Christina Milian

There is a strong sense of truth to Katja Brandt’s statement that Christina Rossetti uses the women in her poem, “Goblin Market”, to act as spiritual guides rather than a subservient female characters. Instead of making her female characters into passive figures, like many authors did at the time of the poem’s publication, Rossetti makes her characters into transmitters of a higher truth. Brandt accurately identifies that the female characters in “Goblin Market” act as religious interpreters.…

The two collections of poetry published in his lifetime revolve around the themes of beauty, youth, death, and patriotism. “The Lovliest of Trees” is a part of his earlier collection, A Shropshire Lad. Describing a blooming cherry tree, the speaker states that it is comparable to his fading youth. He recalls the past twenty years of his lifetime and presumes that he has fifty more to live. He wishes to appreciate nature’s beauty during the time he has left: “And since to look at things in…

Christina Rossetti was a very famous poet. One of her best poems is Goblin Market. I think people still talk about her today because of her success. Her life,career,and poem’s are very interesting. In my opinion Christina was one of the best poets in her time period. If Christina Rossetti was still alive today, then she would probably be walking on the red carpet for all of her accomplishments. There are many poets out there who probably based their careers off of her works. If I were a poet…

As soon as I ran into my room, I could sense that something was out of place. I thought it was that I left my homework at school or that I did not feed my pet fish Arnold, but whenever I thought of Arnold I thought of my other pet dog Rocky. The last time I saw him was before I left for school, now he was gone. My bright blue colored room was so empty without Rocky. Where could he have been? I checked the kitchen, the backyard and my parents room. Rocky was a big brown dog with big ears and a…

His sister, Christina, was also a renowned poet and just as scholarly as he. Christina found some modicum of success as an illustrator, but as a woman, most of her artwork, according to Lorraine Kooistra, was “for private pleasure rather than public recognition” (2) . Dante is on record as being one of his sister’s greatest supporters in her illustrating, and later, her writing. Christina herself went on to write many texts that are still studied to…

There I was in the kitchen opening up the scores to my ACT. I have been waiting months to see what I got. I thought to myself, all this studying finally paid off. I remember right after we completed the test how well I thought I did, that even though this was my first time taking it, I was going to get a score no less than a thirty. My mother was in the living room reading a magazine, I was in the kitchen about to open the letter. I opened the letter and saw my score. It was a twenty… I…

abusive environment her whole life. In fact, there a very famous, and very successful singer, Christina Aguilera came from an incredibly abusive household that shows what hard work and hope can accomplish. She has released in interviews that growing up with her army sergeant father was no walk in the park. During her time living with her father, she was often beaten and turned to her mother for safety. Christina Aguilera says, “Growing up I did not feel safe. Feeling powerless is the worst…

Christina Rossetti is considered one of the most important women poets of the nineteenth-century. She grew up in a very religious family, which impacted her life later on. A majority of her works reflect a religious focus based on her upbringing. One of her most famous works was Goblin Market and Other Poems. This collection of poems is an allusion to Bible, discussing themes of temptation, salvation, gender roles, feminism, and sexual desires. She wrote the poem “A Daughter of Eve” as a part…

describe the lifestyle of a prostitute totally differently. Therefore, the question arises which work depicts the most honest picture of the lifestyle. That being said, by using aspects such as gratification in one’s work and individual intimacy from, Christina Rossetti’s, The Goblin Market, the reader can come to the conclusion that Jenny is the most honest depiction of the life of a prostitute. In The Ruined Maid, the reader notices an unusual aspect that The Goblin’s Market and Jenny do not…

Rosetti’s “Goblin Market” displays the female body in two contrasting lights- one of vulnerability, and one of strength. Laura’s body is marked by descriptors of fragility; her eager consumption of the goblin men’s fruit in exchange for a “precious golden lock” leaves her “wasted,” “undone,” and “knocking on Death’s door” (8, 13,17). This reflects traditional ideas which profess that women’s bodies are readily receptive to, and easily “ruined” by the temptations presented by men. Yet, through…