Painting, "Prosperine" by Christina Rossetti's brother, Dante Gabriel.
Depicts Persephone, daughter of Greek fertility goddess Demeter, kidnapped by Pluto, god of the underworld. Eating the forbidden fruit of Hades condemned Persephone to eternity in the underworld.
Questions:

1. Compare Lizzie and Laura. How do Lizzie and Laura fulfill the Victorian period's stereotypes of the "Angel in the House" (domestic woman) and the "Fallen Woman" ("tainted" by selfish desire and extramarital sexual experience)?

2. What might the Goblin men and their forbidden fruits represent?