Celestina Day 1:

2) The conversation is almost somewhat amusing. The master claims to be sick, and seems physically, emotionally, and mentally wounded. He is of course love sick. This is one of the worst kinds of sickness because in this case, the woman he loves does not care for him; in fact she kind of hates him. He feels ill, hates life, doesn't want to get up. These are all true feelings one may have. Women can quite literally tear out your heart, and that is what he is going through. Semprino is disgusted by women. He talks about how they all seem to be crazy. ( my word not his). They through themselves at you, suck you in, then make fun of you and act cruelly( his interpretation) He feels that men should be above this and should not let themselves be sucked in. Much easier to say than to do.
4) Celestina is a very hard woman to describe. Parmeno goes in to great long speeches trying to capture her. Basically, she is a very old, very "wise" woman who has been around the block more times than anyone else. She has hundreds of cover stories, but basically, the whole town knows she is a Whore and runs a whore house. She still goes to church etc. etc. but the whole town uses her. Almost as if they all know what she is doing and that is is not actually good, but they use the excuses and play it off like it is no big deal. She is wealthy, as far as i can tell, and is wise because she has been around people so often, and for so long. She understands what people want and need and understands how to work people and gain riches etc. She knows which end is up and isn't afraid to use her knowledge and her traits to prosper.