Essays on Goblin Market

Introduction

Christina Rossetti’s poem, “Goblin Market,” is allegorical in the sense that it is an extended metaphor in which key social fears of the period are expressed. Rossetti sets her characters against the lures of the world, which in this case are represented by the goblin men and their fruit. Children are voyeurs who are always analyzing and watching. Rossetti features two main children characters and contrasts their response to the lures. Against these lures or temptations, Laura succumbs, while Lizzie is headstrong. One may argue that the poet uses character foils to contrast the characters, Lizzie and Laura. ...

The “Goblin Market” is a narrative poem by Christina Rossetti believed to have been written in 1862. The poem tells about two sisters Lizzie and Laura of whom one (Laura) falls ill after eating a bad “goblin fruit” and then gets healed through her sister’s bravery. The poem “Goblin Market” contains a lot of symbolism on addiction to sex and drugs. The poem is largely about addiction to sex. Laura is unable to resist the temptations of the luscious "goblin-men". The men make calls for her to go and buy the luscious fruit that they sell at night. ...

Sisterhood is often recognized as the special bond that female siblings have. This bond is often used as a primary theme in several literary and art works that redefine the concept of how women value their connection with their sisters. The term ‘sisters’ may however refer to different types of connection between female individuals; notably, some, although not connected by blood consider themselves closely tied by their beliefs, their thoughts and the way they perceive life as a whole. The comfort that one gets from being with another becomes a distinct part of one’s being that the relationship shared by the ...

The bond of sisterhood is very important and it forms very strong ties. When two women decide to help each other out, there is mutual trust between them and the thought of betrayal does not cross anyone’s mind. In this essay we will look at three different novels showing the strong sisterhood bond that exists between the different female characters. The three novels include a poem, a tale and a film. The three are Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, Bluebeard by Charles Perrault and Diabolique by Henri George Clouzot respectively. In Goblin Market the strong bond of sisterhood is felt when Lizzie decides ...

Consumer Power and the Utopia of Desire: Christina Rossetti’s “Goblin Market” by Elizabeth Helsinger

Elizabeth Helsinger tried to evaluate and discuss the poem “Goblin Market” in which the figures presented by Rossetti was used as the subject. In this concept, the relationships of the women to the markets of the nursery tales were analyzed (Helsinger, 903). The differences and distinction of gender in the market is presented in the poem in which the females are viewed as the buyer and the goblin men are the seller. According to Helsinger (904), the poem Goblin Market is a “transgressive poem” which is against the notion of the Victorian writing that creates the distinction between the morality ...

1) Oscar Wilde Oscar Wilde's many poems, plays and novels poke subtle fun at the Victorian mainstream, addressing the faults and the problems inherent within that society. Many of his works deal with the decadence and beauty of the Victorian upper class, as well as how empty and duplicitous that society is. By painting detailed portraits of flawed and overly vain characters, he shows the Victorian aristocrat as someone nearly inhuman, and far from sympathetic. In many ways, it transcends the nature of the Victorian mainstream by holding a mirror up to it and pointing out its flaws, whether ...