Dante Gabriel Rossetti painting of model combing her hair.
In the Victorian Age, long hair was a symbol of femininity, but a woman was expected to bind her hair up while in public.
Questions:

1. What's the symbolic significance of Laura purchasing the Goblin men's fruits with a lock of her hair?

2. How does Laura behave after eating the fruit and how is she punished?

3. How does the poem suggest a sympathetic treatment for fallen women? How do you interpret the poem's "moral" in the final stanza?