quotes (goblin market) Flashcards
lizzie as the epitome of restraint and wisdom
“laura, laura, / you should not peep at goblin men”
laura’s temptation
“laura stared but did not stir, / long’d but had no money”
the goblins offer a bargain
“buy from us with a golden curl”
threats after the fall of dark
“dear you should not stay so late, / twilight is not good for maidens.”
worst case scenario
“do you not remember jeanie…?”
details of jeanie’s decline
“she pined and pined away; / sought them day by day, / found them no more, but dwindled and grew grey.”
laura’s pridefulness
“i ate and ate my fill, / yet my mouth waters still; / to-morrow night I will / buy more”
laura is no longer targeted by the goblin men
“listening ever, but not catching / the customary cry, / come buy, come buy”
laura’s decline
“day after day, night after night, / laura kept watch in vain / in sullen silence of exceeding pain. / she never caught again the goblin cry.”
lizzie’s refusal to not help her sister
“lizzie weigh’d no more / better and worse; / but put a silver penny in her purse.”
lizzie offering money for the fruit, rather than innocence
” ‘give me much and many’ - / held out her apron, / toss’d them her penny.”
goblin men’s response to lizzie
“tore her gown and soil’d her stocking, / … / … / held her hands and squeez’d their fruits / against her mouth to make her eat.”
lizzie’s innocence prevents her fall
“lizzie utter’d not a word; / would not open from lip to lip / lest they should cram a mouthful in.”
lizzie as a christ figure, sacrificing her body for her sister
“eat me, drink me, love me; / laura make much of me; / for your sake i have braved the glen / and had to do with goblin men.”
poem’s theme of sisterhood and solidarity
“for there is no friend like a sister / in calm or stormy weather.”
