NOLI ME TANGERE Analysis PDF

NOLI ME TANGERE Analysis of the novel 1. Cover / symbolisms 2. Dedication 3. The Theme 4. Preface 5. The characters and their personification yesterday and today 6. The plot  READING...

NOLI ME TANGERE Analysis of the novel 1. Cover / symbolisms 2. Dedication 3. The Theme 4. Preface 5. The characters and their personification yesterday and today 6. The plot  READING APPROACHES MIMESIS – a literary approach where a story is viewed as a slice of life. It interprets a literary piece in relation to existing conditions.  READING APPROACHES Symptomatic Approach – a reading approach where the message the author wants to convey is inferred from clues found between the line of the text, the implications of the allegorical symbols, the intent of satirical expressions, simile or metaphors or their combinations.  READING APPROACHES Utilitarian Reading – viewing a literary piece as a socio-economic and political instrument to expose the defects of a society and to be taken as a call for reform or changes. The Cover The Cover The profile and stature of a woman on the left side of the cover represent the Motherland for whom Rizal gave his life. The Cover The cross, whip and the helmet - symbolize the governing authorities in the Philippine soil. The Cover The friar's foot - Tyranny The whip, helmet and chain - Spanish abuses The Cover Bamboo - Filipino flexibility Flame - light and hope Letter covered by the title - Rizal's letter to his parents The Cover Cross - Catholicism Flowers - to the flowers of Heidelberg The name of the author  The Title Noli Me Tangere - Means “Touch Me Not” Noli Me Tangere - is taken from the Gospel of St. John, 20:16. The statement was uttered by the Risen Christ to Mary Magdalene on His resurrection. The Title The title prominently crosses the cover, the style of its print seem as if they were written in blood, an augury of pain and suffering described in the novel. The Language Used in Noli Me Tangere Spanish  The Theme Theme - is the controlling idea of the story. The Theme of Noli Me Tangere GREED FOR POWER The used and abused of power Rizal, Jose. 1996. Noli Me Tangere, trans. Ma. Soledad Lacson – Locsin. Makati: Bookmark. PQ8897 R5 N531 1996. (Read dedication and Chaps 1-32).  THE PREFACE To My Fatherland, Cancer is the scourge of mankind; so it is recorded in the history human distress. So virulent is it that that it brooks no touch, not even the slightest, without inflicting the keenest pain. Thou, too, my Fatherland, are suffering from a social cancer;  THE PREFACE menacing in its present aspect! As I invoke thee in my dreams, in the midst of modern civilization, sometimes to keep me company , or to compare thee with other countries that I visit, I see thee in acute pain from the malady that for centuries has taken root in your system.  THE PREFACE Thy cure is my ultimate desire and the best treatment I seek to effect it. I will therefore try a method, one that the ancient Greeks were won’t to do with their stricken fellows, to expose them on the steps of the temple for everyone to see, pity and then for the beholder to offer a cure.  THE PREFACE With my pen I will strive hard to record they condition as I actually see it , without reservations, without giving any allowance to distinction. I will lift partly the veil that hides thy ills and expose the truth even though in so doing I sacrifice myself. Being thy son I, too, posses the same weakness and deficiencies that you have to bear.  The Characters Jose Rizal spoke through the characters he created. His personification range from models of the good and the wicked. The round characters or the protagonists in the story possess depth and complexity  The Characters while the flat characters or the antagonists, are employed to contrast with or complement the main characters, exaggerate their traits and introduced conflict.  The Characters The round characters in Noli Me Tangere include Ibarra, Tasio, Sisa, Elias and Ma. Clara while the flat characters are Fr. Damaso, Fr. Salvi, the alferez, Dona Consolacion and Dona Victorina. The rest are the minor characters whose function is to allow the story to develop.  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Fr. Damaso Verdolagas * Fr. Bernardo Salvi  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Fr. Hernando Sibyla * Ibarra, Tasio and Elias - incorporate the intellectuals and patriots.  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Ma. Clara - is the symbol of innocence, submissiveness, and the passivity of Philippine society. * Sisa - externalizes the vicious cycle of poverty  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Crispin and Basilio - represent the abused children and the broken dreams, * Capitan Tiago - typifies Filipinos who would go to great extent to attain power and social status.  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Dona Consolacion - personifies the “inspiration” of the Alferezes and the civil guards. She claims to be an “Spanola” who cannot speak Tagalog and holds Filipinos in contempt.  THE CHARACTERS THEIR PERSONIFICATIONS YESTERDAY AND TODAY * Dona Victorina - depicts the alienated Filipino woman bent on marrying one with prestige and high station in life. * Filosopo Tasyo - the misunderstood Philosopher.  THE PLOT Please read the plot on the link provided. Specifically the story of: a. The Dinner d. Sisa b. Ibarra e. Elias c. Ma. Clara f. The Escape of Elias