Noli Me Tangere: Chapters 1 to 64 Review

Comprehensive vocabulary and character flashcards based on the lecture notes and summaries of Noli Me Tangere.

Purple prose

Long, flowery, winded descriptions, such as those used by Rizal to describe Capitan Tiago’s party venue.

Don Santiago de los Santos (Capitan Tiago)

A wealthy and well-respected man from Binondo who never closed his home to anything except business and new ideas; he is noted for being a self-hating Filipino of the principalia class.

Padre Damaso

A Franciscan friar with a herculean build and wide jaws who served in San Diego for $20$ years; he is later revealed to be the biological father of Maria Clara.

Padre Sibyla

A young, handsome Dominican friar and curate of Binondo who was previously a university professor at San Juan de Letran.

Doña Victorina

An aged, ostentatious Filipina who identifies as a Spaniard, wears heavy makeup, and is attired in European costume to hide her native identity.

Lieutenant Guevarra

A tall, sullen veteran in the ranks of the Guardia Civil who tells Ibarra the truth about how Don Rafael Ibarra died in prison.

Indolence

A quality of laziness or lack of activity that Damaso and Laruja falsely attribute to the native Filipino population.

Crisostomo Ibarra

The protagonist who returns to the Philippines after $7$ years in Europe; he aims to build a school in San Diego to honor his father's legacy.

Don Rafael Ibarra

Ibarra’s father who was the richest man in the province; he died in jail after being falsely accused of being a heretic and a subversive.

Heretic

A person accused of beliefs that go against the church; Don Rafael was condemned as one for not going to confession.

Filibustero (Subversive)

A term used by the Spanish authorities and friars to describe anyone suspected of revolutionary or anti-government sentiments.

Caida

A term for a spacious living room used in the notes to describe Capitan Tiago’s house.

Botetes

A term referring to dried pufferfish.

Azotea

A terrace where Ibarra and Maria Clara shared their memories and flirted with each other.

Tinola

A Filipino dish made of chicken and squash; at the dinner, Damaso’s anger is fueled by receiving only the bare neck and a hard wing.

Kabisera

The seat at the head of the table, contested by Padre Sibyla and Padre Damaso as a symbol of status.

Cedant arma togae

A Latin phrase meaning 'let arms yield to the toga,' signifying that military power should give way to civil power.

Huepes

Small peat torches that lit the stalls of Chinese vendors.

Tulisanes

Bandits who robbed and wreaked havoc on people, mentioned in relation to the rumors surrounding Elias.

Padre Salvi

A thin, pale, and sickly Franciscan who replaced Damaso; he is described as a 'creep' who spies on and is obsessed with Maria Clara.

Doña Pia Alba

Capitan Tiago’s wife who died of puerperal fever after giving birth to Maria Clara; she had been advised by Damaso to dance at Obando.

Buyo

A betel leaf chewed for herbal medicine or as a stimulant.

Talibong

A type of Filipino bolo used as a weapon.

Kris

A Muslim sword with a wavy blade, originating from Jolo.

Indulgences (Indulgencia)

Documents or prayers sold by the church that were believed to grant the buyer's soul a faster passage through purgatory.

Pilosopo Tasio (Don Anastacio)

A former student of logic whose advanced ideas caused the 'ignorant' to call him a lunatic and the 'cultured' to call him a sage.

Sisa

The mother of Crispin and Basilio who represents the extreme suffering and misfortune of the poor under the Spanish regime.

Crispin

The younger of the two altar boys who was falsely accused of stealing gold coins and was brutally beaten in the convent.

Basilio

Sisa's older son who was a sacristan; he eventually works for Ibarra and survives to mourn his mother on Christmas Eve.

Doña Consolacion

The unhappily married wife of the Alferez; she is a former laundrywoman who pretends to lose her knowledge of Tagalog and is exceptionally cruel to Sisa.

Elias

The mysterious and athletic pilot/helmsman of Ibarra's boat who represents the 'Voice of the Persecuted' and saves Ibarra's life multiple times.

Salabat

A ginger-based brew or tea recommended by Capitana Tica.

Baklad

A fish pen, such as the ones where Ibarra and his guests went during their fishing excursion.

Juego de la fortuna

A book or wheel of fortune used by the youth at the picnic, which Padre Salvi eventually destroys.

Derrick

The mechanical hoist used at the school's ground-breaking ceremony which collapsed, nearly killing Ibarra.

Linares

A relative of Padre Damaso from Spain whom Capitan Tiago and Damaso want Maria Clara to marry after Ibarra's excommunication.

Aunt Isabel

Capitan Tiago’s cousin who raised Maria Clara and treated her with genuine maternal care.

Captain-General

The highest government official in the Philippines who sympathizes with Ibarra's progressive ideas but admits the government's limitations.

Don Pedro Eibarramendia

Ibarra’s great-grandfather who falsely accused Elias’s grandfather of arson, starting the cycle of misfortune for Elias's family.

Pako

An edible fern brought by Sisa to the parochial house as a gift for the curate.