response to Celestina

         The epitome of desire reverts back to the story of Adam and eve in the Garden of Eden as told in the bible, and Celestina parallels many of its themes. in the very beginning of the story Melibea and Calisto meet in a garden and Calisto proclaims she is perfection and this is attributed to the glory of God, he sees Melibea as a gift from god to him. Eve was a gift to Adam someone he could relate to and later procreates with. Propelled by his desire Adam was willing to do anything that Eve wanted of him, much like Calisto who sought out Celestina even against the better judgment of his ,once loyal, servant Sempronio.
    Sempronio was representative of the conscience but later was swayed by Celestina to disreguard moral superiority and become a slave to his desire, is money and prosperity.

      Calisto wanted his desire to subside and the only cure that ,besides time, is to have the desire reciprocated. Celestina devized a plan that would change Melibea's feelings for Calisto and she too would sucombe to desire.Celestina is representative of the serpent, she knows exactly what the others characters want and how to get inside their heads and think the way she wants them too. Melibea was hesitant at first and knew that desire was the fire behind Calisto's words and all the bad that would become of letting desire the best of them. But celestina spoke to Melibea's virtue, and convinced her that buying her cord (which was cursed to make her desire Calisto) would help a poor unfortunate soul. Melibea succumbs to desire and it will end in their demise much like Adam and Eve.

Calisto says it perfectly " ... and so said Adam, Solomon, David, Aristotle and Virgil but they all gave in to a woman. who am I to be more strong minded than they." we all know this tale and how it ends but yet we find excuses for why we succumb to desire, it goes back to Lancan and the mirror stage we know we can never know ourselves without the image and it’s a constant battle that results in self destruction.