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Title
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[Act XIII - The Misfortune of Sempronio and Pármeno]
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Description
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Calisto, unsure if his short encounter with Melibea the night before was a dream or a reality (to the right of the image he is seen reflecting on the night they shared), decides to interrogate Sempronio and Pármeno. He tells Tristan, one of his servants, to bring them to his bedchamber. Sosia, another of Calisto’s servants, arrives to Calisto's house in tears. He informs Tristan that Sempronio and Pármeno are dead (his arrival is depicted to the left of the image). Sosia and Tristan go to Calisto's bedchamber and inform him that his servants murdered Celestina the night before, after a dispute over the possession of a gold chain that Calisto had given her as payment for her services. To escape the city's night patrol (the alguacil's men), they leapt from a third-storey window in Celestina's house and suffered severe injuries, after which they were decapitated in the street by the patrol. Calisto blames this outcome on the unfortunate series of events that had unfolded recently, but also blames the dishonest and deceptive ways of Celestina. He entrusts Sosia and Tristan with the roles formerly held by Sempronio and Pármeno.
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Image Creator
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Anonymous (Wood engraver)
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Fadrique de Basilea (Printer of plates)
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Identifier
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mta:11675
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Source Name
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Comedia de Calisto y Melibea
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Image
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Subject
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Mystery
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Dreams
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Spanish romances
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Calisto (Fictitious character)
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Sosia (Fictitious character)
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Tristan (Fictitious character)
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Sadness
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Bad news
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Servants
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Crying
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