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1. NoliMe Tangere
Context andContent

2. NOLI ME TANGERE

3. CONTEXT OF
NOLI ME TANGERE

4. NoliMe Tangereis appreciated by many for its narrative
that takes the readers through the eyes of the characters.
A journey of Love and
Deception, Struggles and
Triumphs.
Presents pressing questions
about power and social in
equalities.

5. -Jose Rizal’s first novel.
-Considered one of the most important written
outputs at the height of his intellectual endeavors
in Europe.
-This novel, Rizal gathered his academic insights
as he tapped his knowledge of various fields and
wove a narrative that aimed to represent, if not
expose, the realities of nineteenth century
colonial life in the Philippines.

6. THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE
AsaSojournerinEurope,Rizalparticipatedinthe
movementoftheIllustradostoutilizepropagandato
campaignforreformstothePhilippines.
Utilizingtheirintellectualability,theIllustrados
releasedvariouswrittenoutputsfromnewsbits,tofeature
articles,andcommentaries.
Theyalsoproducedcreativeoutputsfromsatirical
piecestoworld-classpaintings.

7. THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE
Withinwordswasclearlyevidentinoneofhismost
famousworks,hisfirstnovel.
TheideaofpublishingabookwasnotalientoRizal.Ina
meetingofIllustradosin1884,heproposedtowriteabook
projecttobedonecollaborativelywithhisfellowwriters.
Unfortunately,theprojectdidnotmaterialize.
Heeventuallydecidedtowriteanovelonhisown.

8. THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE
Hestartedtoworkontheprojectin1884andcompleted
itin1887.
Manyofhisbiographersciteseveralworksthat
influencedRizalinthewritingoftheNoli.OneoftheseisJuan
Luna’spainting,Spolarium,whichdepictedinthefaceof
inequalities.
AnotherisUncleTom’scabin,anovelbyHarrietBeecher
StowethatdealthwithslaveryinAmerica.

9. Another factor that influenced him in writing the
book was when he read the novel “Uncle Tom’s Cabin”
by Harriet Beecher Stowe, he had an inspiration to
write his own novel with the same topic, to expose
Spanish colonial abuse in print. Beecher Stowe’s novel
describes black slavery abuse done by white men.
THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE

10. THE PUBLICATION OF THE NOLI ME TANGERE
RizalfinishedthefirsthalfofthenovelinSpain,supposedly
theotherhalfinFrance,thencompletedthedraftin1886.
ThenovelwaspublishedthefollowingyearinGermany.Lack
offundsdelayedthebook’spublicationuntilafellowIllustrado,
MaximoViola,insistedonlendinghim300pesosfortheprintingof
thefirst2,000copies.
By1887,RizalwasalreadysendingoutcopiesoftheNolito
hisfriendsandthebookbegantotakeflight.

11. THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND WRITING THE NOLI ME TANGERE
❖The title, NoliMe Tangere, had biblical reference to the gospel of
the John in which Jesus appeared to Mary Magdalene and utter
these words: “Touch me not, for I am not yet ascended to my
Father”.
❖The choice of the title according to Rizal was fitting because he
intended to write about themes that were taboo in the
Philippines for centuries; things that people dared not touch.

12. THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND WRITING THE NOLI ME TANGERE
❖Accordingtohisbiographers,Rizalfirstplannedtowritehisnovelin
French,ConsideredtobethelanguageoftheintellectualsinEuropeat
thattime.He,however,shiftedtoSpanishbecauseheinventedtoreachout
tohiscountrymeninthePhilippines.
RizalExplained:
“Imustwakefromitsslumberthespiritofmycountry…Imustfirst
proposetomycountrymenanexamplewhichtheycanstruggleagainsttheir
badqualities,andafterwards,whentheyhavereformed,manywriterswould
riseuptopresentmycountrytoproudEurope”(qtd.InSchumacher,1991,p.93).

13. THE MOTIVATIONS BEHIND WRITING THE NOLI ME TANGERE
❖IntheinitialpagesoftheNoliMetangere,thededicationtitled“AMi
Patria”clearlyarticulatedRizal’spurposeforwritingthenovel’
TheprojectofwritingtheNoliMe
Tangere,asstatedwasgearedtowards
exposingtheillsofthePhilippine
colonialsocietyunderSpain.Thus,
throughthepassageswithintheNoliMe
tangere,readersalsogetglimpseofhow
Rizalsawhiscountry.

