Act 20 - Did it surprise you when Melibea commits suicide or were you expecting it? Were you expecting her to go through with it or did you think Melibea's father would somehow stop her?
It did surprise me a little bit that Melibea committed suicide. To be honest, I did not really expect it. At first, Melibea had very strong feelings for Calisto. However, those feelings were more so that of puppy love or the rush of a new relationship; her feelings were not of genuine love. I had assumed that once Calisto and Melibea had sex, their attraction would wear off. Calisto had this idealized image of Melibea which he said was not there anymore after he actually had her. I was not expecting Melibea to go through with the suicide because I figured that she understood that Calisto and her were not meant to be. It was also shocking that Melibea's father did not stop her. Throughout the entire romance, her father has being extremely controlling, and he tried to tell her how to live her life. Therefore, it made no sense that when she actually needed him, he was not there for her. To be honest, I think that this entire scene was a bit melodramatic. There was no true love between Calisto and Melibea, yet she kills herself? It seems more like a young teenage girl being overly dramatic over a break up.
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