18
Areusa and Elicia are plotting to kill Calisto as revenge for what he has done which led to the death of Celestina. Throughout the story, Calisto has been so aloof and almost detached from reality. He lived in a microcosm where the biggest problem he had was the love for Malibea. No outside problem could touch him, not even the death of his servants or Celestina. Elicia saw this and wanted to punish him for his extreme selfishness and complete lack of awareness to the scope of the problems. Areusa, seeing the extreme anguish in Elicia for the death of Celestina seeks to aid her cousin the ultimate overthrow of the complete idiot Calisto.
Act 20
I feel as though Melibea had to die in the story. There was so much bloodshed with the quick deaths of Celestina, Sempronio, and Parmeno, that she would have to die aswell. She was so overcome by this love that she had implanted within her, which she almost had to die. Poetically, by dying while in love she will forever be remembered as a lover driven to death. It goes along with the idea that its better to go out with a bang. With time her love could have resided, but instead she chooses to end her live in the pinnacle of her love.
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