By Christina RossettiThe poem about the Goblin Market, the men are represented and/or depicted as "goblins". At the beginning of the play, the goblin men present themselves as sellers and merchants trying to sell something that may seem harmless like "fruit" and other goods, but in reality they are trying to sell the "forbidden fruit" to their young and innocent. . The goblin men try to trick and pocket the young servants Laura and Lizzie, "Currants and gooseberries, Barberries like a hot fire, Figs to fill your mouth, Lemons of the South, Sweet to the tongue and to the sound eyes; Come buy, come buy (L25-31). The kind and cheerful tone of goblin men is common when depicting men who want or use something for their personal use. But things can change violently in an instant if they don't get what they want. The goblin men knew that the fruit would steal their youth and their innocents. But that doesn't mean that the goblin market is based on goblin men trying to take the youth and innocence of the two girls, but rather something more. Some readers may see ...