Rizal and his Novel Noli Me Tangere
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Transcript of Rizal and his Novel Noli Me Tangere
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The idea of writing a novel was hatched during ameeting of Filipinos in the house of PedroPaterno in Madrid on January 4,1884 when Rizalproposed writing one about the Philippines.
His proposal was welcomed by Pedro Maximino.Antonio Paterno, Graciano Lopez-Jaena, evaristoAguirre. Eduardo de Lete, Julio Llorente and
Valentin Ventura.
This novel was inspired by Harriet BeecherStowes Uncle Toms Cabin which was about the
cruelties of American slave-owners.
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He began writing the novel in Madrid towardsthe end of 1884 and completed it while staying
in Germany by the end of 1886.
The arrival of his friend Maximo Viola savedthe novel from destruction. He lent Rizal 300
pesos which made possible the printing of 300copies.
Rizal gave Viola the gallery proofs of the Noli
Me Tangere with an autograph saying,
To my dear friend, Maximo Viola, the first to
read and appreciate my work Jose Rizal
March 29,1887, Berlin
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The title of the novel means do not
touch me in Latin.
According to Rizal, it was taken fromthe gospel of Luke. Actually, Rizal was
mistaken. It should be from the gospelof St. John Chapter 20, verses 13-17
Rizal dedicated the novel to the
Philippines in which he warned of asocial cancer and that exposing the illsof society
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He aimed to portray the conditions of the
Philippines and expose the widespreadarrogance of the friars, governmentofficials and their corruption
It also aimed to portray the complacencyof the Filipinos and the lost of theirnative identity.
It aimed to unite the Filipino people byopening their eyes to the existing socialand economic conditions.
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1. Kapitan Tiago
- the novel begins with a party in the home of Kapitan
Tiago in honor of Juan Crisostomo Ibara y Magsalin
who had just completed seven years study in Europe.
2. Tax collector
- Don Rafael accidentally killed the tax collector and
was consequently sent to prison where he died.
3. Elias
- Elias saved Ibarra from being crushed as the derrick
bearing the heavy stone collapsed and the would- beassassin was killed. Ibarra was nearly killed when hewas sealing the cornerstone with cement
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4. Father Damaso
-During the following evening, Damaso continued to
slander the memory of Ibarras father. Because of this,
Ibarra grabbed Fr. Damaso and took hold a knife and wasabout to dispatch the friar
5. Don Tiburcio de Espadana
-a dubious Spanish physician who was married to Dona
Victorina, a Filipina who looks down with her fellow
indios
6. Alfonso Linares de Espadana
-Tiburcios cousin and god-son of Damaso. He wasactually penniless peninsular in search of rich heiress and
a fortune
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7. Basilio
- son of Sisa and brother of Crispin. His brother was accusedof stealing from the church collection while he managed to
escape from the evil Chief Sacristan.8. Balat
-elder son of Elias grandfather who became a feared banditand later was captured and cut off his head which was hung
from a tree
9. Dona Consolacion
- mistress of the Spanish Alferez who had a fight with DonaVictorina. It was Father Salvi who came and made them stop
10. Maria Clara
- She gave Ibarras letter for her to the authorities which wereused as evidence against him. She revealed that his letters were
exchange for the letter from her late mother, Pia Alba
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Allusions of the Noli Me Tangere
Maria Clara- Leonor Rivera
Elias and Ibarra- Rizal
Pilosopo Tacio- Paciano/ RomualdoTeodoro de Jesus
Padre Salvi- Fr. Antonio Piernavieja
Franciscansvillains
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Kapitan Tiago- Don Hilario Sunico OfSan Nicolas
Dona Victorina- Augustina Medel
Basilio and Crispin- Crisostomo brothersfrom Hagonoy,Bulacan
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Blumentritt wrote that the novel
was written with the blood of thehear and so the hear also speaks.
The friars called the novel- impious,heretic and unpatriotic
Rizal wrote after he visited the
Philippines in1887 that he wasmalign.
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In his letter to Blumentritt:
My book made a lot of noise; everywhere, I amasked about it. They wanted to anathematize me
[to excommunicate me] because of it I am
considered a German spy, an agent of Bismarck,
they say I am a Protestant, a free mason, a
sorcerer, a damned soul, and evil. It is whispered
that I want to draw plans, that I have a foreign
passport and that I wander through the streets bynight