![]() ![]() The lamp started to dim… Outside the house, Basilio was about to walk away because he knew the lamp was going to explode anytime soon when he saw Isagani, the still heart-broken ex-boyfriend of the bride whose reception was still going on in the house of Capitan Tiago. One of the priests who knew Ibarra before the ending of Noli Me Tangere confirmed to the people that it was the writing of Ibarra. The people at the reception were shocked because Ibarra is supposedly dead. Simoun signed it with his real name “Juan Crisostomo Ibarra”. Simoun leaves the reception early and leaves a note with the words: “Mene Thecel Phares” which means “the future is predetermined” and is generally implied that a bad event is going to happen. ![]() According to Simoun, the lamp will stay lighted for only 20 minutes before it flickers if someone attempts to turn the wick, it will explode and kill everyone-important members of civil society and the Church hierarchy-inside the house. The reception will take place at the former home of the late Captain Tiago, which was now filled with explosives planted by Simoun. At the wedding reception of newlyweds (the bride being the ex-girlfriend of one of the friends of Basillo-Isagani), Simoun tells Basilio that his plan was to conceal an explosive which contains nitroglycerin inside a pomegranate-styled Kerosene lamp that Simoun will give to the newlyweds as a gift during the wedding reception. ![]() ![]() Simoun started planning uprisings and stashed guns in the shop of an ally. Basilio, now all grown up, is at first reluctant to join in on Simoun’s idea but ends up being part of the plan. He encourages the government to make bad decisions and to abuse their power so that it would spark a revolution among the masses. Simoun is a confidant of the Captain-General. And near the end of the novel, when he discovers that his lover, Maria Clara, died in the convent, he becomes all the more furious. He becomes hungry for vengeance for all the misfortune our country has suffered under the tyranny of the Spaniards. He seems to have long abandoned his once vision of ending the despotism of Spain with words and peace. He came back to the Philippines as Senor Simoun, disguised with a beard. During the period in between the story line of Noli Me Tangere and El Filibusterismo which is 13 years, Ibarra left the Philippines and became a wealthy jeweler. (Accessed on 20 June 2011).El Filibusterismo Summary Crisostomo Ibarra is back and as Simoun. The Characters (The Summary of "El Filibusterismo").She would rather sacrifice rather than give up her ideals. Juli, like Maria Clara, symbolizes the purity and innocence of the lower class women during Rizal's time. Her death eventually turned the young man's heart towards joining Simoun's plans for revenge. Basilio learns of her death through Sinong. She ends up dead by jumping off the window when she escaped the friar's attempt to rape her. She is aware of the curate's lust for her but ends up going to the priest for help. When Basilio becomes imprisoned, Hermana Bali, a neighbor, advised her to beseech the help of the Padre Camorra. Juli eventually learns of the students that were sent to jail. However, the locket comes to the hand of her father who gives it to Simoun in exchange for a revolver. She would rather render domestic services instead of selling the locket that once belonged to Maria Clara and was paid by the leper to Basilio who in the end gave it to her. She was not sent to Manila to study and works as a maid for Hermana Penchang when her family falls into debt defending their father from unjust charges and ransom from the bandits. She becomes a victim of circumstances when her father becomes a cabesa and had to shoulder heavy debts imposed on them by the congregation. Juli is the main female protagonist in the novel. She is the embodiment of purity and innocence, reminiscent of Maria Clara in the previous novel, only poor. Juli is described as a loving daughter and a faithful fiancee. ![]()
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