El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script Link

Paulita leaves, but listens from behind a curtain.

Basilio runs. Simoun faces the soldiers. He pulls a poisoned vial from his coat.

(raising glass) : Let us toast to progress! But remember – under the friars’ shadow. ISAGANI (to Basilio) : Macaraig talks like a cannon without gunpowder. BASILIO : He’s right, though. We need a Spanish education – not just Latin and fear. PADRE IRENE (laughing) : Fear? My boy, faith is built on holy fear! El Filibusterismo Kabanata 21-30 Script

: Disperse! This is sedition. ISAGANI : This is education, Father!

Guardia Civil arrive. Padre Salvi leads them. Paulita leaves, but listens from behind a curtain

Simoun appears at the bars.

: We cannot escape. Simoun promised help, but I don’t trust him. SCENE 4: THE STUDENT DEMONSTRATION (Kabanata 25-26) Plaza outside the university. Students hold banners: “ACADEMY FOR ALL.” He pulls a poisoned vial from his coat

: We students propose an academy for Castilian. The friars control all teaching. **PADRE SALVI (coldly) **: An academy? Or a den of filibusteros? ISAGANI : We only want to learn – not rebel. PADRE SALVI : Learning leads to rebellion. Remember 1872.