Feinism in Goblin Market

In Goblin Market the interpretation of feminism is shown a lot. For examle when Rosetti writes "there's no friend like a sister". This tells me Rosetti believes the best friendships are that of women not men. Also the Goblin men are the only males in this poem and they're descibed as "evil", "sneering" so this shows the poet believes all men are like this as she hasn't put another male in it which gives nothing to compare to. If the poem is interpreted in an erotic sense then the reader will acknowledge the possible rape of the girls. As they're described as forcing their fruit into her mouth, holding her arms. This immediatly pops up as violent and potentially sexual. So to conclude I believe Rosetti is trying to portray men as evil, violent, sexual, dirty, animalistic things which could mean she is a feminist.

Christina Rossetti generally prefered to write romantic and children poems such as Remember. She published her first poem in 1848 when she was 18 years old. Her most famous poem was Goblin Market which appeared in 1831. With the death of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Rossetti became more known. Goblin Market was though to have been inspired from where she worked, a house of charity for former prostitutes and Rossetti's ideas of 'fallen women' possibly helped her put together Goblin Market.

Destination lesson 1- 13/09/2011

Destination can be found in novels. We can look for hints and clues to find the 'destination' of a story. By this we mean, where the book is heading or even the very end of the book, the plot or overall point of the novel. When looking for clues to discover the final destination we have to look deeper than descriptions and speeches. We should look past these to find hidden hints, these could be symbolic, manipulative or metaphoric. But you've got to use your imagination to it's greatest capability to help find the Destination.