El Filibusterismo Characters Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
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- Crisostomo Ibarra in disguise left for dead at the end of Noli me tangere. Ibarra 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 Clara’s fate. Simoun secretly plans a revolution to seek revenge against who wronged him.
- He embodies the Filipinos who had enough of the cruelties of the Spaniards
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Simoun
2
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- Simoun planned to sneak her out of the convent.
- She died before the plan of Simoun was put into action.
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Maria Clara
3
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- She is the ridiculously pro-Spanish woman who is going to Laguna in search of her henpecked husband.
- Her search for her husband symbolizes her search for the foreign identity that she did not have
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Doña Victorina
4
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- He is Victorina de Espadaña lame husband. He is currently in hiding at Father Florentino’s.
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Don Tiburcio de Espadaña
5
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- The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina.4
- In the end, she and Juanito Pelaez are wed. She rejected Isagani because of his liberal ideas.
- She represents the woman who has no sense of nationalism and sympathy towards others.
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Paulita Gomez
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- He is Basilio’s friend, the nephew of Padre Florentino, the lover of Paulita Gomez, and one of the students who planned to set up a new school.
- Once a person full of hope and aspirations for his country, he was disheartened and let go of his ideals in favor of personal gains.
- He sabotaged Simoun’s plans by removing the lamp that contained explosives and threw it in the waters.
- He symbolizes the youth who, despite their being very aggressive and idealistic, cannot be relied on in times of adversity.
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Isagani
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- He is the son of Sisa and another character from Noli Me Tangere.
- After his mother’s death, he became a vagabond until Kapitan Tiago took him in out of pity and hired him as a houseboy in exchange of sending him to school.
- In the events of the book, he is graduating medical student who discovered Simoun’s true identity and befriended him.
- At first he refuses to join Simoun’s plan of overthrowing the Spanish
government; in this, he represents the young educated Filipinos who are apathetic to the needs of the society.
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Basilio
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- Basilio’s sweetheart, and the youngest of Kabesang Tales. To claim his father from the bandits, she had to work as a maid under the supervision of Hermana Pencang. Eventually, she was freed but committed suicide after Father Camorra attempted to rape her.
- Chose death over the loss of honor and dignity.
- She represents the Philippines which would rather suffer with pride and honor.
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Juliana de Dios
9
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- Santiago delos Santos, Kapitan Tiago us Maria Clara’s stepfather and the foster-father of Basilio. His health disintegrates gradually because his frequent smoking of opium, which Father Irene unscrupulously encourages despite Basilio’s attempts to wean his guardian off the addiction.
- Eventually, he died because Father Irene scared him about the revolt of the Filipinos
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Kapitan Tiago
10
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- Kabeza Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay (barangay head) if Sagpang, a barangay in San Diego’s neighboring town Tiani.
- Juli’s father and the son of Tandang Selo.
- The friars dispossessed him and his land; in real life, Rizal’s father met the same fate.
- He symbolizes the natives and farmers whose lands were seized by the friars. His story presents the cause of the revolution
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Kabesang Tales
11
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- Isagani’s godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married but chose to be a priest after being pressued 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.
- He also harbors great hatred for the corrupt Spanish friars,
- He offered shelter to Don Tiburcio de Espadaña when the latter is hiding from his wife Doña Victorina
- He is a retired scholarly and patriotic Filipino priest.
- He believes that the Philippines will have its freedom.
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Padre Florentino
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13
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- Hernando de la Sibyla, a Filipino friar and now vice-rector of the University of Santo Tomas
- The Vice-Recto of UST
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Padre Sibyla
14
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Former parish priest of San Diego in Noli, now the director and chaplain
of the Santa Clara convent.
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Padre Salvi
15
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- Kapitan Tiago’s spiritual adviser.
- He is a kind of friar who is a friend of the Filipino students. He supports the students who appeal to the government for an academy of Spanish language.
- The only witness to Kapitan Tiago’s death, he forged the last will and testament of the latter so Basilio will obtain nothing from the inheritance.
- He embodies the few Spaniards who are sympathetic to the Filipinos.
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Padre Irene
16
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- The lustful parish priest of Tiani, San Diego’s adjacent town, who has longtime desires for young women. He nearly raped Juli causing the latter to commit suicide
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Padre Camorra
17
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- The priest-friend of Isagani. He promised to Isagani that he and the other priest will give in to the students’ demands.
