Celestina
- proper noun
- /səˈlɛstɪnə/
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Celestina
- After querying her, Celestina admits to Lucrecia that she comes not only out of friendship but out of need.
- La Celestina
- laughter in Celestina
- Celestina and Sempronio
Examples
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There have been several attempts at feminist readings of La Celestina.
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Rojas's characterization of Celestina is equally contradictory.
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The first was La Celestina, which I mentioned in the last class.
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At certain critical moments, laughter in Celestina is far from trifling.
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Catherine Swietlicki is equally forceful in her reading of La Celestina as a feminist text.
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In Celestina's unique verbal universe, the conveyance of meaning is never circumscribed to words alone.
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As with all exchanges in Celestina, Alisa's and Pleberio's dialogue is dramatically ironic.
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Offended by the understatement, Celestina rejoins in a tone filled with pique and professional vanity.
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In the play, Celestina cleverly manipulates the emotions of those around her to achieve her goals.
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The character of Celestina reveals the complexities of love and desire in 15th-century Spain.
Surface Forms
Etymology
Celestina is the title and main character of a play written around 1500 by Fernando de Rojas, where Celestina is a clever woman who arranges lovers and uses tricks. That play made the name famous and gave the character its lasting meaning in literature.
