# Doña Victorina — Noli Me Tangere character guide

> Doña Victorina in Noli Me Tangere by José Rizal.

**Role:** supporting

**Also known as:** Victorina, Victorina de los Reyes de De Espadaña

**First appearance:** 0008-i-a-social-gathering

## Who they are

A Filipina who powders her face, mangles Spanish, and drags her quack husband through society in a frantic performance of being more Spanish than the Spaniards.

## Relationships

### [Capitan Tiago](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/capitan_tiago)

_social_

Social acquaintances in Manila's elite circle, bound by pretension and gossip rather than genuine friendship.

### [Padre Dámaso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/padre_damaso)

_social_

Doña Victorina fawns over Padre Dámaso for social climbing, while he tolerates her with condescension.

### [Don Alfonso Linares](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/don_alfonso_linares)

_social_

Linares is a distant relative of Doña Victorina, who uses him to advance her own social standing.

### [Capitan Tiago](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/capitan_tiago)

_social_

Social acquaintances in Manila's elite circle, bound by pretension and gossip rather than genuine friendship.

### [Don Alfonso Linares](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/don_alfonso_linares)

_social_

Linares is a distant relative of Doña Victorina, who uses him to advance her own social standing.

### [Padre Dámaso](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/padre_damaso)

_social_

Doña Victorina fawns over Padre Dámaso for social climbing, while he tolerates her with condescension.

### [Don Alfonso Linares](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/don_alfonso_linares)

_social_

Linares is a distant relative of Doña Victorina, who uses him to advance her own social standing.

### [Capitan Tiago](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/characters/capitan_tiago)

_social_

Social acquaintances in Manila's elite circle, bound by pretension and gossip rather than genuine friendship.

## In the story

### [A Social Gathering](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/i-a-social-gathering)

A pretentious Filipina who tries to appear European, engaging in a confused discussion about the invention of gunpowder.

### [The Dinner](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/iii-the-dinner)

Complains about the lieutenant and recalls the insult to her frizzes and gown.

### [A Star in a Dark Night](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/v-a-star-in-a-dark-night)

Arranges a string of pearls and diamonds in María Clara's hair during the festivities.

### [The Espadañas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xlii-the-espada-as)

Arrives with her husband and cousin, displaying her pretentiousness and social ambitions, criticising provincial customs.

### [An Examination of Conscience](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xliv-an-examination-of-conscience)

Discusses María Clara's illness and boasts about her husband's medical skills, while insulting the alferez's wife.

### [The Two Señoras](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/xlvii-the-two-se-oras)

Struts through town in elegant dress, insults locals, and engages in a vicious verbal and near-physical fight with Doña Consolacion.

### [LX: María Clara Weds](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/lx-mar-a-clara-weds)

Part of the governmental party visiting Capitan Tiago, she boasts of Linares' connections to the Captain-General.

### [Epilogue](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/noli_me_tangere_se/chapters/epilogue)

Adds driving horses and spectacles to her eccentricities; continues to mistreat Don Tiburcio.

## Links

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