María Clara
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María Clara de los Santos is a fictional character in José Rizal's novel Noli Me Tángere (1887). The beautiful María Clara is the childhood sweetheart and fiancée of the protagonist, Crisóstomo Ibarra, who returns to his Filipino hometown of San Diego to marry her. After Ibarra is implicated in a fake revolution and is thought to be dead, María Clara opts to become a nun rather than marry another man. She remains unhappy for the rest of her life and her death is later mentioned in the sequel, El filibusterismo (1891).
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María Clara | |
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Noli Me Tángere character | |
Created by | José Rizal |
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Gender | Female |
Occupation | Monastic |
Family | Santiago de los Santos (father) Padre Dámaso (biological father) Pía Alba (mother) |
Relatives | Isabel (aunt) |
Religion | Roman Catholic |
Nationality | Filipino |
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