Monday, 26 September 2011

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.

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