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Goblin Market Thesis

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The poem, Goblin Market written by Christina Rossetti during the Victorian Age was considered to be a fairy tale. Rossetti claimed her poem was used to attract a child audience. Although, an adult reader can interpret the poem in a much more sexual way through her usage of complex metaphors and similes. This poem describes the story of Laura and Lizzie, sisters who find themselves enthralled by a group of goblin merchants. As the poem unfolds, the sisters are challenged with their temptation and desire by the magical fruits the goblin merchants are enticing them to buy. In Christina Rossetti’s poem, Goblin Market, she used Laura and Lizzie to represent temptation and desire. While Lizzie suppresses her desire to buy the magical fruits Laura’s

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