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Mi Ultimo Adios
Interpretation: Mi Ultimo Adios (My Last Farewell) Farewell, my adored Land, region of the sun caressed,Pearl of the Orient Sea, our Eden lost,With gladness I give you my Life, sad and repressed;And were it more brilliant, more fresh and at its best,I would still give it to you for your welfare at most.These are the…
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Junto Al Pasig Analysis
Junto Al Pasig When translated into English, the title of this work means Beside Pasig River. In response to the Jesuits’ request, Rizal wrote this one-act play in the Spanish language for the velada – a gala variety program during the principal feast days. The play centers around Leonido (a young Filipino who has a strong faith in…
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Literary Works of Rizal
“To the Filipino Youth” by Dr. Jose P. Rizal: The poem “To the Filipino Youth” by Dr. Jose Rizal is a message primarily to tell the importance of one’s love and appreciation to his dialect or language, for it is the bridge and intermediary connecting people’s country to each other. In the poem, Rizal praised…
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Noli Me Tangere Analysis
Noli Me Tangere centers around the protagonist Juan Crisostomo Magsalin Ibarra. Upon his return to the Philippines from abroad. He is first surrounded by good friends, a beautiful fiancée and a supportive upper class, but a priest with a vendetta against Ibarra’s late father torments him. Ibarra learns the tragic circumstances of his father’s death…
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El Filibusterismo Analysis
El Filibusterismo is the second novel composed by Jose Rizal. It is the continuation of Noli Me Tangere and, in the same way as the first book, it was composed in Spanish. It was initially distributed in 1891 in Ghent, Belgium. Rizal devoted this novel to the Gom-Bur-Za. Clearly, Rizal in all the years of…