Christina Rossetti's Goblin Market

I really enjoyed reading the "Goblin Market" of Christina Rossetti. Well, at first, the poem seemed too long to read, but the message and the words were quite easy to understand. I thought this poem was just to criticize men and support women's empowerment, but after searching some information, I think this poem can be interpreted as a letter to her brothers.

Christina Rossetti had two brothers, Dante Gabriel and William Michael Rossetti. It is said that their affection for each other was really strong, and they did get along really well. However, although they were good brothers and a sister, people at that time has a conservative attitude toward women's rights and the gender equality.

As a result, Christina's brothers did not allow her to be an official member of the artistic movement, Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood although they supported her writing. 

So I think the "Goblin Market" can be a letter of Christina to her brothers, who discriminates her because of her gender. In this poem, the goblins temp two sisters although Lizzie overcomes the temptation. The goblins can be her two brothers, who keeps suppressing her to be "a woman" with traditional women roles. Lizzie is Christina herself, so that she is telling her brothers that she would fight against the situation where only men were allowed to have a social life.