Rossetti uses the conceptual language of the fruits, woman and mythical goblins to challenge the contemporary views of a sexually ignominious society towards women caused by a patriarchal society while trying to create a fairer and more equal world.

Goblins are the mythical creatures that represent the darkness, and ugly nature of man who has no central morals. This directly reflects on the patriarchal society of the time, that the men were not people to talk to but rather fear. This is reducing them to an animalistic desire, this is further reinforced by the group description of the goblins;
“One had a cats face…
One tramped at rat’s pace,
One crawled like a snail”
However as Rossetti reduces men to their animalistic nature, we begin to