Melibea
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Melibea is the noble young woman in the Spanish tragicomedy "La Celestina," whose passionate and ill-fated love affair with Calisto drives the work’s central drama.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
female character
ⓘ
fictional character ⓘ literary character ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
La Celestina
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Calisto
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Celestina NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Golden Age literature NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| causeOfDeath | suicide ⓘ |
| centralThemeRelation |
ill-fated love
ⓘ
passionate love ⓘ tragic love ⓘ |
| characterArc | from resistance to surrender to passion ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
determined
ⓘ
honorable ⓘ passionate ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Spain ⓘ |
| createdBy | Fernando de Rojas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| deathType | tragic death ⓘ |
| familyBackground | noble family ⓘ |
| fictionalUniverse | world of La Celestina ⓘ |
| firstAppearance | La Celestina NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genreOfWork | Spanish tragicomedy ⓘ |
| hasGender | female ⓘ |
| hasNameInTitle | Tragicomedia de Calisto y Melibea NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasRomanticPartner | Calisto NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasSocialStatus |
noblewoman
ⓘ
upper class ⓘ |
| influencedBy | medieval courtly love tradition ⓘ |
| influences | Spanish love literature ⓘ |
| involvedIn | tragic love affair ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | Spanish ⓘ |
| literaryFormOfWork | dialogue ⓘ |
| literaryPeriod | late 15th century Spanish literature ⓘ |
| literarySignificance | one of the earliest complex female characters in Spanish literature ⓘ |
| medium |
dramatic literature
ⓘ
theatre ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction | drives central drama ⓘ |
| notableScene | tower scene of her death ⓘ |
| roleInWork | protagonist ⓘ |
| symbolizes |
the power of erotic desire
ⓘ
the tragedy of youthful love ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
conflict between desire and honor
ⓘ
fate and misfortune ⓘ social constraints on love ⓘ |
| workSetting | urban Spain ⓘ |
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