Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

Noli me Tangere and El Filibusterismo

________ are literary pieces from Rizal that are historical and political in nature.

Noli Me Tangere

In his ______, Rizal opened a conversation and identified the problems of the society in the present

El Filibusterismo, Simon and Isagani

In _____, he presented a different point of view, having ______ as his main characters, and a different idea about the future of the nation was presented through conflicting views from the characters.

Spanish

Noli me Tangere was written in ____, it is the unmasking of the injustices, corruption and brutality of Spanish rule in the country.

Noli Me Tangere

In Rizal's dedication of _____, he explained that in order to cure the social cancer of the country, the disease must be exposed, and the cruelty of the colonizers must be ended.

social cancer

In Rizal's dedication of Noli Me Tangere, he explained that in order to cure the _____ of the country, the disease must be exposed, and the cruelty of the colonizers must be ended.

Philippines

Rizal’s dedication in Noli Me Tangere was addressed to the ________.

cancer

In history of human ailments, a ____ was reported of such malignancy that the least contract irritates it and awakens in it the sharpest pains.

liberal ideas and radical views

Rizal didn’t specify who or what is the social cancer on his dedication, however, _____ were presented in his novel.

Noli Me Tangere

______ was published in 1887 during his first sojourn in Europe;

malignant tumor

He opened a conversation about a ____ that should be taken out carefully to heal the society.

Touch Me Not

He also discussed that Rizal entitled it Noli Me Tangere (or, ____” – the technical name of a particularly painful type of cancer.)

Crisostomo Ibarra

A wealthy young man who returned to San Diego after seven years abroad.

Don Rafael Ibarra

Crisostomo Ibarra’s father ______ was imprisoned and was labelled as heretic and subversive that led to a sentence of his death in prison.

Ibarra

Rizal used _____’s character to voice ideas about the nature of the government.

excommunicado

Ibarra was convinced that though the Catholic friars are corrupt, they provide valuable support to the country. He was labelled as _____ after almost killing Padre Damaso at a dinner party.

Maria Clara

She is well-regarded as her father is a socialite and is an important member of the society.

Padre Damaso

She found out that her real father is _____ who impregnated her mother who died at childbirth

Linares

After Ibarra was labelled excommunicado, she was arranged to be a bride to a Spanish man named _____.

Padre Damaso

A loudmouth and arrogant Spanish priest living in the Philippines. He is unafraid of taking on nonreligious citizens who undermine his power.

Don Rafael

Padre Damos labelled _____ as subversive because he supported secular means to empower the citizens.

Elias

A revolutionary who despised the power of the Catholic Church.

Elias

After Ibarra saved his life from a crocodile, he promised to protect him from his enemies.

retaliation

He convinced Ibarra to join him in the _____ against the civil guards who are abusing their powers.

Elias

_____ presented a view that the present situation will not change if the existing power structure will remain as both the church and the government are apathetic in the condition of its citizens.

Don Anastasio, Filosopo Tasio

_______ also known as ______ known as being the madman who doesn’t believe in God with his atheistic worldview because of his education in Philosophy.

anti-revolutionary

In Rizal’s novels, Ibarra represented Rizal, and Elias represented Bonifacio, and the failure of Bonifacio signified Rizal’s _____ stance;

Reform movement

The ______ only served to delay the inevitable Revolution, which was betrayed by characteristically opportunistic ilustrados;

American

Rizal became the national hero largely through ____ sponsorship.

costumbrismo

Be on alert for passages of _____ – a literary genre popular in Spain and its colonies in the 19th century, depicting everyday life among ordinary people in ordinary settings

Ibarra

It looks that ____ still has faith in the system and that we can still achieve positive change without dismantling the entire system.

Elias

However, ____ has a much radical strategy, he convinces Ibarra to look at a different angle that nothing productive and true development will come out of Ibarra’s plan.

Elias

he became the voice of the poor and pitiful, and bravely reveals to Ibarra the brutality and injustices that were brought by the colonizers.

Civil Guard

Elias sees the ______ as a terrorizing force that turns honorable and honest people into criminals in their own land and instill fear among these “criminals” which prevents them to repent, giving them no choice than resort to their crimes and continue living as criminals.

Noli me Tangere

_______ depicted the chaotic situation in our society especially between the government and the people they ought to govern. It imposes questions about the colonial state of our country.

Maximo Viola , Valentin Ventura

His first novel was published with help of ________ and the second materialized because of _____.

Morga’s Sucesos

Jose Rizal’s annotation of _______ presented its readers the forgotten past of the Philippines

El Filibusterismo

________’s plot (Schumacher, 1998) on the other hand is loose, sometimes serving more as a framework for philosophical and political discussions on the future of the Philippines.

Revolution

_______ should not only about preparedness and not because of hatred but love the mother country.

Simoun

A jeweler with unknown origin who came to the Philippines with the governor general. He constantly wore large dark glasses that hid much of the upper part of his face. With his almost absolute control over the governor – general's patronage, he was cultivated by everyone who hoped to profit from his connections, and he in turn used his power to amass an ever-greater fortune for himself (Schumacher, 1998).

Basilio

_______- Sacristan from the Noli Me Tangere whose younger brother had been beaten to death by the head sacristan of Fray Salvi and whose mother Sisa had been driven to insanity and death. Since then ______ had lived as a servant boy and manage by dint of hard work to get an education, and now he would soon graduate as a Doctor of Medicine

Isagani

A close friend of Basilio and confident young man. He is supposed to marry Paulita Gomez but had been passed over for a rich man’s son. Basilio alerts him of Simoun’s lethal plan and he moved to neutralized it (Dumol and Camposano, 2018).

Father Florentino

______ – He is the oracle of wisdom who debated with Simoun and explain why he is wrong (Dumol and Camposano, 2018).

GOMBURZA

Executed in Bagumbayan Field on the 28th of February, 1872.

Fili

Noli presents us with the problems of Philippine society, the ____ proposes solutions