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EL FILIBUSTERISMO CHARACTERS Character Simoun

Definition Crisóstomo Ibarra reincarnated as a wealthy jeweler, bent on starting a revolution.

Basilio

Has risen from poverty to become Captain Tiago’s charge. Close to acquiring his medical degree, he is pledged to Julí, the beautiful daughter of Cabesang Tales.

Isagani

poet and Basilio's best friend; portrayed as emotional and reactive; Paulita Gómez' boyfriend before being dumped for fellow student Juanito Peláez. Telesforo Juan de Dios, a former cabeza de barangay who resurfaced as the feared Luzón bandit Matanglawin (Tagalog for Hawkeye).

Kabesang Tales

Makaraig

Paulita Gómez

Father Florentino

Makaraig shared the same nationalistic ideals with that of Isagani. The both of them led their fellow students in the movement for the establishment of the Spanish academy for Filipinos. The only difference between the two is their social status. The girlfriend of Isagani and the niece of Doña Victorina. In the end, she and Juanito Peláez are wed, and she dumps Isagani, believing that she will have no future if she marries him. Isagani's godfather, and a secular priest; was engaged to be married, but chose the priesthood instead,. The story hinting at the ambivalence of his decision as he chooses an assignment to a remote place, living in solitude near the sea.

Symbolism Simoun represents the revolutionaries during that time who supported the idea of holding bloody revolt against the Spanish government. His death in El Filibusterismo tells readers that Rizal does not support the armed revolution. He represents the youth with a simple dream that his education will improve his social and economic status in the future and is indifferent and selfish to the needs of society. Isagani is the symbol of the youth whose love for the country is great to the point of being branded as idealistic. He personified a typical Filipino who is content with living a simple life. He also symbolizes the natives and farmers whose lands were seized by the friars, an explanation as to why Filipinos became rebels. Makaraig represented the well-todo Filipino youth during the Spanish era who had good dreams for the country. His character also provided readers a glimpse of how different the rich and the poor were treated during that time in society. Paulita Gomez is a caricature of a woman who chooses the best option for a more stable future. She knows what is best for her and would take advantage of her admirers to get what she wants. Father Florentino represented the secular Filipino priests in Rizal’s time. It was also through his character that the author stressed his disapproval of a bloody revolt.

Juli

Juliana de Dios, the girlfriend of Basilio, and the youngest daughter of Kabesang Tales.

Ben Zayb

Abraham Ibañez is his real name. He is a journalist who thinks he is the only one thinking in the Philippines. A student of the University of Santo Tomas who is always miserable, and therefore controls his temper.

Placido Penitente

Señor Pasta

Father Irene

He is an old Filipino lawyer who refuses to help the Filipino students in their clamor for educational reforms. He is a kind friar who is a friend of the Filipino students. He supports the students who appeal to the government for an academy of Spanish language.

Juli, like Maria Clara, symbolizes the purity and innocence of the lower class women during Rizal's time. She would rather sacrifice rather than give up her ideals. Personifies a corrupted media.

Placido means – silent and Penitente means – suffering. Combining those words, “silent suffering” or in tagalog “tahimik na pagluluksa”. He represents the part of the society that is only generous and sympathetic to the rich and powerful. He embodies the few Spaniards who are sympathetic to the Filipinos.

Summary: El Filibusterismo is a sequel to Noli Me Tangere. A dark, brooding, at times satirical novel of revenge, unfulfilled love, and tragedy, the Fili (as it is popularly referred to) still has as its protagonist Juan Crisóstomo Ibarra. Thirteen years older, his idealism and youthful dreams shattered, and taking advantage of the belief that he died at the end of Noli Me Tangere, he is disguised as Simoun, an enormously wealthy and mysterious jeweler who has gained the confidence of the colony’s governor-general.

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