Mr Francis,COUSIN KATE

Cousin Kate, by Christina Rosetti.
Reading this poem after Goblin market gave me an insight into Christina Rosetti's negativeness of men, in all of her poetry that we have read so far, she potrays men, as bad, unhuman, using and violent. Hopefully, reading more poetry we may find out if she carries on doing so, and if so why.

I feel the destination of this peice of poetry by Rosetti is that girls that sleep around unwed, have their innocence taken away from them, and pride, leading an unhappy and poor life. This obviously potrays men as using and disrespectful, and the argument of men being negative and bad is widely established.

At the start of the poem Rosetti included lines such is;
'I was a cottage maiden'
Explaining the innocent of a 'maiden' girl, this innocence is represented by her still being a virgin.
Cottage; Almost vulnerable, country girl.

At the end of the poem;
'My fair haired son,my shame, my pride'
Explaining despite being used by the man, she got a son, her shame of sleeping with such a respectless man, and pride, for not being embarrassed, or feeling worthless, yes regretting what she had done, however, something good came out of a bad situation, the irreplaceable birth of her first born son.

LESSON 4 MR FRANCIS

Erotic, redemption, marxism, moralism, and feminism. I included all of these interpretations into my peice of writing 'Discuss all the possible interpretations in 'Goblin market'.'
Femisim in Goblins market is a huge interpretation, i discovered this as i had so much to write about and many quotes showed femisim;
'Two flowers in one stem'
This quote i feel strengthened my arguemnt when discussing feminism as it is the goblins describing the sisters, not only does it describe there close bond between the sisters despite difficulties in their relationship, it shows what the Goblin men feel about the girls, showing their erotic attitude towards the girls they had caused such trouble between and with.
Line 468
'Hug me, Kiss me, suck my juices' is a very interesting line showing most of the interpretations. Femisim of Lizzie doing anything for her sister in hope for her health to deteriate no more. The words used could be seen as erotic despite being between the two sisters. Marxism, the fruit was the start of the problem as the goblin men desperatly sold in their hope for trade, causing this final desperate scene. Redemption as Laura sucks on her sisters neck almost sucking the 'innocence' out of her sensible sister Lizze, before she falls back into her old usual state.
This peice of writing helped me get all my different ideas down onto paper, helping me remeber them in future.

Mr Francis, Lesson three

Christina Georgina Rosetti is the poet who wrote the poem 'Goblins market' but it isn't just reading the poem that we looked at, it is many interesting interpretations she included and why these were important.
Interpretations;
Erotic
Redemption
Moral
Marxism
Feminism
Erotic is a large part of the poem: quotes such as;
'Unpecked cherry'
hint at virginity and sex, there are many more quotes to back this up.
Redemption: It is strongly thought that towards the end of the poem Laura is seeking redemption from Lizzie, Lizzie put herself at risk for her sister, though she had previously not listened and given in to the Goblin men, this then leads on to the important interpretation feminism, the example of the sisters strong bond, shows feminism. Feminism in Goblins market is backed up as the only males are the Goblins who are represented as aggresive and unhuman, where as the girls are described to be innocent and beautiful,
'like two lilies in one stem'
this only broadens the Feministic interpretation in Goblins Market.
The temptation of the fruit in goblins market is where the marxism, where the Goblins are desperate for trade and consumerism, they even took Lauras lock of hair;
'She cut of her golden lock'
this represents Laura almost selling herself and giving away her innocence. Many interpretations in Goblins market are there for a reason and tell us a lot about the poet Christina Rosetti and hopefully we will understand more as to why they are in there.

'Goblins Market' by Christina Rosetti

Christina Georgina Rosetti is the poet who wrote the poem 'Goblins market' but it isn't just reading the poem that we looked at, it is many interesting interpretations she included and why these were important.
Interpretations;
Erotic
Redemption
Moral
Marxism
Feminism
Erotic is a large part of the poem: quotes such as;
'Unpecked cherry'
hint at virginity and sex, there are many more quotes to back this up.
Redemption: It is strongly thought that towards the end of the poem Laura is seeking redemption from Lizzie, Lizzie put herself at risk for her sister, though she had previously not listened and given in to the Goblin men, this then leads on to the important interpretation feminism, the example of the sisters strong bond, shows feminism. Feminism in Goblins market is backed up as the only males are the Goblins who are represented as aggresive and unhuman, where as the girls are described to be innocent and beautiful,
'like two lilies in one stem'
this only broadens the Feministic interpretation in Goblins Market.
The temptation of the fruit in goblins market is where the marxism, where the Goblins are desperate for trade and consumerism, they even took Lauras lock of hair;
'She cut of her golden lock'
this represents Laura almost selling herself and giving away her innocence. Many interpretations in Goblins market are there for a reason and tell us a lot about the poet Christina Rosetti and hopefully we will understand more as to why they are in there.

Mr Francis LESSON TWO

Today we discussed eachothers blogs, and gave Mr francis all of our usernames before re-reading the poem 'goblins market' by Christina Rosetti. We discussed as a class the different destinations of what we thought could be from the poem, and the different techniques used by Christina and why, and how they were an important part of the poem. I liked being able to discuss with a partner our own individual views and even sometimes have a chance to express them to the class and together discuss the reasons why. Hearing everyones different ideas and concepts on the poem was interesting and helpful becuase i could then take them on board and add them together with my own ideas forming my own final opinions on the part of the poem we read.

English, Mr Francis LESSON ONE!

My very first lesson with Mr Francis today, we did about destinations, I found it was quite easy to underdstand and get the hang of, though remebering that we need to know how to notice the destinations and what leads to a destination not just what the destination is, could prove hard to remeber during the pressure of exams, so i will have to practice this quite a bit when preparing for our first exam. We used our first example in Chapter one of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen, this is the book we have recently started reading, the destination in Pride and Prejudice is marriage, it was a nice example to use as our first, as the opening sentence was a big give away about the destination, however, we looked at all of the first chapter and looked at what other clues were shown to hint at the destination of this book, and why and how they were effective. I learnt that its not about what isn't put in the chapter/book, but its what is put in and why.