Noli me Tangere Characters

Noli me Tangere Characters
	Crisostomo Ibarra	Crisostomo Ibarra, full name Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin, is a young man from San Diego. In 1874 he left to study in europe. He represents the struggle for social justice in Spanish colonial Philippines.
	Maria Clara	Maria Clara, full name Maria Clara de los Santos, was the daughter of Capitan Tiago and the fiancee of Crisostomo Ibarra. She is the child of Padre Damaso and Dona Pia, but with her mother drying during birth, Maria Clara was then raised by Kapitan Tiago. Maria Clara represents the idealized image of a Filipina during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.
	Padre Damaso	Padre Damaso was the former town curate of San Diego and the real father of Maria Clara. Padre Damaso became a Franciscan priest in the Philippines sometime in 1858, serving for three years at a small town. Padre Damaso represents the oppressive and corrupt Spanish friars and clergy who held significant power and infludnce during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines
	Padre Salvi	Padre Salvi was the town curate of San Diego and the successor of Padre Damaso. Around the 1880s, Padre Salvi was assigned town curate of San Diego, gaining great influence over the townspeople. Padre Salvi represents a different facet of the Spnish clergy during the Spanish colonial Period in the Philippines, Damaso represents oppreseive and corrupt friars while Salvi represents more pragmatic and more cunning members of the clergy.
	Tenyente Guevarra	Teniente Guevarra, full name Miguel Guevarra, was an elderly lieutenant of the Guardia Civil and a close friend of Don Rafael Ibarra. A lieutenant of the guardia civil, Guevarra befriended the wealthy Don Rafael Ibarra. Over time, he came to understand that Rafael had numerous enemies, jealous that he was the richest man in the province of Laguna. Tenyente Guevarra represents the educated and reform-minded individuals within the lower ranks of the colonial administration during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.
	Kapitan Tiago	Capitan Tiago was an influential businessman in San Diego and the godfather of Maria Clara. Tiago was born the only son of a sugar miller in Malabon. Despite being well-off, his father refused to pay for his schooling, leading Tiago to be taken in and sent to school by a Dominican. Captian Tiago represents the Filipino ilustrados or the educated class who were generally more affluent and had a higher social status during the Spanish colonial period in the Philippines.