Goblin Market Flashcards
(23 cards)
A line which indicates that virgins can hear the goblin’s cry
“Maids heard the goblin’s cry”
What the goblins call out to the maids
“Come buy, come buy”
Examples of fruits sold by the goblins
“Apples and quinces”
“bullaces”
“Rare pears and greengages”
“Damsons and bilberries”
Lizzie warning Laura of the dangers of temptation and the consequences of this
“Their offers should not charm us, / Their evil gifts would harm us.”
The appearance of the goblins which is similar to animals
“cat’s face”
“whisked a tail”
“tramped at a rat’s pace”
“crawled like a snail”
“like a wombat”
What Laura uses to pay for the fruits
“golden curl”
The line which states a certain time of the day is not good for maids
“Twilight is not good for maidens”
The fate of Jeanie, another maid who consumed the fruits the goblins offered to her
“dwindled and grew grey; / Then fell with the first snow, / While to this day no grass will grow / Where she lies low”
The ways in which Rossetti likens the sisters Lizzie and Laura
“Like two pigeons in one nest”
“Like two blossoms on one stem”
“Like two flakes of new-fall’n snow”
“Like two wands of ivory”
The way that Lizzie and Laura differ after Laura eats the fruits
“One content, one sick in part”
A consequence of Laura eating the fruits discovered when she tries to find the goblins again for more fruit
“Listening ever, but not catching / The customary cry”
A metaphor used to describe Laura’s rapid decline in health after giving into temptation
“Her tree of life drooped from the root”
How Laura’s appearance alters in a similar way to Jeanie
“Her hair grew thin and grey; / She dwindled […] To swift decay and burn / Her fire away.”
Laura neglecting household tasks that prior to eating the fruits she would do happily
“She no more swept the house […] And would not eat.”
Lizzie laments about Jeanie’s potential in life had she not been tempted by the govlins
“She thought of Jeanie in her grave, / Who should have been a bride; / But who for joys brides hope to have / Fell sick and died / In her gay prime”
Laura’s ill health and the likelihood of her dying
“Seemed knocking at Death’s door”
The appearance of the goblins and the ways they look like animals
“Cat-like and rat-like, / Ratel and wombat-like”
The ways in which the goblins violate Lizzie and attack her when she goes to get fruit for Laura
“Grunting and smarling”
“Their looks were evil”
“trod and hustled her”
“Held her hands and squeezed their fruits / Against her mouth to make her eat”
Descriptions of Lizzie as she fights off the goblins and resists the fruit
“White and golden”
“Like a lily in a flood”
“Like a royal virgin town”
Lizzie returning to Laura with fruit
“Did you miss me? / Come and kiss me.”
The effects of the fruit on Laura as she returns to her normal self
“Laura awoke as from a dream, / Laughed in the innocent old way”
Lizzie and Laura’s future following the incident with the goblins
“when they were both wives / With children of their own”
The benefits of having a sister
“For there is no friend like a sister […] To cheer one on the tedious way, / To fetch one if one goes astray, / To lift one if one totters down, / To strengthen whilst one stands.”
