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4.06 AVERAGE
4.06 AVERAGE
dark
mysterious
reflective
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Violence
Moderate: Death
dark
reflective
adventurous
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
dark
hopeful
mysterious
sad
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
I came onto this book after reading Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees and rereading Tolkien's The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings books. The whimsical nature component helped paint the pictures of fairies and temptation with finer brushstrokes.
This poem reads upbeat and by the time I finished, I too felt giddy. As if I too had some of the goblin fruit. Goblin Market inspires love of family and how far one is willing to go to help those we care about. However, as time worn on, the effects did too. I realized to my horror how dark this poem really was. How lost to our fancies we can become. How little it takes to lose control of ourselves (or for some, the unintentional yet uncontrollable treachery of our bodies and minds). What the nature of obsession is. I learned that the poem might be an ode to her own sister who became addicted to laudanum.
Goblin Market may come off as a fun and whimsical faery tale ripe with choice fruits. However, I implore the reader to look beyond the glamour and witness the rotten fruit in our own lives.
This poem reads upbeat and by the time I finished, I too felt giddy. As if I too had some of the goblin fruit. Goblin Market inspires love of family and how far one is willing to go to help those we care about. However, as time worn on, the effects did too. I realized to my horror how dark this poem really was. How lost to our fancies we can become. How little it takes to lose control of ourselves (or for some, the unintentional yet uncontrollable treachery of our bodies and minds). What the nature of obsession is. I learned that the poem might be an ode to her own sister who became addicted to laudanum.
Goblin Market may come off as a fun and whimsical faery tale ripe with choice fruits. However, I implore the reader to look beyond the glamour and witness the rotten fruit in our own lives.
dark
Content Warnings
Graphic: Addiction, Sexual assault
adventurous
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
My 19th Century Lit professor told us that Playboy did an illustrated version of this poem.
NOT SURPRISING.
3/17 Update:
I saw the Playboy version and oh my starssssss what kind of new-fangled sexual imagery is this
NOT SURPRISING.
3/17 Update:
I saw the Playboy version and oh my starssssss what kind of new-fangled sexual imagery is this
dark
emotional
tense
fast-paced
fall 2022 update: rossetti's poem somehow manages to be even lewder on a second perusal. i find myself struggling immensely to reconcile the fact that lizzie and laura are undoubtedly sisters, but you absolutely cannot read the lines such as "hug me, kiss me, suck my juices / squeezed from goblin fruits for you" and tell me that this doesn't reek of sapphic subtext
"what if i wanna have sex before i get married?"
"well, i guess you'll just have to be prepared to die"
"what if i wanna have sex before i get married?"
"well, i guess you'll just have to be prepared to die"
challenging
dark
fast-paced