Goblin Market/Symbolism

Symbols in this meter vary from the use of fruits, the moon, flowers, childhood, property and water. Firstly, even though, the gentle of the meter Goblin Market seems self-explanatory, as we passel instantly assume that this song is or so a fruit- grocery store which is run by goblins this sounds like its a poesy which sounds like a fairy-tale/fantasy or maybe a story which focuses on little kids. Although, it is strongly argued against that this Is non a story aimed at kids as most of the sexy-stuff which appends In the poem Is Implied, rather than It cosmos explicitly make outd.This is because most lines are almost ludicrously-erotic in that locationby It stomachnot be said that this Is suitable for It existence aimed at young children/SLD. So we git Infer that this title Is very deceptive as there Is a lot more going on under the originate of the Image of a fruit-market. Furthermore. The title Is very deceptive to the get worders as from the title we are only to ld that the poem is about a market still we arent stipulation much detail on hat type of market it is and what is being sold by the goblins.The underlining deception of this poem is that this poem is about the Victorian marriage-market which is a term referred to the underhand manipulations many men and women change in order to marry and move up the hierarchy in society. The symbolism of fruit in this poem is that it symbolizes the temptation which is openly displayed in society. Alternatively, it could also be said that it is a metaphor for sex and because its being advertised everywhere it is being perceived as a output which can be ought.This refers back to the fruit being a grand temptation as the fruit Is a given object used In the poem to describe people who nurture been tempted and given Into temptation. Rosettes states, In the poem In line 406-407 Held her hands and squeezed their fruits, against her mouth to make her eat. This is an deep imagery being portrayed in th e poem as the Goblins beat pinned Lassies hand and are now trying to force-feed her, the juice of the fruit.This thereby, can be argued that the rut is not in item the actual fruit only when instead it is a figure of speech which is being used to describe the action of the intense image of violence and rape. Alternatively, the use of the flowers in the poem symbolizes the fragile purity of women who havent been married yet and have not given into temptation of those goblin fruit. However, in reality it is known that flowers can be plucked so in a sense this can represent the bolshy of purity from those individuals. The loss of purity can therefore indicate that the women have given Into temptation of the goblin fruit.Evidence of this Is given In the poem as Rosettes states In line 150-151 ate their fruits and wore their flowers, Plucked from bowers the use of the word bower can have multiple meanings as it can either be read to be a shady part of a garden or it is also used for suggested the loss of virginity when it says that the flower has been plucked from a bower Furthermore, this poem primarily focuses on female heroism and sisterhood as the main characters- Laura and Leslie- are two living in a fantasy parallel universe with a distinct lack of human contact with men.So thereby, we can read the poem by closely understanding the relationship and bond these 2 sisters have. Rosettes states in the poem for there is no friend like a sister, this quote represents sisterhood as it infers that Laura and Leslie will always be there for each other and also it was with the help of Leslie that Laura was able to live a normal life after she had still given into temptation. This was purely because of the fact that she was lucky enough to have a sister to redeem herself from being a similar tragedy like the character of Jeannie.