1. The opening scene in Melibea's garden gave me a good idea about what the plot would consist of. Love, lust, the difference between the two, and comedy. He claimed to be in love at first sight with Melibea, basing these feelings only on attraction and lustIt was more racy than any other piece of literature of the same time period that I have read. The comedy is very clear, as the characters exaggerate their words and give each other a hard time. The scene in Melibea's garden was right on point in establishing the comedies, truths, and oddities about romance at the time.
2. There is a very long scene in which Sempronio and Calisto talk about women, in which Calisto largely puts women on a pedestal. He bosses Sempronio around, but Sempronio seems to be much smarter, perhaps to further display Calisto's ignorance. The subject matter for comedy is not much different than a modern television show, or movie. Calisto is to Jerry Seinfeld as Sempronio is to George Costanza, comically speaking. The two men discuss women in lengthy conversations, remarking on differences between them. There may be better characters to liken them to, as Calisto is the hopeless romantic, seeing beautiful women as angelic creatures, while Sempronio is his realist servant, trying to talk him down from such delusions of grandeur.
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