Rosetti and Goblin Market

  On taking a closer look at the first 140 lines of the poem, I could see more religious themes coming out along with elements of innocence and temptation. Laura's golden hair seems like her innocence or her soul -a part of her she has to lose to pay the price for giving in to temptation. The goblins are represented by quite grotesque imagery and are all men. They are said to be sly, making us suspicious of them but their voices are kind and "honey-toned". The list of fruits in the first part seems to me like a list of temptations on offer that will eventually lead to sins. Though Laura was the first to caution her sister, she was also the first to succumb to temptation. Once she has consumed the fruit, Laura is addicted and the reader can clearly see that it isn't going to end well.