tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post2710943547518505179..comments2022-04-07T10:37:46.850-05:00Comments on English 208b: The Impossible, Perverse and Strange: Sisters in the Goblin MarketDahlia Porterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09174548009168267294noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post-5888725520101519272010-04-03T22:50:38.984-05:002010-04-03T22:50:38.984-05:00I agree that the sisters provide a contrast for ea...I agree that the sisters provide a contrast for each other in this piece but I think what is even more interesting is the absence of men in the poem. We talked about this briefly but I think the fact that one sister accepts the strange fruit of goblins and drives the other sister away kind of speaks to a potential lesbian undertone. Maybe it's suggesting that when women spurn "sisterly love" for the exotic fruit of men they pay the price. "Buy Now" indeed.nathaniel.a.marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14161040981530974295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post-31705931668459773682010-04-01T14:31:00.526-05:002010-04-01T14:31:00.526-05:00After looking at the other illustrations that Alec...After looking at the other illustrations that Alec and Liz showed us in class, I think this one looks even more fairytale like and not as realistic. I like how she is sitting down amongst them but I feel like Rossetti's image makes them look more scary because they are completely surrounding her. Like the other one in class, she is tiny in built and her long blond hair gives more of the fanciful idea.Sarah Barhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18050748346542134447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8246797287811539521.post-33903842670842600332010-04-01T01:42:25.878-05:002010-04-01T01:42:25.878-05:00That's the thing that always really interests ...That's the thing that always really interests me about these stories of "temptation" - in the Bible and in poems like the "Goblin Market," which are often allegories to the Garden of Eden and the fall of Eve.<br /><br />It just reminds me of Paradise Lost all over again. And this is surely because I've been educated in the 21st century, but I find it absolutely bizarre that the pursuit of knowledge is so frequently seen as crime that must be punished. There are plenty of classical and even colloquial examples: Pandora's Box, Eve in the Bible, and even the common adage, "Curiosity killed the cat." <br /><br />So why is knowledge - even sexual knowledge, for that matter - so forbidden, so out of bounds? Why such harsh punishment for so small a crime?Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11876914804848492007noreply@blogger.com