1. We will talk more in class about Areusa and her illness in Act VII, but how do you interpret Celestina's actions with Areusa (maybe even apart from her illness)? What might these actions have to say about Celestina? What insight do we gain about her character here?
2. How do you explain Areusa and Elicia's comments about Melibea in Act IX? Is this mere jealousy or is something more going on here? (Or, you can comment about this entire scene within Celestina's house -- what does this scene reveal about this house and what occurs here?)
3. Analyze the scene between Melibea and Celestina in Act X. What do you think Melibea experiences here? Why? Try to focus on the language she uses and the imagery to which she makes reference. How, for example, do you interpret Melibea's comment that her "breast is full of serpents"?
4. The chain that Calisto gives Celestina in Act XI has important symbolic meaning. What does this chain represent for Celestina (and in turn Parmeno and Sempronio)? Think also in broader terms -- What might a "chain" represent here in the text? What does a chain imply? How might it be connected to the themes of desire and / or death?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
1. Celestina's actions are kind of weird because it comes of that she is hitting on Areusa. She is talking about how nice her breast are and how nice she looks. She is looking at her naked. She is probably bi-sexual because she is getting a little into looking at Areusa naked. She is showing a different side to her.
ReplyDelete3. Melibea experiences that she finally has fallen in love after she is healed. I felt when I heard "breast full of serpents" that she had a sexual disease or something because of the name of it. Everything changes after Celestina heals Melibea.