I suddenly remembered Rizal, tomorrow being Rizal Day. And who do you think you are in Rizals cast of characters in the Noli Me Tangere? Pilosopo Tasyo, the feckless sage? Maria Clara, the pure but naïve maiden? Padre Damaso, the corrupt curate? Capitan Tiago, the stunted gobernadorcillo? Dona Victorina, the trying-hard social climber? Sisa, the loving mother driven to despair? Or Crisostomo Ibarra, the truth-seeking returnee? It is the genius of Rizal that these characters remain very much alive today in Philippine social life, as they were more than a century ago.
Posted on: Mon, 29 Dec 2014 01:10:56 +0000