in goblin market christina rossetti explores the theme of fantasy,discuss

On the surface, the poem does resemble a fantasy.

When they first hear the goblins, Laura cautions Lizzie, "We must not look at goblin men,/ We must not buy their fruits." And Lizzie later warns, "Their offers should not charm us,/ Their evil gifts would harm us." They also remember the sad case of their friend Jeanie, who "met them in the moonlight,/ Took their gifts both choice and many,/ Ate their fruits and wore their flowers." But once she had eaten the fruit, Jeanie could never again find the goblin men.

She "dwindled and grew grey" wishing for more goblin fruit. She now lies in a grave on which no flowers or grass will grow.

Laura, despite these warnings, finds the goblins' cries "kind and full of loves."