Chapter 7 – I believe that there is in emphasis on the age gap because it is beginning to show that Celestina uses her age and experience to her advantage and this effects every aspect of the book because Celestina is the most influential character in the book. She is a lot wiser and uses her experience to manipulating people into doing whatever she wishes them to do. It shows that the younger person the easier they are to trick, Celestina definitely uses wisdom to her advantages and I would even say that it is one of her biggest weapons.
Chapter 8 – I believe that by this statement Sempronio means that not everything is as easy to decipher as black and white is and it may not always be the right meaning. He also means that just because something isn’t white , it doesn’t make it black it could be anywhere in the middle. Just because it appears to be “gold” or “shiny” doesn’t mean it is, it could just be yellow.
Chapter 9 – Trust is one of the most interesting themes in the text. We cannot trust anything any character says and they only trust Clestina because without them she would have not of been able to make any profit off Calisto in the first place. They feel that they are owed at least of little bit and that Cleistina will pay them in exchange. They trust her because without her they have almost no hope of gaining any riches so they have no choice but to rust her.
Chapter 10 - Melibea rants in the beginning of the act saying how she wishes to be with Calisto. She wants to but she cannot because for her family she must keep her chastity. This shows that she cannot do whatever she wants, she must think of the standards her family set and lives by. A modern example of this would be someone wanting to do something but they couldn’t because their parents forbid it.
Chapter 11 – It is true that Calisto is held captive by his love of Melibea but I believe that they are both under the influence of Clestina. Celestina is doing their thinking for them and manipulating them how she wants to get her desired result. I would believe that he is a captive of love but he is just a pawn piece in Clesetina’s game.
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