Goblin Market

After reading this long winded poem many of its ideas and symbols resonated in my mind. But the part that stuck out for me was the first page and the way that the author illustrates the scene. How all these goblins are "crying" about all their delicious wares, urging the listeners to buy, buy, buy. The imagery of this scene can be considered contridictory and comical as these goblins which are usually considered ugly and disgusting are shouting about the beautiful fruits they are selling and the amazing products they have to offer. Luring people to buy the great things they are offering while the girls rush through one enchanted by the amazing offers and the other opposed to them knowing their pollutant nature. Could this be an allusion to modern day society where we are bombarded with advertisements and commercials generally trying to sell us things we have no need of?