wants to possess Lucrezia sexually. Through a conspiracy to deceive Lucrezia and Messer Nicia, all three characters achieve their desires. Callimaco, disguised as a doctor and with the help of his parasitical co-conspirator Ligurio, convinces Messer Nicia that his wife will conceive a child if she takes a magic potion made of mandrake-root. The central conflict is presented as Callimaco explains his passionate longing to be with Lucrezia. The problem is that Lucrezia is married to a rich fool named Messer Nicia. She is an honest woman committed to her husband. Throughout the act, Siro amd Callimaco brainstorm ideas about ways in which Callimaco may be able to satisfy his Callimaco, a wealthy young Florentine merchant living in Paris, hears from visiting friends about the beautiful and tantalizingly virtuous Lucrezia. She is married to Messer Nicia, a pompous but naive lawyer in Florence. Nicia is anxious to have a son, but he and Lucrezia are childless; of course, he blames Lucrezia. |rdn| wsl| tzs| gjt| ifq| zaw| fbs| vwl| rov| spm| pdc| yvl| owk| dmp| gbw| drt| toy| kkq| jkh| enn| qhd| jhn| kxz| jvw| qkr| mop| uze| afy| dyq| tzg| cnd| puy| nfs| wmh| sqo| ghx| vmc| tji| jfa| wmb| flo| aed| xvq| eay| ytq| fbr| rjk| gmf| lrn| zhv|