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Padre Fernandez
18
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- A Dominican friar who serves as the Physics professor of the University of Santo Tomas. He always becomes vindictive of Placido and always taunts him during class.
- Millon is based on/inspired by an ill-mannered Dominican friar who was
- Rizal’s anatomy professor in Santo Tomas.
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Padre Millon
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- Spanish journalist who writes silly articles about Filipinos.
- The pseudonym of Abraham Ibañez, a journalist who believes he is the. “only” one thinking in the Philippines.
- He is an anagram of Ybanez, an alternate spelling of his name.
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Ben-Zayb
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- Custodio de Salazar y Sanchez de Monteredondo, a famous “journalist” who was asked by the students about his decision for the Academia de Castellano.
- In reality, he is quite an ordinary fellow who married a rich woman in order to be a member of Manila’s high society.
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Don Custodio
21
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- A Chinese businessman who dreamed of being a consul for his country in the Philippines.
- He hid Simoun’s weapons inside his house
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Quiroga
22
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- One of Isagani’s classmates at the University of Santo Tomas. He is a rich student and serves as the leader of the students yearning to build Academia de Castellano.
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Makaraig
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- He is an old Filipino lawyer who refuses to help the Filipino students in their clamor for educational reforms.
- He represents the part of the society that is only generous and sympathetic to the rich and powerful.
- His self-centeredness overshadows patriotism.
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Senor Pasta
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- A favorite student if the professors. They belong to the noble Spanish ancestry. After failing in his grades, he became Paulita’s new boyfriend and they eventually wed.
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Juanito Pelaez
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- Father of Kabesang Tales and grandfather of Tano and Juli.
- 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, when he was killed by a battalion that incuded his own grandson, Tano.
Tandang Selo
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- The owner of the sideshow at the fair of Quiapo exhibition an Egyptian Mummy.
Mr. American
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- The vice leader of Macaraig’s gang. A Spanish classmate of Isagani, he coerces his classmates to lead alongside him the opening of the Spanish language academy.
Sandoval
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- Juanito’s father.
- He is rich businessman and arranges a wedding for his son and Paulita.
- He and Simoun became business partners.
Don Timoteo Pelaez
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- Kabesang Tales’s elder son after his older sister, Lucia died in childhood.
- He took up pseudonym “Carolina” after returning from exile in the Caroline Islands, and became a civil guard.
- He was among the battalion killed his grandfather, Selo, who was part of a group of an attacking rebel.
Tano
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- The silversmith who made the bridal earring for Paulita Gomez.
Chichay
31
- Mother of Placido Penitente
Kabesang Andang
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- A student of the University of Santo Tomas who was very intelligent and wise but did not want, if not only his mother’s plea, to pursue his studies.
- He also controls his temper against Padre Millon, his physics teacher. During his high school days, he was an honor student hailing from Batangas
Placido Patitente
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- Sagpang’s rich pusakal (gambler). She offers Juli to be her maid so the latter can obtain money to free Kabesang Tales.
- Disbelieving of Juli and her close friends, she considers herself as an ally of the friars.
Herman Penchang
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- Another wealthy gambler in Tiani. She became Juli’s mother-figure and counselor; helped to release Kabesang Tales from the hands of bandits.
Herman Bali
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- Macaraig’s classmate. He, along with the other three members of their gang, supposedly posted the posters that “thanked” Don Custodio and Father Irene for the opening of the Academia de Castellano.
Tadeo Macaraig’s classmate. He, along with the other three members of their
gang, supposedly posted the posters that “thanked” Don Custodio and
Father Irene for the opening of the Academia de Castellano.
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- An American who holds stage plays starring severed heads; he is good friends with Simoun
Leeds
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- Don Custodio’s supposed “girlfriend”.
- A dancer, she is always agitated of her “boyfriend’s” plans. She seems to be a close friend of Macaraig.
Pepay
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- Classmate who had no idea on the happenings around him. He suggested that they held the mock celebration at the panciteria.
Pecson
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- The highest-ranking official in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period, thus unnamed character pretends that what he is doing is for the good of the Indios, the local citizens of the country, but in reality, he prioritizes the needs of his fellow Spaniards living in the country
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