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Feminist Ideas Of Womanhood In Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

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During the time of the Victorian Era, women were viewed as second class citizens, which meant that they were in a continual fight to be recognized as equals to and among men. They were not allowed to hold positions of power. Women were restricted to gender roles and were expected to uphold such heteronormative positions in society. During that time, however, women began to voice their issues and took matters into their own hands in order to see to it that their problems were resolved and their needs, met. Christina Rossetti’s story, “Goblin Market,” rejects patriarchal ideas of womanhood by addressing sexual repression and introducing feminist ideas in nineteenth century Great Britain, while also offering a narrative that connects to the identity
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