Paradise Lost Literary Analysis
Before The Fall, Adam and Eve existed together as one in the Garden of Eden, but soon their unity began to dismantle throughout the course of Paradise Lost (Sims 1). Tempted by the lavish fruit from The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil, Eve is persuaded to take a bite of the fruit by Satan, God’s second in command, who is now the leader of fallen angels. Then Adam, lead on by Eve, took a bite as well, which lead to The Fall of humanity. But this whole experience is different; the temptation by Satan is not felt, but linked second-hand. The original meaning of The Fall is that it was Eve’s fault, but in Paradise Lost Milton places the blame on Adam.
Eve portrays what Milton believes that is internal within all women- the weaknesses that …show more content…
Milton starts off as presenting Adam as a protecting, reasonable and logical man with great authority. God created Adam with free will, so he has to make a choice to obey God’s orders of not eating from The Tree of Knowledge, or to follow Eve’s decision. Throughout the book, Milton drops hints about Adam’s flaws; For example, how Adam does not share the warnings that God and Raphael tell him about The Tree of Knowledge, or how Adam can only think about having sexual relations with Eve instead of working. Men are believed to have logical and reason, but Adam shows the trait passion, which women are believed to have. In Milton’s re-told story of The Fall, Adam is seen to have passion and Eve is seen to have reason and logical, which is complete opposite of belief (Lansbury 2). All of these actions characterized by Adam could be why he had the blame set on him for The Fall of man.
Miltons’s interpretation of The Fall had the blame placed on Adam. Adam did not bother to tell Eve of the warnings about The Tree of Knowledge or about Satan disgusted as the serpent. If Adam would have told her and would have obeyed God’s commands, maybe humans would be immortal like originally planned. Adam’s fondness of Eve and inability to obey led to The Fall, but in the end Adam and Eve walked out of the Garden of Eden,
Eve portrays what Milton believes that is internal within all women- the weaknesses that …show more content…
Milton starts off as presenting Adam as a protecting, reasonable and logical man with great authority. God created Adam with free will, so he has to make a choice to obey God’s orders of not eating from The Tree of Knowledge, or to follow Eve’s decision. Throughout the book, Milton drops hints about Adam’s flaws; For example, how Adam does not share the warnings that God and Raphael tell him about The Tree of Knowledge, or how Adam can only think about having sexual relations with Eve instead of working. Men are believed to have logical and reason, but Adam shows the trait passion, which women are believed to have. In Milton’s re-told story of The Fall, Adam is seen to have passion and Eve is seen to have reason and logical, which is complete opposite of belief (Lansbury 2). All of these actions characterized by Adam could be why he had the blame set on him for The Fall of man.
Miltons’s interpretation of The Fall had the blame placed on Adam. Adam did not bother to tell Eve of the warnings about The Tree of Knowledge or about Satan disgusted as the serpent. If Adam would have told her and would have obeyed God’s commands, maybe humans would be immortal like originally planned. Adam’s fondness of Eve and inability to obey led to The Fall, but in the end Adam and Eve walked out of the Garden of Eden,