After days of watching her sister suffer and as she became “decreasing she seemed to be knocking on death's door” (“Goblin Market” 320-321) because of the fruit who had been eaten by goblin men, Lizzie is determined to find a way to save her sister. Lizzie decides that she herself will have to go to the Goblin Market to buy their fruit, thinking that it might be the only cure for her sister's illness. Lizzie's selfless actions can be compared to those of Christ. When Lizzie goes to the market to buy the fruit, the goblin men attempt to seduce her and try to make her eat the fruit herself. However, Lizzie is strong-willed and knows the consequences of eating their fruit, so she remains stubborn, refusing to eat the goblin men's fruit. Her resistance angers the Goblin Men who "trampled and pushed her, bumped and jostled her, clawed with their nails, barked, meowed, hissed, jeered... held her hands and squeezed their fruit, against her mouth to make her eat." (399-407), harming her both physically and verbally. Lizzie, determined not to eat the fruit, simply closes her mouth and lets the fruit's juices pour over her. Then she runs home in a frantic state and lets Laura suck the juices out of her. Here Lizzie is depicted as a very Christ-like figure. He selflessly allows himself to be tortured by the Goblin Men so he can save his sister. When she returns home she shows no signs of anger towards Laura for what had just happened, although ultimately Laura's inability to not give in to temptation is what caused her to be abused by the goblin men. This can be compared to Christ's willingness to give up his life so that the sins of humanity would be blotted out in the Bible. When Laura is given the juices of the fruit by her sister, she is provided redemption. Even if he had