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Title
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[Act IV – Celestina Talks to Melibea While Another Female Figure (Either Alisa or Lucrecia) Faces Away]
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Description
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Celestina (leftmost figure) arrives at Melibea’s house, where she is greeted by Lucrecia, Melibea’s servant. As an old friend of Melibea’s mother Alisa (possibly the rightmost figure), Celestina gains entry under the false pretense of paying her a visit and selling yarn. The servant of Alisa’s dying sister arrives and informs Alisa that her sister has requested her presence. Alisa departs, leaving Celestina alone with Melibea (central figure) and Lucrecia (possibly the rightmost figure). She talks for a while with Melibea and eventually reveals that she is there on behalf of Calisto, which sends Melibea into a fit of rage. Celestina manages to quell her rage with a lie, telling her that Calisto’s cure requires only her girdle and a handwritten charm/spell (in this illustration, Melibea can be seen handing the girdle to Celestina). Melibea gives Celestina her girdle, and she asks Celestina to return the following morning to retrieve the spell.
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Image Creator
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Hans Weiditz (Illustrator)
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Marx Wirsung (Printer)
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Sigismund Grymm (Printer)
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Identifier
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mta:18536
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Source Name
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Ain hipsche Tragedia von zwaien liebhabenden mentschen ainem Ritter Calixstus unn ainer Edlen junckfrawen Melibia genannt/ deren anfang müesam was/ das mittel sieß mit dem aller bittersten ir bayder sterben beschlossen.
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Image
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Subject
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Spanish romances
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Celestina (Fictitious character)
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Melibea (Fictitious character)
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Lucrecia (Fictitious character)
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Alisa (Fictitious character)
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Servants
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Deception
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lies
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Lying
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Anger
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Rage
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Yarn
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Spools
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girdles (belts)
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Parents
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