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Cabesang Tales
Julí is the daughter of Cabesang Tales and the fiancée of Basilio. Unable to raise enough money to pay her father’s ransom otherwise, Julí sells herself into servitude for Sister Penchang. When she hears of Basilio’s arrest, Julí tries to help him by petitioning Father Camorra, despite the priest’s relentless sexual harassment of her. During her visit, Camorra assaults her, and Julí dies by falling out of his window, either attempting to escape or dying by suicide.
Julí Quotes in El Filibusterismo
The El Filibusterismo quotes below are all either spoken by Julí or refer to Julí. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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23. A Corpse Quotes
Rest in peace, sad daughter of my wretched country! Bury in your tomb the charms of youth, withered in their prime. When a people cannot provide its maidens with a peaceful home, a shelter of holy freedom, when a man can leave only dubious words to a widow, tears to his mother, slavery to his children, it’s better to condemn you all to perpetual chastity, drowning in your womanhood a future, damned generation.
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30. Julí Quotes
“Oh, God, oh, God!” said a poor woman, emaciated from hunger. “Before You there is no rich or poor, no white or black, bring us justice!”
“Yes,” her husband answered. “The God they preach about is pure invention, a trick. They’re the first ones to not believe in Him!”
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Julí Character Timeline in El Filibusterismo
The timeline below shows where the character Julí appears in El Filibusterismo. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
4. Cabesang Tales
...rent, but as his farms grows, the church continually increases the rent. Tales’s other daughter, Julí, is in love with Basilio and dreams of being educated like him. Tales is made...
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...without a gun, is abducted by bandits, who demand a 500-peso ransom from his family. Julí sells her jewelry but still can’t afford the ransom. In desperation, she sells herself into...
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6. Basilio
...medicine. Soon he will graduate, become a doctor, and return to San Diego to marry Julí, and he is already dreaming of his graduation speech, in which he will call out...
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8. Merry Christmas!
Julí wakes up on Christmas Day without the miracle she had prayed for coming to pass....
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9. Commentaries
...law or the farmer’s intransigence to reassure themselves. Sister Penchang, the woman who has hired Julí, is convinced it is God’s punishment for the lack of religious education in Tales’s house....
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10. Wealth and Poverty
...belonged to Ibarra’s lover and Captain Tiago’s daughter, María Clara. A gift from Basilio to Julí, the locket was the only item she wouldn’t sell to ransom her father, and Tales...
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11. Los Baños
...to a decision. Finally, as lunch is served, the captain-general hears one last petition from Julí and, on Camorra’s advice, grants it, releasing Tandang Selo, who was jailed in his son’s...
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12. Plácido Penitente
...close ties to Father Camorra and their joint womanizing during the holidays—including their pursuit of Julí. Juanito then pries Plácido for notes on class before suggesting they skip class. Despite his...
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26. Broadsides
...a loan to procure his medical license, as he has already spent his savings freeing Julí from Sister Penchang. Outside, however, he encounters a group of students who tell him that...
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30. Julí
The villagers in San Diego soon learn about Captain Tiago’s death and Basilio’s arrest. Julí is distraught and wonders how she can help Basilio. She is advised to appeal to...
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Accompanied by a companion, Julí finally agrees to visit Father Camorra after a mortally wounded Basilio appears in her nightmares—and...
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32. The Effect of the Broadsides
...coachman who took him to San Diego visits him and tells him what happened to Julí. Simoun recovers, though he is expected to leave soon with the captain-general, whose term is...
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