1. In the beginning of the story we have a fateful encounter between two of the characters in our story, Calisto and Melibea. Calisto enters this garden, after chasing his bird into it, and is stopped by the “beauty” of Melibea. He is completely enamored by her and expects that she will love him because of his lineage. As he goes up to her he is completely rejected by her in a very funny way as she proves herself with her own language. The garden in this scene represents undisturbed purity. Calisto enters the garden and expects to take what he wants, but is met with a challenge, which rather than turning him away, actually makes him even more interested in her. She represents something untouched and pure, something that he cannot have, but will try extremely hard to get for himself.
2. The “illness” that Calisto describes himself having is extremely comical. He is so completely in love with Melibea that he becomes loves sick with not having her. His desire for her is so great that he is actually manifesting a physical illness. Sempronio actually points this out to Calisto, telling him that he has an illness, which is his love for Melibea. His love is almost something like the pointless, without meaning love that Romeo had for Rosaline, a love that is based only off of a single encounter.
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