Goblin Market Analysis

Youth and growing up is all about making mistakes, brushing yourself off, and learning from those mistakes. Children are constantly being taught lessons through trial and error. Learning through mistakes applies to us throughout our life. Authors Christina Rossetti and Maurice Sendak’s written pieces are ridden with symbols of adult themes of trial and error. These children's books tackle themes that are way too complex for a child's understanding. The time period of both of these children’s books may be largely different, but their messages to the reader is the same. Even though the books are on the surface intended for children, they both teach valuable lessons for teens and adults. Both Where The Wild Things Are and "Goblin Market" teach that it is ok to make mistakes as long as you learn from them. In "Goblin Market", Laura is a young woman enticed by the fruits of goblin men, who were considered taboo by her sister and presumably the community. Laura succumbs to the temptation and eats the fruits that were presented to her by these animalistic goblin men. Laura becomes obsessed with the fruit and her sister, Lizzie, becomes concerned. To break Laura’s obsession, Lizzie goes down to the goblins and rejects the fruit offered to her. The goblin men hit her and insult her until
Christina Rossetti, a poet in nineteenth century England, wanted to make sure that women of the era go out and explore the world. That is why Christina choose two female protagonists to be the heroine and the hero of the poem. Maurice Sendak has infact revealed that his poem is also for adults. He was asked in an interview with Stephen Colbert, “ Does rumpus mean sex?” and he replied, “sure.” These stories can be taken for its literal value for children, but also can be analysed as meaningful