Evaluate the significance of Rizal to the development of nationalism in the Philippines.

Candidates will appraise the significance of Rizal to the development of nationalism in the Philippines. Candidates may adopt a chronological approach that outlines his activism, the impact of his writing, the circumstances of his execution and that, perhaps, addresses his legacy. Alternatively, candidates may choose a thematic approach and identify a range of factors in the development of nationalism such as Rizal’s moderate reforming methods, the revolutionary activities of Bonifacio and Aguinaldo, colonial economic exploitation and racial discrimination and changing attitudes in Spain. The focus, however, must be on the importance of Rizal in relation to these other factors and candidates may argue that Rizal became a symbolic figure.