From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls

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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Main Author: Rafael Beltrán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Valencia 2021-01-01
Series:Celestinesca
Subjects:
la celestina
judas
pármeno
suicidio
traición
caídas mortales
Online Access:https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/19428
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spelling doaj-4ea10474869342a192ddec7f82ed539b2021-03-26T09:31:41ZengUniversidad de ValenciaCelestinesca0147-30852695-71832021-01-0144098010.7203/Celestinesca.44.1942814054From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal fallsRafael Beltrán0<p>Universitat de Val&egrave;ncia</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
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From Judas' suicide to Pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls
Celestinesca
la celestina
judas
pármeno
suicidio
traición
caídas mortales
author_facet Rafael Beltrán
author_sort Rafael Beltrán
title 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_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_sort from judas' suicide to pármeno's jump: avarice, betrayal and mortal falls
publisher Universidad de Valencia
series Celestinesca
issn 0147-3085
2695-7183
publishDate 2021-01-01
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.
topic la celestina
judas
pármeno
suicidio
traición
caídas mortales
url https://ojs.uv.es/index.php/celestinesca/article/view/19428
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