GOBLIN MARKET

Question 1

Goblin Market can be understood as a . . .

Answer 1

Goblin Market can be understood as a conventional parable of temptation, sacrifice and salvation…

• Barbara Morden

Question 2

An allegory of . . .

Answer 2

An allegory of sexual transgression.

• Barbara Morden

Question 3

Goblin Market is a . . .

Answer 3

Goblin Market is a literary banquet.

• Barbara Morden

Question 4

The virginity myth developed the image of . . .

Answer 4

The virginity myth developed the image of the ‘whole’ female body, whose hymen remains unbroken and possessed the innocent ‘integrity’ or wholeness that Eve enjoyed before the fall.

• Armstrong

Question 5

Renunciation is not usually a . . .

Answer 5

Renunciation is not usually a matter of choice. It is enforced by fate.

• Unknown

Question 6

Forbidden tastes are the . . .

Answer 6

Forbidden tastes are the sweetest.

• Unknown (Link to Desire)

Question 7

Rossetti creates analogies between the . . .

Answer 7

Rossetti creates analogies between the biblical description of salvation and in the social context of the Victorian era.

• Weiss

Question 8

Ripening of fruits can be likened to a . . .

Answer 8

Ripening of fruits can be likened to a rush into sexual maturity.

• Cluley

Question 9

It is Laura herself who is . . .

Answer 9

It is Laura herself who is consumed.

• Cluley

Question 10

Erotic readings of Goblin Market are our . . .

Answer 10

Erotic readings of Goblin Market are our creations, not Christina’s.

• Jan Marsh

Question 11

There is for Laura no clear line between . . .

Answer 11

There is for Laura no clear line between good and evil.

• Jan Marsh