BLOG 2.1 “ Goblin Market”

The new poem I just had read is call “ Goblin Market” and it was written by Christina Rossetti. Christina Rossetti was a very famous English poet. Christina Rossetti was born in lindon and the most of her educated she had was from her mother. She also had two brothers and a sister in her family and all of them were very successful writers.She wrote “Goblin Market” when she was 31, and also the “ Goblin Market” become her most famous collection.The way she wrote her poem is very special for me because the way she used a variety of romantic, devotional for her children’s poems.

In my opinion, the poem is about two sisters who live togather in the same house and one day they went to the Goblin Market one of them had a promblem because they had a different reaction after they heared the call from Goblin Market. On one evening, laura walked around at the stream after her sister left home and she was trust these goblins to buy the fruit from them but she didn’t have money to pay for these fruit.Then she get the punishment because she didn't have any money to pay for the goblins and they locked her hair for paying the fruit. After that, her body become getting sick and almost to die.When her sister lizzie knowed this , she brings money to the market and try to soothe laura’s pain.but when these goblins knowed she only bring alittle bit money to them, they were mad at her and tried to made her to eat their fruits too.In process,they didn’t made it because the girl is brave and didn’t fraid of them at all. But they put some juice in to her boday. That means if she wants to save her sisiter' life, she must let laura drink the juice from her body which means lizzie must risk herself in an very dangerous situation.Finnally, she run back to her home and let her sisiter drink juice from her body and saved her life at the end. This is the way how i see this poem. Poem also showed how two sisters helping eachother when they were in trouble and also proved that the power of sisterly love.


     I think the symbolism are very important in the poem and there are many symbolism that I found from this poem. For example:
   
Mroining : In the poem the word " Mroining" means can be a fresh new day, a new began, more a bout the positive side in the poem.

Evening : In the poem the word " Evening" means is not just about night time, it can be more about the dangers and evils. "Evening" can be the background of these goblins living enviroment.

Fruits : The meaning of  " Fruits " in this poem can be more about temptation, allure, sweetthings, or anything that can attrack people.

Goblins : The word "Goblins" means in this poem is evil , anything about dangerous people or situation.

Hair   : In the poem the word " Hair" can be the meaning of costs, purchase, or something that have to paid back.

Cry  : In the poem the word " cry " can be the meaning of sad, depressing,  unhelpe, alone and

loste water.

Sister : In the poem the word " sister " means is about the power of sisterly love, helping eachother.

Juice : In this poem the word " juice" means it is only can be a kind of drink. It is the key word how can lizzie saved her sister laura' life in this poem.Which means it can be some kind meidicine that can saved laura's life.

Body : In this poem the word " body" means can be more sexually, or what lizzie have to paid for these goblins or how she paid to saved her sister.

Also in this poem i found three archetypes characters from this poem and they are, laura, lizzize, and goblins. These three archetypes are the most important characters in the poem too. After i read this poem afew times, and realized that all of them have the different archetypes. The first one i am going to write about is laura, for me she is a very immature girl, who has too much greed in her mind and very easy to trick or a trouble maker. And another main character lizzize, who is laura's sister, in the pome she can be the savior or a hero because she tried so hard to helpe her sister and save her sister's live. The third character is goblins, the most i hate in this poem. which can categorized as the evil, bad people, selfish, and boring trickter. In the poem these goblins are always selling their fruit and bother these two sisters because they try to hurt them. Such as they took laura's hair.

        In conclusion, it is my first time to read Christina Rossetti's poem and i do love her poem because i learned a lesson from this poem, it is about sisterly love. I think it is can be the main idea of this poem too. The reason why i say that because when we getting in trouble , no matter how dangerous it is, the only person who can without anything thinking about dangerous and just want to helping us is our family members.It is very clear to see that in Christina Rossetti's " Goblin Market" how strong is their sisterly love, and the power of helping eacother.

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