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peluza74
peluza74
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Can the poem "Goblin Market" be seen as demonstrating a power struggle between men and women?

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Posted by peluza74 on Friday February 8, 2008 at 6:16 PM and tagged with goblin market, men, power struggle, themes, women.

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  1. sullymonster Teacher
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    It certainly can.  In this poem, the goblin men try to tempt the women to taste their fruit.  They woo the women with grand descriptions of that fruit, making it sound as appetizing as possible.  However, when women take the fruit, they are left abandoned and ill.  It is the women's only salvation to resist the temptation.

    Therefore, the struggle is between the ability of the goblin men to seduce the women, and the will power of the women to resist.  When they resist, as Lizzie does, they gain power.  So much power, in fact, that the hero Lizzie is able to reclaim her sister from the effects of the contaminated fruit.  Her integrity and resistance has made her more powerful than the goblin men.

     

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    Posted by sullymonster on Tuesday February 12, 2008 at 7:41 PM