1	“Goblin Market” p. 1589
2	Female Stereotypes Lizzie—“Angel in the House” “Placid,” “content,” “like a royal virgin town” Resists temptation Content with domestic duties Laura—“Fallen Woman” “Like a leaping flame,” a “restless brook,” a “vessel at launch when its last restraint is gone” Succumbs to temptation “Sick” of domestic duties
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4	Symbols Forbidden Fruit Forbidden experience (lines 40-45) Illicit sexuality—erotic imagery, punishment typical of fallen women (lines 141-162) Goblin Men Temptation of “evil gifts” (line 66) Men who sexually seduce and abandon women
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6	Symbols Laura’s golden curl Symbol of femininity, female sexuality Item of sale—woman selling herself on sexual “market”
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8	Symbols Lizzie as Christ figure Deliberately enters the realm of evil (the glen) Passively endures attack Sacrifices herself for her sister’s redemption (lines 396-421)
9	Symbols Lizzie as “female hero” Imagery of attack is suggestive of rape Heroism depicted in erotic terms (lines 408-421, 464-474, 491-523) Tension between spirituality and sensuality
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11	Sensual Imagery vs. Message of Self-Denial Reinforces Victorian domestic ideal Lizzie’s heroism is based in self-denial Lizzie and Laura become wives and mothers (lines 543-567)
12	Sensual Imagery vs. Message of Self-Denial Critiques Victorian domestic ideal Laura is redeemed Laura’s longing is sympathetically portrayed Erotic imagery suggests intense desire and dissatisfaction with self-denial
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14	Lesbian Subtext Erotic imagery of the sisters’ relationship, message of female solidarity No biographical evidence that Rossetti was lesbian Subconscious expression of lesbian desire?
15	Lesbian Subtext Repressed sexuality of Victorian culture emerging in “safe” imagery of sisterly affection Expresses longing and deprivation that accompany the Victorian domestic ideal