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Noli Me Tángere (novel)

Novel by José Rizal

Noli Me Tángere (Latin for "Touch Me Not") is a novel by Filipino writer and activist José Rizal and was published during the Spanish colonial period of the Philippines. It explores inequities in law and practice in terms of the treatment by the ruling government and the SpanishCatholicfriars of the resident peoples in the late 19th century.

Originally written by Rizal in Spanish, the book has since been more commonly published and read in the Philippines in either Tagalog (the major indigenous language), or English. The Rizal Law requires Noli, published in 1887, and its 1891 sequel, El filibusterismo, to be read by all high school students throughout the country. Noli is studied in Grade 9 and El filibusterismo in Grade 10. The two novels are widely considered to be the national epic of the Philippines. They have been adapted in many forms, such as operas, musicals, plays, and other forms of art.

The title originates from the Biblical passage John 20:13-17. In Rizal's time, it also referred to cancers that occurred

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Noli Me Tangere

We all have guilty pleasures, right? Tell me yours and I’ll tell you mine?

Okay, I’ll go first. One of mine is when someone I just met touches my left forearm to ask what the words “Noli Me Tangere” tattooed there mean. I can’t think of many moments more satisfying than the look on their face when I answer, deadpan: “It says don’t touch me.”

I don’t mean to be unkind. To be fair though, it’s not terribly polite to touch someone you barely know without their permission. Also, it literally does say that.

But what does it mean? In the biblical sense, “Noli me tangere” (Latin) translates to “Touch me not” and is a phrase spoken by Jesus to Mary Magdalene upon his resurrection, an encounter described in the Gospel of John (20:17). Basically, Jesus is crucified and dies for our sins but then returns three days later, and when Mary Magdalene sees him, she freaks out a little (I mean… who wouldn’t?) and reaches out to try to touch him. Jesus then says to her: “Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father.”

This event and its profound implications are remembere

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Noli Me Tangere/Characters

In Noli Me Tangere, there are many characters that appear in the novel but have at least one role. Listed here are the nine most important characters in the story:

Crisostomo Ibarra

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Juan Crisostomo Ibarra y Magsalin , commonly called Ibarra, is Filipino-Spanish and the only descendant of the wealthy Spaniard Don Rafael Ibarra. He was born and grew up in the Philippines, but during his adolescence, spent seven years studying in Europe. Those years prevented him from knowing what was happening in his country. When he returned to the Philippines, he found his father had died and the corpse was (supposedly) moved to a Chinese cemetery (but the body ended up in a river). He heard tales of how helpful and kind his father had been and decided to honor the memory of his father by doing as his father did.

María Clara

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María Clara de Los Santos, is the most dominant yet weakest representation of women in the setting. When thinking of Noli, the name of María Clara can be seen predominantly as the image of the