The Noli Me Tangere Novel of Dr. Jose Rizal

NOLI ME TANGERE
by Dr. Jose Rizal

 THE WRITING OF NOVEL
- First novel of Dr. José Rizal
- Tells the story of a young Filipino
man who travels to Europe to
study and returns home with new
eyes to the injustices and
corruption to his native land

• Madrid- where Rizal completed
the first half
• Paris- where he completed the
one- fourth
• Berlin- where he finished the
novel on February 21 1887

“ I did not believe that Noli Me Tangere
would be published. I was in Berlin,
weakened and discouraged from hunger
and deprivation. I was on the point of
throwing my work into the fire as a thing
accursed and fit only to die… “

 Elias and Salome deleted chapter
 BerlinerBuchdrukei-Action-Gesselschaft
- published the novel
- charged the lowest rate P300.00
for 2,000 copies
 DR. MAXIMO VIOLA
- The savior of noli
- Received the original handwritten of
manuscript

 Ferdinand Blumentritt, Antonio Ma.
Regidor, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, Mariano
Ponce, Felix Resurreccion-Hidalgo
- received the first copies of novel

 Latin phrase “noli me tangere”
meaning “ touch me not”
 Taken fom the bible Gospel of St.
John chapter 20 verses 13:17
 Social cancer- a disease that Rizal
use to convey the condition of the
Philippines

Inspiration of Rizal in writing the novel:
 Lunas Spoliarium by JUAN LUNA
- Reflection of the spirit of the social,
moral and political life of his time
because it clearly showed mankind
under severe ordeal, mankind
unredeemed, and reason and aspiration
in an open struggle with fanaticism and
injustice

 Uncle toms cabin by Harriet
Beecher Stowe
- Portrays the brutalities commited by
american slave-owners and the
pathetic condition of the
unfortunate Negro slaves
 The Wandering Jew by Eugene Sue
- An anti-clerical novel

 CHRISOSTOMO IBARRA
-The protagonist
- represented the affluent and liberal European
- Desired the education of the people
 ELIAS
- Represented the Filipino masses
- Wanted to liberate the people from injustices
suffered from the Spaniards
MAJOR CHARACTERS:

 MARIA CLARA
- The object of Ibarra's love and
affection
- Trained in a convent and immersed
in education that is religious in
orientation
 SALOME
- Same with Maria Clara epitomizes
womanhood in their fidelity, shyness
and modesty

 PADRE DAMASO
- The main antagonist in the novel
- A typical domineering friar during
Rizal's time
- Arrogant, immoral and anti Filipino
- Often mistaken as a Dominican priest
 PILOSOPO TASYO
- Perceived to be a sage by the educated
and a lunatic and weird by those who
did not know

 CAPITAN TIAGO
- Don Anastasia delos Santos
- His wealth came from illegal opium trade
- Example of a subservient Filipino to the Spanish
authorities for the protection and security
 SISA
- Mother of Basilio and Crispin
- Symbolizes Filipinos lack of concern in facing
and resolving problems confronting Filipino
society
- But illustrate the typical Filipino mother. Ready
to defend their children from all forms of
injustices and accusation

 BASILIO AND CRISPIN
- Represent the crisostomo brothers in bulacan
 PADRE SALVI
- Represent an immoral and coward friar
- Was believed to be father Antonio piernavieja, the
hated Augustinian friar who was killed by the
patriots during the revolution
 DONA VICTORIA
- A social climber an Indio who wanted to be
threated as a Spaniard for her husband as a
citizen of Spain.

 DONA CONCOLATION
- Mistress of the alferes
- Symbolized the mentality of the
Guardia civil: vulgar, cruel and
quarrelsome
 LINARES
 DON RAFAEL IBARRA
 TIYA ISABEL

SUMMARY :
• Ibarra returned to the Phil.
• Simple gathering at the house of Kapitan
Tiago
• Lt.Geuvarra told the secret about the death
of Don Rafael.
• Went to San Diego to find out the truth about
his fathers death.

 Picnic at San Diego
 Ibarra consulted Kapitan Tiago about his plan.
 Town fiesta
 Dining with some guest at the house of
Kapitan Tiago
 Maria got sick
 Crisostomo was arrested
 Elias burned the evidences

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 Elias helped Ibarra to escape
 Time to see Maria Clara
 Pasig River
 Elias reached the forest
 Basilio burned Elias and Sisa
 Elias Gold to Basilio for his education
-----Epilogue------

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