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suchenphoebe
suchenphoebe
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College - Junior

What is one of the themes that sticks out most in your mind in Rossetti's "Goblin Market"? Why?

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Posted by suchenphoebe on Sunday January 18, 2009 at 6:27 PM and tagged with goblin market, themes.

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  1. kwoo1213 Teacher
    College - Freshman

    The primary theme is redemption of a guilty person by an innocent one (eNotes).  This is evident in Lizzie's helping Laura, who has lost her innocence....she has been completely taken by the sensual pleasures of the "forbidden fruit" of the goblins.  Lizzie had to save Laura from dying and does so by resisting the fruit the goblins offer her. The goblins try to force her to eat it (a kind of rape, according to eNotes), but she resists and returns to her sister to "kiss the fruit from her face."  Later in her life, Laura speaks of how a sister is the best friend one can have:

    there is no friend like a sister/ . . . To fetch one if one goes astray,/ To lift one if one totters down. (eNotes)

    This theme is particularly memorable because it can be compared to the sacrifice of Jesus Christ, who was free from sin, who sacrificed so many things, including his life, to save mankind from destruction.

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    http://www.enotes.com/goblin-market-qn/themes-characters

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    Posted by kwoo1213 on Wednesday January 21, 2009 at 12:30 PM