we learned it was about how women were never given a second chance in england in the victorian ages once they did something to corrupt their reputations, and the goblins are men that try to get the girls to have sex with them, and when they do eat the fruit/have sex they dont want the girls anymore - its a one time thing. Then the sister gets the juice for her sister giving her redemption she wouldn't normally get by smudging her own reputation just by being out late with the goblin men.
my drama group are turning this into a plat in april which should be intresting at the least. lowclef there is a sex link and also a drugs link but look also at the bigger picture of temptation, good and evil, god and the devil.....its a very clever but also sexual poem.
There's also a lot to be said about Victorian commerce. The gentry and serfs were a dying subculture when many English farms were bought out by the government to subsidize the production of goods. Cottage industry was inverted during the industrial revolution, forcing many farmers to seek work in the cities. The overt sexual imagery might represent how the bourgeoning commercial culture assaulted the lower classes, forcing this new system of industry.
This explosion of commerce from the Industrial Revolution also saw a rise in capitalist ideology in Victorian England. As more and more people moved to the cities, commercialism increased; it became a buyer-and-seller market. I suppose Rossetti's poem wants to illustrate the orgy-esque way Victorians consistently consumed goods and services in the new industrial system; akin to drug addicts, like many of Rossetti's friends.
Girls who are properly brought up have nothing to do with goblins. Sadly British girls seem to be the worst brought up in the world and miscegenation with goblins is not the worst of it.
could not read anyhting in the videao at all.
x69Crunchyx 9 months ago
we learned it was about how women were never given a second chance in england in the victorian ages once they did something to corrupt their reputations, and the goblins are men that try to get the girls to have sex with them, and when they do eat the fruit/have sex they dont want the girls anymore - its a one time thing. Then the sister gets the juice for her sister giving her redemption she wouldn't normally get by smudging her own reputation just by being out late with the goblin men.
showerpwner 11 months ago
@showerpwner That is also a very relevant interpretation, if Rossetti was consciously moralising this may well have been the story behind it.
spidea 11 months ago
perhaps we are, perhaps that is what it is about...
spidea 2 years ago
arent we all in some ways raped by goblins?
Therockdeadrockstars 2 years ago
Saw this late at night on the TV. Really liked this video. Thanks
amirtaaki 2 years ago
Love it! great job!
delinquentmap 2 years ago
my drama group are turning this into a plat in april which should be intresting at the least. lowclef there is a sex link and also a drugs link but look also at the bigger picture of temptation, good and evil, god and the devil.....its a very clever but also sexual poem.
gobbycdh 3 years ago
what about sex? what is it saying?
spidea 3 years ago
There's also a lot to be said about Victorian commerce. The gentry and serfs were a dying subculture when many English farms were bought out by the government to subsidize the production of goods. Cottage industry was inverted during the industrial revolution, forcing many farmers to seek work in the cities. The overt sexual imagery might represent how the bourgeoning commercial culture assaulted the lower classes, forcing this new system of industry.
GreyElf3K 2 years ago
I agree with Lowclef,
dray52804 3 years ago
Its definitely rather sensual but there are also suggestions of drug addiction. Its a very strange story really for a Victorian.
spidea 3 years ago
This explosion of commerce from the Industrial Revolution also saw a rise in capitalist ideology in Victorian England. As more and more people moved to the cities, commercialism increased; it became a buyer-and-seller market. I suppose Rossetti's poem wants to illustrate the orgy-esque way Victorians consistently consumed goods and services in the new industrial system; akin to drug addicts, like many of Rossetti's friends.
GreyElf3K 2 years ago
I think its about sex
Lowclef 3 years ago 2
Girls who are properly brought up have nothing to do with goblins. Sadly British girls seem to be the worst brought up in the world and miscegenation with goblins is not the worst of it.
limeypattern 4 years ago
Have any of you been bothered by goblins before?
limeypattern 4 years ago