Essay Archive - Analysis Of Goblin Market
Analysis Of Goblin Market
In Goblin Market, Christina Rossetti uses masks to describe the goblin men. One has a cat's face, one had a tail, one tramped at a rat's pace, one crawl like a snail, one like a wombat prowled obtuse and furry, and one like a ratel tumbled hurry-skurry. The type of masks Rossetti uses suggests more than just an animal figure but also suggests the goblin men to be deceiving types of characters. The cat, rat and snail are all animals that share a common thread of deception. The masks suggest characteristics of deceiving men and describe the type of character each individual man resembles.
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