Goblin's Fruit

This poem reminds me of the Adam and Eve story in the bible, both of these stories has a lesson that’s being taught. In the Adam and Eve story the lesson is being taught to those who reads the bible to not allow the Satan to convince you to go against God’s will and in the Goblin’s Market the lesson is being taught to women.
When writing this poem Rossetti was trying to target women in general as you see in the poem. In this poem Rossetti did not only present a religious theme she presented an erotic and sexual theme as well. The nature of the goblins' fruit is widely detailed and described as luscious and succulent. Laura consumes the fruit "She sucked until her lips were sore" and physically pays for it with a lock of her hair. Once Lizzie decides to seek the goblin men, their …show more content…
Laura sins by going against her first mind that she must not eat the goblins’ fruit, which is an homage to Adam and Eve eating the forbidden fruit in the Book of Genesis. The long list of the goblin’s fruit represents the wide variety of temptations that humans face during their lifetimes. Like Adam and Eve, Laura discovers that the fruit does not bring fulfillment, but rather, death and destruction. Meanwhile, Lizzie suffers the consequences of Laura’s sin in order to rescue her sister from the punishment of death, just like Christ. Lizzie is able to resist temptation, but Laura and Jeanie give in to their curiosity and desire for that tasty fruit.The red fruit juice that Lizzie tries to get Laura to drink is like the blood of Christ in the Eucharist. Rossetti describes Lizzie as a pure “lily in a flood," and that is why she is the only person who is able to save Laura’s life. The sacrifice Lizzie makes for her sister comes out of pure love and true