Joses Dear and Unhappy Wife
Joses Dear and Unhappy Wife
Joses Dear and Unhappy Wife
Even _______, who had been Nellys fianc, explicitly permitted Rizal to court and marry
her. It could be remembered that Jose and Antonio nearly had a ________before when he
(Antonio), being drunk one time, made negative remarks on their common denominator.
As regards Joses courtship to Nelly later, Antonio gentlemanly conceded to Rizal through
a letter:
Tomas Arejola
moonlight nights
Bousteds residence
With Nelly, Rizal enjoyed his stay in Biarritz as he had many lovely ______with her.
Inspired by her company, Rizal was also able to work on the last part of his second novel
at the_______.
Though very much ideal, Nelly-and-Joses lovely relationship unfortunately did not end up
in marriage. Nellys mothera Filipina who came from the rich Genato family in Manila
was not in favor of taking as a son-in-law a man who could not provide a sure
stable future for her daughter
, Rizal refused to be converted in Protestantism which Nellie demanded.
friends
The breakup between the very civil and educated couple was far from bitter as the two
parted as _____
religious book
To my dear unhappy
wife, Josephine.
James Bracken
Elizabeth Jane MacBride
A few days after giving birth,, her mother ______. Her father decided to give her up for
______ to her childless godparents, American_______, an engineer of the pumping plant
of the ___________, and his Portuguese (second) wife. Josephines real father (James)
left Hong Kong after retirement and was said to have died at the hands of_______ in
Australia.
Leopoldine
In 1891, her foster father remarried another Portuguese lady from Macau, _________
Francesca Spencer
Because Josephine could not get along with Taufers new wife, she (Josephine) ran
away and sought shelter in a boarding house run by ____After______, either she was
taken back or she voluntarily returned home.
Josephine and Taufer first met Rizal in _____, when they consulted the Filipino doctor
for Taufers _______
nuns
In 1895, the Taufer family sailed to the ________to seek treatment from Rizal for
Taufers ______
Philippines
two months
Hongkong
failing eyesight
They arrived in Manila on_____, and later that month, Josephine, George, and a
certain____, the mistress of a friar at the Manila Cathedral, sailed to Dapitan where
Rizal had been living as a political exile for_____.
cataract
February 5
Manuela Orlac
three years
The petite Josephine who had ___eyes and ____hair was___years old at the time
Blue, brown 18
furious jealousy
strong opposition, Narcisa.
Doa Teodora
Narcisa, spy, Spanish friars
________told her excommunicated son that loving each other in _____was better than
being married in__________
believing that his live-in relationship was somewhat of a_____, Rizal never told his
friend and confidant _________about it.
casa cuadrada,
octagonal bamboo
letters to his family, Rizal related that Josephine turned the house into a______,
stocking the pantry with and To prove the depiction, the letters were accompanied by
_______prepared by Josephine
Her nickname for Rizal
Rizals nephews called her
Before the year ended in _____, the couple had a child who was born_____. Rizals
sisters say the boy was named____; others say he was named_____, after his father
Unfortunately, the son died a ___________Rizal was said to have made a _______of the
dead infant on the jacket of a_____.
He then buried the baby in an unmarked grave in a secluded part of______
Filipino historian _________narrated that Rizal played a ___on Josephine which
frightened her so that she untimely gave birth to an ____-month baby
Some sources declare that the two had quarrels, one of which, according to a 1966
Joe
Auntie
1895, prematurely, Peter, Francisco
few hours after birth, pencil sketch,
medical book, Talisay
Gregorio Zaide, prank, eight
Free Press, L. Rebomantan, Cuba
article in the_____, was violent, leading to her miscarriage. The same article, written
by_______, suggests that Rizals days of consolation with Josephine were [soon] over
and that his request for assignment to ____was also prompted by his unhappiness with
her.
On________, Rizal received a letter from the governor general sanctioning his petition
to serve as __________in Cuba.
In the late afternoon of July 31, Rizal and Josephine got on the ____ along with____, a
______, _____, ____.
The steamer departed at midnight of July 31 and arrived in Manila on______.
