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- Melibea The only daughter of Pleberio and Alisa, a wealthy family. Melibea is gullible and soft-natured and truly wants to protect her chastity and family’s honor, yet vanity and haughtiness undo her in the end.
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The story tells of a bachelor, Calisto, who uses the old procuress and bawd Celestina to start an affair with Melibea, an unmarried girl kept in seclusion by her parents. Though the two use the rhetoric of courtly love, sex — not marriage — is their aim. When he dies in an accident, she commits suicide.
Alisa. Melibea’s mother. A jealous and stern woman, Alisa is highly sensitive and protective of Melibea. She is warm to Celestina at first, but when Celestina returns to the house for a second time, she grows suspicious and tells Melibea not to invite her in again.
Melibea is the one whom I worship, the one in whom I believe, the one whom I love” (La Celestina, p. 24). After trying to deter Calisto from giving in to his obsession with Melibea, Sempronio begins to waver when Calisto offers to bribe him into helping him obtain Melibea.
La Celestina, Spanish dialogue novel, generally considered the first masterpiece of Spanish prose and the greatest and most influential work of the early Renaissance in Spain. Originally published in 16 acts as the Comedia de Calisto y Melibea (1499; “Comedy of Calisto and Melibea”) and shortly.
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Celestina tells Melibea she’s on an errand for Calisto, who has a toothache and would like her girdle, which is known to have touched holy relics. Melibea is angry at Celestina at first, condemning her for trying to manipulate her, but is soothed when Celestina speaks.
La Celestina, also known as Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea, is a fundamental work in Spanish literature. Written by Fernando de Rojas in 1499, it stands out for its rich character development, intricate plot, and exploration of themes such as love, greed, and betrayal.
There are four major characters in the play: Calisto, Sempronio, Melibea, and Celestina. Calisto is a young man of twenty-three. He has fallen in love with a young woman named Melibea, who...
