Goblin Market

In Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti, there seemed to be a tale of a hero. Two girls, Laura and Lizzie, are out one evening and they here the call of goblins. The goblins are calling out to the girls to buy their many alluring fruits. Laura, though discouraged by Lizzie, buys from the goblins with a piece of her, for she has no money, and she eats the many fruits with the goblins. After finishing the food she bought, Laura is saddened and looks forward to the next night to find the goblins again. That next night, the girls are out and the goblins call to them again, however, Laura's composure has diminished from desiring the goblins' fruits, and she has been left blind and deaf. Lizzie wanting to help Laura seeks to buy fruit from the goblins. However, Lizzie refuses to eat the fruit herself. The goblins become bitter and attempt to force her to eat the fruit. Lizzie is maimed and covered in the fruit, but she does not eat any of the fruit. Lizzie goes back to Laura covered in fruit, and Lizzie tells Laura to eat the fruit. Upon doing so, Laura's diminished composure is restored. Lizzie is the hero in this story. Lizzie is faced with the dilemma of Laura's declining health; Lizzie journeys through darkness by confronting the goblins, yet refusing to eat the fruit. She survives "hell" and brings Laura back from certain death.