While Rizal was being kept under arrest aboard the cruiser _______ docked
at Cavite, Josephine stayed in _____home in Manila. While waiting for Joses
fate, she filled her time with ________and taking _______from one of her
____pupils
When Rizal was tried on the morning of____________, Josephine was said to be among
the ______inside the military building, _______, along with some newspapermen and
many Spaniards
At about ______on the day before Rizals execution, Josephine Bracken arrived
in_________. Rizal called for her and they emotionally talked to each other.
the historian Gregorio Zaide wrote that at_____ on the day of his martyrdom, ______
and ________ came
The couple was said to have _______for the last time and Rizal gave to
Josephine the book _____ (by_________) on which he lovingly wrote: To my
dear and unhappy wife, Josephine/ December 30th, 1896/ Jose Rizal.
Theres an allegation that either the evening before or in the early morning of Rizals
day of execution, the couple was married in a ceremony officiated by the _________.
Nonetheless, the members of Rizal family themselves seriously doubt the claim as no
records were found as regards the wedding
_____ days after Rizals martyrdom, Josephine hurriedly joined the________s forces in
Cavite.
As Rizals widow, she could have easily penetrated the ___________but it was said that
_________was reluctantly persuaded to admit Josephine into the______, providing her
with lessons in ______and________
Three, Katipunan
argue that even after the passing of both Jose and Josephine, her memory was not
that generously welcomed in the Rizal clan.
One friend jokingly concluded, in hindsight, that Josephine was a sort of _________ (if
ever you believe in that) and exclaimed, ____________.
But this argument, which is an instance of a ________, is most likely not the reason the
Rizal family did not like Bracken. There was an explicit declaration that the Rizals were
suspicious that she was a ___________and regarded her as __________.
It was Orlacs being a mistress of a friar which caused some of Joses sisters to
presume that Josephine had come as______________.
While staying with Narcisas family in Binondo, Bracken would frequently leave the
house and return after some hours. To find out where she was going, the Rizal sisters
asked someone to trail and keep an eye on her. One afternoon, it was discovered that
she had gone to the___________s place. Josephine later confessed that she had indeed
gone to see the church official to beg for Rizals freedom.
bad omen,
Malas siya sa buhay ni Rizal,
false cause fallacy,
spy for the friars,
threat to Rizals security
friars undercover
archbishop
The spy-charge against Bracken was never proved as it was never true. But even
then, the Rizal family could not be persuaded to like her, especially that her union
with Jose was not sanctioned by the Church.
When Josephine (temporarily) left Dapitan to accompany Taufer to Manila, Rizal gave
her this short poem
As a testament of his love for her, Jose Rizal made use of his common-law wife as a
model and inspiration in at least two of his artworks:
In Rizals last and greatest poem posthumously entitled ____________, theres a line
which reads, _______________ which is now commonly translated, Farewell, sweet
foreigner, my darling, my delight! As the line is conventionally accepted as Rizals
farewell to his dear unhappy wife, Josephine Bracken had thus earned the historical
moniker, __________________(sweet foreigner).
Josephine had also immortalized her affection for Rizal through her _______with which
A Josefina
she consoled him when he was on his way to Cuba and during his prison days. Some
of her letters involved matters like sending him _________and the ________like a
hundred sweet santoles, lansones, and cheese.
Today, theres a small street somewhere in ____________which is named in the memory
of Rizals dear unhappy wife
Enumeration
Josephine was said to be not a remarkable beauty but had an agreeable countenance because of
1. childlike expression of her face
2. her profound blue and dreamy eyes
3. abundant hair of brilliant gold
Led the distressed Taufer to slash his wrist (some say throat)
1. Rizal told the patient that the illness was incurable.
2. Josephines wish to stay with Rizal
3. the marriage in Manila of a daughter by his first wife (Alburo)
When Josephine returned to Dapitan, the church wedding she hoped for could not happen. Bec
1. Rizal would not retract and so Obach denied them the permission to marry
2. Bishop of Cebu confirmed the priests decision
Josephine as a wife:
1. Learned to make suman (a sticky rice dessert wrapped in banana leaves), bagoong, Noodles, bread.
2. With the Spanish she learned from Rizal, she could write a simple letter
3. To his mother, Rizal described Josephine as good, obedient, and submissive
Josephine did as a member of Katipunan (Aside from serving as an inspiration to the Katipuneros (being Rizals wife)
1. she assisted in operating the reloading of jigs for Mauser cartridges
2. helped in taking care of the sick and wounded
3. suggested to start a field hospital in the casa hacienda of Tejeros
Options given to Josephine by Camilio Polavieja
1. She was given the options of leaving the country
2. Or be subjected to torture and imprisonment
her own mother (who died shortly after giving birth to her),
her real father,
her Portuguese step mother
Jose Rizal
Mr. Taufer
his second husband Vicente Abad.