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Title
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[Act XII – Sempronio and Pármeno Slay Celestina, While Elicia Looks on in Horror]
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Description
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After Calisto and his servants flee from the alguacil’s men, they return to his house and Calisto goes to bed. Meanwhile, Sempronio and Pármeno decide to pay Celestina a visit, in order to claim their share of the gold chain that Calisto had awarded her. She refuses to give them what she had promised, making up excuse after excuse to get herself out of her obligation. They draw their swords and begin to threaten her, terrifying Elicia (as depicted here). Eventually, they snap and violently murder Celestina. Celestina and Elicia both cry for help, and Calisto's two servants hear the alguacil’s men coming toward the house. Seeing no other way to escape, Sempronio and Pármeno jump from the third storey window. Here Sempronio and Pármeno are seen with their swords drawn. Sempronio is wearing a hat, while Pármeno’s hat has fallen to the floor (in the bottom right corner of the image). Celestina, who is wearing a robe and a veil, has fallen to the ground in terror. Elicia, wearing a robe and a headband of some sort, appears to be urging them to lower their swords.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Engraver)
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Heyndric Heyndricxz (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:18196
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Source Name
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Celestina, Een Tragicomedie van Calisto ende Melibea, inde welcke (buyten haren playsanten ende zoeten zin) staen veel profijtelijcke sententien oft spreecwoorden, ende veel nootzakelijcke waerschouwinghen, byzonder voor Jonghe-ghezellen, betoonende het groot bedroch vande Pluymstrijckers, van de ontrouwe Dienaers, ende voor al van de Koppelerssen en̄ lichte Vrouwē.
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Image
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