religion and feminism in Goblin Market
“Goblin Market” is a story about two sisters, Laura and Lizzie, who essentially face and overcome a problem to mature and become wiser, less naive women. ... Regardless, if we look into the itemized account, along with the whole theme of the poem, we see that Goblin Market has other meanings. The poem connects the idea of female restraint and a few religious comparisons to the story of Adam and Eve from the Bible through the Goblin men and their fruits. ... In this poem, goblin men are trying to sell their fruit to two young maiden girls. ... Laura, in Goblin Market, has a consequence too. She is never able to devour that fruit ever again because she can no longer hear the goblin call. ... Religion is not the only element in the poem. ... Lizzie, who wants to save her sister from a potential death, and who can still hear the goblin call, locates them and tries to buy fruit from the goblin men and bring it back to her sister. ... The rough beating that Lizzie receives from the goblin men indicates the traditional male domineering power. ... This feminist and biblical comparison that we perceive throughout Goblin Market gives us an understanding that this poem may be more than just a moral tale told to us to keep us on the straight and narrow.