Celestina Acts 7-11

1. Act VII caught me a little off guard with Celestina. I never really believed that she was really up to no good until this act- specifically when she was with Areusa. Like we talked about before, Celestina is actually molesting her when Areusa says "it's higher up, over the stomach" (pg 86). From there, Celestina basically makes her sleep with Parmeno when really, Areusa already has a lover. Areusa doesn't want to do this because she does not believe that two lovers is acceptable, but Celestina makes her. I thought that this scene was a little scary because Celestina was basically forcing rape upon them. Celestina is only out for her own good. She tries to give people what they want, but she ultimately ends up forcing it upon then and going about it the totally wrong way. In Act 7 Scene 3, Celestina basically makes a "house visit" for sex to Elicia. Reading the text, Elicia obviously does not want Celestina there, but Celestina forces her way in. All of this says that Celestina is very selfish and greedy, and all of her motives are out of sexual desires.

2. I found Areusa and Elicia's comments about Melibea to be derived mainly out of jealousy. They fight with their lovers about how is more beautiful, them or Melibea, and I think that it is all out of spite for who Melibea is and her social status. They are both very jealous that their lovers believe that Melibea is beautiful and I think that this is what sways them to make such comments about her. I thought that it was interesting that all of this kind of talk was going on in Celestina's house. Celestina, as a person, is very sneaky and secretive. She knows everything about everyone else, and gossips a lot. I think that because the lovers were in Celestina's house, they became more open and comfortable enough to talk about others.