goblin market rosetti Flashcards
written goblin market
1860s
imported fruit goblin market
grapes, pomegranates, dates ….
could be a warning of the changing commercial marketplace
“come buy, come buy” goblin market
imperatives - insistent voices of men
Lisa scholl goblin market
her writing often seems to promote the belief that women are equal to men
“curious Laura chose to linger”
struggle between pursuing lust and exploring human desires
“my mouth waters still” goblin market
challenges victorian ideal that women didn’t feel passion
Laura is “like a leaping flame”
her passion is shown to be unhealthy and dangerous
loss of innocence goblin market
“must she then buy no more”
references to buying and selling goblin market
if women in Victorian england failed to meet the standards of ordinary conduct, it would deplete their worth on the marriage market
language of sexual violence goblin market
“tore her gown”
“squeezed their fruits against her mouth”
penny goblin market
“flung back her penny” - perhaps link to “silver penny”, an Elizabethan word for female genitalia
in the end goblin market
they both conform to their expected role as “both were wives”
Rossetti’s attitude towards unconventionlity
encourages an ideology of acceptance rather than judgement
Grimm’s fairytale Rumpelstiltskin
goblins disappear as soon as the are defeated, just as they “vanished” when Lizzie resisted them
in English writingg fruit
was often used in descriptions of sexual pleasure
the goblins language can be read as arousing sexual longing
“taste them and try”
