. . . "Mar\u00EDa Clara, whose full name is Mar\u00EDa Clara de los Santos, is the mestiza heroine in Noli me tangere, a novel by Jos\u00E9 Rizal, the national hero of the Republic of the Philippines. Her name and character has since become a byword in Filipino culture for the traditional, feminine ideal.Mar\u00EDa Clara is the childhood sweetheart and fianc\u00E9e of Noli me tangere\u200D\u200A'\u200Bs hero, Juan Cris\u00F3stomo Ibarra y Magsalin, the son of Don Rafael Ibarra."@en . . . . . .