1. 1. The first scene of Celestina starts out with Calisto declaring his love for Melibea in her garden. The garden itself could represent life and energy because gardens are home to many different things. Melibea immediately denies Calisto’s declaration of love and she yells at him for pursuing such a virtuous woman as herself and he is devastated by this news. I do not believe that Meliba’s words are genuine because often in these stories the women can be deceitful and later change their minds or do other things that may be frowned upon if everyone knew.
2. 2. The first conversation between Calisto and Sempronio is a very interesting conversation. I believe that Calisto’s “illness” is him being depressed about being rejected by Melibea, and his inability to accept this rejection. Calisto and Sempronio also discuss women, this conversation is very bizarre and Sempronio tried to help his master trying to tell him that Melibea is not worthy of him. Sempronio the goes on to stereotype woman in a large monologue (pg. 7) describing then as nothing less than monsters to say the least.
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