15. CONTENT OF
NOLI ME TANGERE

16. Thebook,NoliMeTangereisafictional-historicalnovel.ItcentersaroundtheeraoftheSpanish
regime,whichwasahundredyearsago,itwasfictionalbecausethemaincharactersareonly
madeup,butthesituationsufferingsandexperiencesofthesecharacterswerenotfalseduring
theSpanishcolonization.Therewerecodesandconventionsthathelpedidentifythegenreofthe
book,anexampleofanotablecodethatcanbeseeninthebookisthesymboliccode,whichis
theclothingofthepeopleatthattime,Rizalhasportrayedanatmospherethatdepictstheold
ortraditionalclothingofindividualsduringtheSpanishperiod.Anexampleofaconvention
presentinthebookwasthatitwasreal-life,asusually,historicalgenrestakesformfromreallife
eventsoroccurrences,theprotagonistandtheothercharacterswasmetwithrealdilemma,
conflictandabuse.Itwasamessageforthepeopleindisguiseasanovel,theuseofreal-life
obstaclesmadeitintriguingandmovingfortheFilipinos.Also,asasub-genreithadromance,a
conventionofitisaboutIbarraandMariaClaraastheyportrayedtheimageofastar-crossed
lovers,theirlovewastestedagainstthefriarsandothermishaps,andlastly,bothwere
separated,astheirloveforeachotherwasdoomedtofail.

17. PLOT
Ibarrawasshowntoberekindlinglinkswithhis
betrothedMariaClara.Butnoteverythingwasfineand
greatforIbarra.Uponhisreturn,Helearnedabouttheills
thatoverwhelmedhistownaswellastheabusesofthe
friarstowhichhislatefatherfellvictimto,Ibarrafoundan
antagonistinPadreDamaso,theformercurateofSan
Diegowhoorderedthatthecorpseofhisfatherbedisclosed
andreburiedintheChinesecemetery.

18. PLOT
Despitethesepersonaltravails,Ibarrapreservedto
fulfilltheplanofbuildingaschoolinSanDiego,stayingtrue
tohisbeliefthateducationwascrucialforhisNation’s
Progress.IbarraalmostgotkilledhaditornotforElias,a
boatman,whosavedhim.Eliasalsopreviouslycautioned
Ibarraabouthisactionsthatcouldangerthefriars,afterthe
incident,Ibarraorganizedaluncheon.

19. PLOT
Here, another confrontation occurred between Ibarra and
Damasowho attended the Luncheon uninvited. In fit of anger,
Ibarra took a knife against Damaso’sneck threatened slit his
throat as he told everyone to the abuses committed by Damasoand
the desecration he did to Ibarra’s Father. Maria Clara calmed
Ibarra and prevented him from killing thfriar.
Damasoin an act of revenge, convinced Capitan Tiago, the
Father of Maria Clara, to not allow his daughter to marry Ibarra.

20. CONTEXT and CONTENT of NOLI ME TANGERE
PLOT
Aftersometime,arevoltwasblamedonIbarra,which
causedhisincarceration,withthehelpofElias,heescapedand
wenttoseeMariaClarawhowassoonmarryingthemanher
fatherchoseforher.Inaheartbreakingconfrontation,Ibarraand
MariaClaraexchangedaccusationsandintheprocess,itwas
revealedthatDamasowasthetruefatherofMariaClara.

21. PLOT
Asturmoilandconfusionovercomethetown,Maria
ClarathoughtIbarrahadbeenkilled.Thiscausedher
endlessgrief.Sheasktobeconfinedtoanunnerylestshe
takeherownlife.ItwaslaterrevealedthatIbarrawasnot
dead,andthatEliaswastheoneseriouslyshot.Inthelatter
passages,thedyingEliaswaswaitingforIbarrabutinstead
hemetandtalktotheyoungBasilio.

22. PLOT
ItwasonChristmasEvewhenEliaswokeupinthe
forestfatallywounded,asitisherewhereheinstructed
Ibarratomeet.Instead,EliasfoundthealtarboyBasilio
cradlinghisalready-deadmotherSisa.Thelatterlosther
mindwhenshelearnedthathertwosons,Crispinand
Basilio,wherechasedoutoftheconventbythesacristan
mayoronsuspicionsofstealingasacredobjects.

23. PLOT
Heinstructedtheorphanedboy(hisMother
Sisa,whobecameinsanelookingforheryoungsons,
haddied)tofindthetreasureofIbarraburiedinthe
cemeteryanduseittogetaneducation.Hereminded
Basiliotoneverlosehopeandifoneday,freedomand
progresswouldcometohiscountry,tonotforget
thosewholaboredinthenight.

24. Onefamouslinefromthebookwasfoundattheend,itwas
fromEliasashestatedthesewordstoBasilio:
“Ishalldiewithoutseeingthedawnbreakuponmy
homeland.You,whoshallseeit,saluteit!Donotforgetthose
whohavefallenduringthenight.”
AndthenEliasdiedthereafter.

25. WithinitsGeneralContouroftheNarrative,
Rizalwoveacomplexstoryandsubplots.Reading
throughthenovels,differentcharactersandtheir
correspondingstoriesunfoldedastoldthroughthe
voicesofanunseennarrator.Truly,thepagesofthe
NoliMeTangerereflectedthelivesofpeoplelivingin
thecomplicatedworldofColonialPhilippines.

26. BUOD ng NOLI ME TANGERE