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Protagonists and Antagonists in El Fili

El Filibusterismo is the sequel to Noli Me Tangere and continues the story of the oppression of Filipinos under Spanish colonial rule. The protagonist is now Basilio, while Crisostomo Ibarra returns under the name Simoun advocating for violent revolution. Rizal wrote the novel to further expose the ills of society, though the Spanish prohibited its reading. The antagonists remain the corrupt Catholic priests, while new characters like Isagani are introduced alongside Simoun advocating radical change.

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Protagonists and Antagonists in El Fili

El Filibusterismo is the sequel to Noli Me Tangere and continues the story of the oppression of Filipinos under Spanish colonial rule. The protagonist is now Basilio, while Crisostomo Ibarra returns under the name Simoun advocating for violent revolution. Rizal wrote the novel to further expose the ills of society, though the Spanish prohibited its reading. The antagonists remain the corrupt Catholic priests, while new characters like Isagani are introduced alongside Simoun advocating radical change.

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  • Protagonists
  • Antagonists
  • General Overview
  • Rubric for Scoring
  • Inspirations for the Novel's Creation

El Filibusterismo Noli Me Tangere

General Overview (Basic Information and Literary Style)


Noli Me Tangere (Touch Me Not) is the
 The story's protagonist is now Basilio, as
satirical fiction novel written by Filipino
Crisostomo Ibarra had reappeared as a new
author and national hero Jose Rizal. Set in
character. 
the Philippines, the story follows Juan
The sequel's antagonists remain the same. Crisostomo Ibarra, a mestizo who ventures
This time, Jose Rizal's thoughts of radicalism to revisit his past and watch history play out
and armed rebellion now littered the pages of before his eyes. The novel was written
the novel, providing the readers his opinions during the colonization of the Philippines by
and views of the matter. As Noli Me Spain, and is seen as a public rebuke of the
Tangere ended on a bitter oppressive ruling government and injustices
note, El Filibusterismo  continued it with an of the Catholic priests. 
even bleaker outlook.
subversive, dissident, revolutionary,
treasonous. 
Protagonists
The protagonist is Ibarra, who hopes to
El Filibusterismo, or El Fili, has a
deuteragonist and a tritagonist intertwined live up to his father's legacy and
with the protagonist, Basilio. improve his community. The
 A deuteragonist is known as the
secondary character, the pangalawang
bida, which in the novel is none other
than Crisostomo Ibarra, now named
Simoun.
 A tritagonist is known as the tertiary
character, or the pangatlong bida,
which is Isagani in the novel.

Antagonists
Crisostomo Ibarra returned as a rich jeweler The main antagonist is Father Salví, who
under the name of Simoun. He abandoned plots against him.
his idealistic views after going through tragic
events in the last novel. He believes that
obstreperous and violent revolution is the
only way to bring about end to the abuse of
the Spaniards, especially the clergy.

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Inspirations for the Novel's Creation
The title El Filibusterismo is a derivative Driven by his undying love for his
phrase used first in Noli Me Tangere, which country, Rizal wrote the novel to expose
means "The Filibuster." Granted, it means a the ills of Philippine society during the
person who engages in an unauthorized war Spanish colonial era. At the time, the
against a foreign nation.  Ferdinand Spaniards prohibited the Filipinos from
Blumentritt once noted to Rizal in their reading the controversial book because of
correspondence that he didn't get the the unlawful acts depicted in the novel.
meaning of the word, to which Rizal gladly
gave its sense. 

Rubric for scoring:


CRITERIA PERFORMANCE INDICATORS POINTS
Content Provided content that is coherent to the question 40
Used correct grammar, punctuation, spelling,
Grammar 20
and capitalization
Organization Expressed the points in a clear and logical
30
of Ideas arrangement of ideas in the paragraph
Format Adhered to the required style/appearance 10
TOTAL 100

06 Worksheet 1B *Property of STI Page 1 of 2 El Filibusterismo Noli Me Tangere General Overview (Basic Information and Litera
Inspirations for the Novel's Creation The title El Filibusterismo is a derivative phrase used first in Noli Me Tangere, whic

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