"Goblin Market"

1. What views does the poem express about women's roles? about men and marriage?
2. If "Goblin Market" is a parable about female sexuality, what are its messages about Laura's eating the goblins' fruit, about the goblins' refusal to sell their fruit to Lizzie, about Lizzie's erotic invitation for Laura to "Hug me, kiss me, suck my juices" and to "Eat me, drink me, love me" (468, 471)? Is this a poem that upholds the view of women expressed by Ellis? Is it a feminist poem? A lesbian poem?
3. With its title and the goblins' repeated call to "Come buy," "Goblin Market" can be read as a commentary on capitalism and commodity culture. What is Rossetti's view of Victorian Britain's emphasis on buying and selling?
4. The story of the fall of man, as told both in Genesis and by Milton in Paradise Lost, had a significant influence on the way the Victorians regarded the potent interconnection of knowledge, sex, and power. How might "Goblin Market" be seen as a re-telling of or commentary on this story? How does Rossetti regard this traditional tale of female disobedience and temptation leading to a male fall and eviction from Paradise?