel wife. She is the aunt of Paulita Gomez, and favors Juanito Pelaez than Isagani. Although of Indio ideology, she considers herself as one of thePeninsular. Father Camorra The lustful parish priest of Tiani, San Diegos adjacent town who has longtime desires for young women. He nearly raped Juli causing the latter to commit suicide.Captain Tiago Santiago delos Santos, although making a cameo appearance, Captain Tiago is Maria Claras stepfather and the foster-father to Basilio. Father Bernardo Salvi- Former parish priest of San Diego, now the film director and chaplain of the Santa Clara convent. Father Hernando de la Sibyla A Dominican friar introduced in Noli Me Tangere, now the vice-rector of the University of Santo Tomas Tandang Selo Father of Kabesang Tales. He raised the sick and young Basilio after he left their house in Noli me Tangere. He died in an encounter on the mountains with his son Tales.