Perceval Day 1 (381-419)

1) Chretien made several specific references to the Bible and "the right hand not knowing what the left hand is doing". This may be foreshadowing the large part the church may be taking in the rest of the story and possibly the continuing use of the bible as justification for what is about to be done. The reference to the "right hand not knowing what the left is doing" is more clear in that one branch of characters in the upcoming story will probably be hiding what they are doing from the rest of the characters.
2) Perceval believes that the knights are at first devil's, and then he thinks them to be angels. He sees them as beautiful and worthy of wonder, to which he asks a great many questions although he fails to answer the knights questions. The knights who he meets seem fair enough but they continue ask their questions at the same time as answering those of young Perceval, they keep their patience while still pursuing their quest. This possibly foreshadowing Perceval's own quest for the grail, his curiosity will most definitely slow him down and may be his ultimate downfall.
3) Perceval ignores his mother for the most part, he simply asks her questions and only retains the information that he seeks. His mother tells him that all of his siblings and his father where all killed as knights but he ignores her. His mother freaks out but her son just seems to be this single minded child, once he gets his heart set on something there doesn't seem to be any way of moving him to another path.

That Obscure Object of Desire

1) An "obscure object" could refer to something small or hidden that is owned or possessed. It points to the fact that for this couple love is not the reason for what they do but it is instead lust and desire, the small thing that they both posses which eventually drives them both crazy. The love is possesed, never held or thought of pationately therefore it is not true love but is instead a desire for each other, a lust for want.
2) Terrorism is almost a parallel to the couples relationship, the act of blowing something up for political reasons is nothing more than a desire to reach an end. Both the couple and the terrorists would like to get that which they desire and are more than willing to fight for it. It is no mistake that the terrorists kill the couple in the end, because it isn't the terrorists that kill them it is the desire that both parties share.
3)Both of the actresses for Conchita bring a different attitude to the screen, one is the lusty love bird while the other seems almost reserved and reluctant to fulfill her desire.
8) The burlap sack seems to be a symbol that something is about to happen, each time we see it a main event occurs in the film such as traveling to meet Conchita "accidentally" or his taking her up to his secluded house in the country

Celestina Day 4 Act 18-21

2) The only real love we see is Pleberio's love for his daughter, he does reveal in his speech that he is sad because he can't sell his daughter as a wife to some guy but his words seem to reveal more than just his own desires. Melibea is saddest because she has so embarrassed her father and destroyed her own honor, not only that but she has no one to have sex with at night now. I find no love in her motives, only lust and stupidity.
3) As we see with the two servants who get their heads chopped of there is the obvious symbolism with the head standing for intelligence. None of the characters used their intelligence and therefore they all lost their heads in some way or another, also all of the dead characters suffered some kind of fall. A fall from grace, honor, or some other ailment but they all fell nonetheless, this fall was the thing that either killed them or immediately preceded their deaths.
5) The major victim in this tale are Melibea's parents, they may have been wrong in not paying more attention to their daughter and stopping this affair but I think they are the only ones who never really knew the truth. Melibea's father is not told of the entire business until right before his daughter kills herself and her mother isn't told until Pleberio tells her. The most blaim can be placed on Celestina, she's literally a pimp so it was no mistake on her part that the two lovers got together. She planned this sort of thing almost daily and it was really the publicity of the affair that got the couple killed , which was a result of Celestina's involvement.

Day four Celestina (12-17)

1) There are many complex feelings that I would expect someone in Calisto's position to be feeling. He just lost his two best servants, took his lovers virginity, and still has to contend with his own issues. He desires much that is reflected in his soliloquy as well, he desires longer nights with Melibea and revenge for what he considers the murder of his two companions. In about the middle of the soliloquy Calisto ties together his two ramblings about the murder of his companions and his love with Melibea. "Remember that the absent are never in the right, here both parties before you pronounce the sentence." (act 4 page 200) When taken out of context Calisto may arguably be talking about both main issues in one line, both the murderers and the prosecution pronounce the violant truth just as both Calisto and Melibea vocalize there specific crime.

Celestina Day 3 Act 7-11

1) Areusa complains about a pain that she can't seem to get over that started when her lover left, shes complaining because of lack of sex. This isn't really to surprising seeing as she's saying it to the notorious pimp Celestina, but the surprising thing is the old ladies response. The old woman touches Areusa to see if she knows what the ailment is, in a way that the sickness would have to be "...higher up, over the stomach". Celestina seems to be willing to do anything involved in the sexual arts, with no shame and no hesitation.
2) Sex is being spoken of as if it where as normal as eating breakfast, not just sex but sleeping around with multiple people. Areusa and Elicia talk about Melibea as a fat and inexperienced young player, they almost sound jealous but it is my belief that there's something more in their dialogue. When the men in their life start to talk about Melibea as if they themselves where in love with her, Areusa and Elicia have no problem with sleeping around until the possibility arises that their lovers are doing such a thing.

Celestina Day 2 (3-6)

1) I think that Celestina has done enough of this match making work to know that it has a chance of not succeeding. She sounds cautious in everything that she does as she does here, she usually does not speak in definites but instead in possibilities. For her trade to succeed she must always be trusted and by never giving any sincere promises or possibilities without skepticism she keeps her so called "good name"

2) Everyone seems to know Celestina and their feels on her are those of their feelings of her trade. Lucrecia knows what the old woman does for a living and accepts it, but she far from enjoys having her own people tricked by this pimp. Melibea seems to know at least a rudimentary amount about the old woman's trade but she still lets her continue and is eventually led into a situation that might find her in Calisto's bed sometime soon.

Celestina Day 1 (Acts 1-2)

1) A garden can symbolize a literary setting much as that of The Garden of Eden. The Garden of Eden represents the birth of a species, so here this garden may represent the birth of the book or of some other form of literary "life". Here is the two possibly main characters of the tale, whereas there meeting may set the stage for the rest of the book The Garden of Eden supposedly set the stage for the rest of human kinds existence. Melibea is unique in this scene due to the fact that she shows no true wish to be with the good Calisto, most tales that we have read thus-far typically starts with or contain a love that is somewhat desired by both even if that fact is only hinted to in the text.

2) It is clear that even though Sempronio is Calisto's slave he still values his advice at least a little bit, he confides in him that he is suffering from this affliction of love and shows his true face as the type of person he is. The conversation starts out one sided with Sempronio only really caring because he might get in trouble and not going to outright stop him because "maybe he'll leave me something in his will", true friendship is in a complete recall here and we see nothing but a slave covering his own butt. We see a direct quote in this conversation "...the ancient curse that drove Adam out of the delights of Eden;" that really points to the conversation in the garden between Calisto and his would be lover as being that of a biblical standing. This also points to the value he puts on Melibea as not only a woman but as a demon as well, willing to love and sin but not with Calisto.