From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls
The article aims to study the influence of Judas Iscariot’s motifs of betrayal and suicide on the mortal falls of four main characters in La Celestina. Judas embodies, better than any other biblical character, the sinner’s progress from loyalty and be-trayal to despair and suicidal death. The litera...
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Universidad de Valencia, Departamento de Filología Española
2021-01-01
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| description | The article aims to study the influence of Judas Iscariot’s motifs of betrayal and suicide on the mortal falls of four main characters in La Celestina. Judas embodies, better than any other biblical character, the sinner’s progress from loyalty and be-trayal to despair and suicidal death. The literary and iconographic figures of the greed, the betrayal and the suicide of Judas in the Middle Ages are examined, fo-cusing on the two types of suicide reflected in the Bible. Accidental falls (Calisto), fatal leaps (Sempronio and Pármeno) and suicide (Melibea) are analysed, together with the images representing the betrayal (the bag of coins). Finally, Pármeno’s life, similarly to that of Judas, is studied since it goes from the fidelity of the good servant, through greed and betrayal, to a mortal jump into the void. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4ea10474869342a192ddec7f82ed539b2024-02-02T06:56:12ZengUniversidad de Valencia, Departamento de Filología EspañolaCelestinesca0147-30852695-71832021-01-0144098010.7203/Celestinesca.44.1942814054From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal fallsRafael Beltrán0<p>Universitat de València</p>The article aims to study the influence of Judas Iscariot’s motifs of betrayal and suicide on the mortal falls of four main characters in La Celestina. Judas embodies, better than any other biblical character, the sinner’s progress from loyalty and be-trayal to despair and suicidal death. The literary and iconographic figures of the greed, the betrayal and the suicide of Judas in the Middle Ages are examined, fo-cusing on the two types of suicide reflected in the Bible. Accidental falls (Calisto), fatal leaps (Sempronio and Pármeno) and suicide (Melibea) are analysed, together with the images representing the betrayal (the bag of coins). Finally, Pármeno’s life, similarly to that of Judas, is studied since it goes from the fidelity of the good servant, through greed and betrayal, to a mortal jump into the void.https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/19428la celestinajudaspármenosuicidiotraicióncaídas mortales |
| spellingShingle | Rafael Beltrán From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls Celestinesca la celestina judas pármeno suicidio traición caídas mortales |
| title | From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls |
| title_full | From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls |
| title_fullStr | From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls |
| title_full_unstemmed | From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls |
| title_short | From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls |
| title_sort | from judas suicide to parmeno s jump avarice betrayal and mortal falls |
| topic | la celestina judas pármeno suicidio traición caídas mortales |
| url | https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/19428 |
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