Though Lizzie in "Goblin Market" does not die like Christ on the cross, she can nonetheless be seen as a Christ-like figure in that she's prepared to sacrifice her own life by going to the goblins to get some fruit for her sister Laura. Laura has become so hopelessly addicted to the goblins' fruit that she's starting to wither and die. Without a fresh infusion of fruit, she'll soon be dead.

So Lizzie heads off to the goblins in a last-ditch, desperate attempt to save her foolish sister's life. But this is easier said than done. Lizzie knows that this will be a dangerous mission, not least because she herself might well succumb to temptation and eat the fruit just like her sister. Jesus himself had to overcome temptation to save humankind, and Lizzie must do the same if she's to save her sister.

That she does bears eloquent testimony to her character. In a supreme act of sacrifice Lizzie takes the juices of the fruit upon her face just like Christ took on the sins of humankind. Once she returns to her desperately ill sister, she allows the stricken Laura to lick the juices from her face, thus restoring her to health just as Christ restored humanity through his sacrifice.