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Love In Rosettis Goblin Market - College Papers

Love In Rosettis Goblin Market

Incestuous Lesbian Love in Rosetti's "Goblin Market"
Christina Rosetti's "Goblin Market" hints incestuous lesbian love as an alternative to a heterogeneous relationship. "Goblin Market" is about a woman's [Laura] attempt to create a perfect, true love relationship with a man which ends with her hope and love dashed to the ground. With her heart broken and her dreams shattered, Laura turns to her sister, Lizzie, for the comfort and security she once looked for in a man. This in turn forms an incestuous bond between the two sisters. In the poem, Rosetti uses many vivid images to literate an incestuous lesbian love affair between two sisters.
At the beginning of the poem we learn of two ...

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We must not buy their fruits;/ Who knows upon what soil they fed/ Their hungry thirsty roots?' " This is Lizzie's first warning, two more times does she warn her sister of the goblin men. Laura refuses to listen to Lizzie.
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Laura, unlike her sister, is interested in the goblin men. She thinks the goblins are full of love and they have much to offer: "Cooing all together:/ They sounded kind and full of loves/ In the pleasant weather." Lizzie is afraid of the goblin men. So afraid that once the goblin men get too close Lizzie becomes frightened and runs off into the wood leaving Laura behind: "Curious Laura chose to linger/ Wondering at each merchant man." As we can see, Laura is fascinated by the goblin men. Instead of running away into the woods like Lizzie, Laura waits for the men to approach her. Once the goblin men see Laura they want her to buy some of their 'love-filled' fruit. Laura doesn't have any money so, ignoring her sister's warnings, she offers a ...

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Added: 2/1/2007 12:08:37 AM
Category: Book Reports
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