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In CYHIYB, brothers Sam and Dean are trying to solve multiple disappearances in a town that are attributed to UFOs, but the boys discover fairies are responsible after Dean is abducted.ĭigging deeper, both Laura and Dean are changed by their experiences: Laura “dwindled, as the fair full moon doth turn/To swift decay” (Rossetti, 8) and Dean returns from his abduction able to see fairies while others can’t (see strongly-PG-13-rated scene below): “Goblin Market” describes the tale of a woman tempted by goblins to buy their (sexual) fruit, and her sister’s heroic (and virginal) act of resisting the goblins’ advances while obtaining the fruit juice her sister needs to survive. TreeStump on Mettus Curtius and His CountenanceĪt first glance, the poem “Goblin Market” by Christina Rossetti and the Supernatural episode S6E9 “Clap Your Hands If You Believe” (hereafter CYHIYB) tell very different stories.ontheCountof3 on Mirroring Expectations.ontheCountof3 on Delicate, Worthless, “Poor, Faint, Valueless”: Oh, Fair Dreamer!.Victorian's Secret on Dutiful Daughters?.Victorian's Secret on Gender Construction in “The Yellow Drawing Room”.freudian slip on Gender Construction in “The Yellow Drawing Room”.Delicate, Worthless, “Poor, Faint, Valueless”: Oh, Fair Dreamer! November 5, 2021.Mirroring Expectations November 5, 2021.Alice to d4: Chess and Gender in “Through the Looking Glass” November 8, 2021.The New Woman (Again) November 22, 2021.A new sight in this song November 23, 2021.Mettus Curtius and His Countenance November 23, 2021.Sexuality and Being Self-Same November 30, 2021.Gender Construction in “The Yellow Drawing Room” December 2, 2021.

Goblin market by christina rossetti