| 1 | * AlternativeCharacterInterpretation: Melibea is arguably playing with Calisto in the first scene, but for the rest of the work she's completely naive and innocent. That said, remember Fernando de Rojas didn't write the first act. Someone else did. |
| 2 | * DoNotDoThisCoolThing: The [[AnAesop aesop]] of this story is not to have sex before marriage. However, no one could tell just by reading the story, since everyone says how wonderful it is. |
| 3 | * EnsembleDarkhorse: Celestina. She was originally a supporting character, but now the book is simply known as Celestina. |
| 4 | * MemeticMutation: The novel and Celestina became so popular that Celestina not only became the TropeCodifier in the MiddleAges and the TropeNamer in Spanish, but also her name literally became a dictionary word in the Spanish language as a synonymous of "matchmaker". |
| 5 | * ValuesDissonance: While Calixto is presumably meant to be at least somewhat sympathetic (and his love for Melibea is generally portrayed as genuine) his response to her rejection of him is to ''hire a witch to cast a magic spell on her which will make her love him'' (and want to have sex with him). To modern readers, this is essentially ''rape,'' which (along with Calixto's general foolishness and mistreatment of his servants) makes him UnintentionallyUnsympathetic to many readers. |
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