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    The document summarizes the key characters in Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo. It provides brief descriptions of each character, identifying their role and symbolic representation within Philippine society and the revolution against Spanish colonial rule. The characters include Maria Clara, Doña Victorina, Juli, Paulita Gomez, Simoun, Basilio, Isagani, Señor Pasta, Father Irene, Placido Penitente, Pecson, Father Florentino, and Kabesang Tales.

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    The document summarizes the key characters in Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo. It provides brief descriptions of each character, identifying their role and symbolic representation within Philippine society and the revolution against Spanish colonial rule. The characters include Maria Clara, Doña Victorina, Juli, Paulita Gomez, Simoun, Basilio, Isagani, Señor Pasta, Father Irene, Placido Penitente, Pecson, Father Florentino, and Kabesang Tales.

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    The document summarizes the key characters in Rizal's novel El Filibusterismo. It provides brief descriptions of each character, identifying their role and symbolic representation within Philippine society and the revolution against Spanish colonial rule. The characters include Maria Clara, Doña Victorina, Juli, Paulita Gomez, Simoun, Basilio, Isagani, Señor Pasta, Father Irene, Placido Penitente, Pecson, Father Florentino, and Kabesang Tales.

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    Maria Clara Doña Victorina

    She is Ibarra's girlfriend. She is the ridiculously pro-Spanish


    She enlisted in the nunnery when woman who is going to Laguna in
    she learned that Ibarra was already search of her henpecked husband.
    dead. Simoun planned to sneak her Her search for her husband
    out of the convent; she died before the symbolizes her search for the foreign
    plan was put to action. identity that she did not have.

    Juli Paulita Gomez

    Basilio's sweetheart. The beautiful niece of Doña


    Chose death over the loss of honor Victorina.
    and dignity. She rejected Isagani because of his
    She represents the Philippines liberal ideas.
    which would rather suffer with pride She represents the women who have
    and honor. no sense of nationalism and sympathy
    towards others.
    Simoun Basilio

    He is Juan Crisostomo Ibarra of Noli Me He is the son of Sisa.


    Tangere in disguise. He fled to Cuba where he A very promising medical student.
    became rich and consequently befriended many At first he refuses to join Simoun's
    Spanish officials. plan of overthrowing the Spanish
    Unlike Ibarra in Noli, he is now vigilant; he government; in this, he represents the
    now embodies the Filipinos who had had young educated Filipinos who are
    enough of the cruelties of the Spaniards. apathetic to the needs of the society.
    Outwardly, he is a friend of Spain, but deep Juli's death makes him decide to join
    in his heart, he is bitter and ruthless, secretly Simoun's troop.
    planning a revolution against the Spanish
    authorities.

    Isagani Señor Pasta

    He is the nephew of Padre He is an old Filipino lawyer who


    Florentino and the lover of Paulita refuses to help the Filipino students in
    Gomez. their clamor for educational reforms.
    Once a person full of hope and He represents the part of the society
    aspirations for his country, he was that is only generous and sympathetic
    disheartened and let go of his ideals in to the rich and powerful.
    favor of personal gains. His self-centeredness overshadows
    He symbolizes the youth who, his patriotism.
    despite their being very aggressive
    and idealistic, cannot be relied on in
    times of adversity. Father Irene

    He is a kind friar who is a friend of


    the Filipino students. He supports the
    Placido Penitente and Pecson students who appeal to the
    government for an academy of
    They are the students who asked for Spanish language.
    educational reforms. He embodies the few Spaniards
    They represent the people who have who are sympathetic to the Filipinos.
    yet to cultivate their nationalistic
    attitude.

    Father Florentino Kabesang Tales

    He is a retired scholarly and Juli's father.


    patriotic Filipino priest. The friars dispossessed him of his
    He believes that the Philippines will land; in real life, Rizal's father met the
    have its freedom. same fate.
    He symbolizes the natives and
    farmers whose lands were seized by
    the friars.
    His story presents the cause of the
    revolution.

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