FAMOUS PLAYWRIGHT POET AND OTHERS
PARADISE LOST JOHN MILTON
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vanity
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lust
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greed
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pride
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Detailed explanation-1: -Eve in Paradise Lost is vain vulnerable and evidently intellectually inferior to Adam. However, Sandra M Gilbert argues that, though Milton portrays her as a weak character, he also puts her on a par with Satan in her refusal to accept hierarchy and because of her ability to move the plot of Paradise Lost forward.
Detailed explanation-2: -John Milton’s epic poem, Paradise Lost, discusses the Fall of humankind from Paradise . The Fall occurs when Adam and Eve, after tempted by Satan, eat the fruit of the Tree of Knowledge. In doing so, Adam and Eve show disobedience towards God and are, subsequently, expelled from Eden, or Paradise .
Detailed explanation-3: -As a near perfect human, Adam is ruled by reason. He immediately understands Eve’s sin in eating the apple, but he willfully ignores his reason and eats because of his love and desire for her. Adam’s uxorious attitude toward Eve, which perverts the hierarchy of Earth and Paradise, leads directly to his fall.
Detailed explanation-4: -In Genesis, Eve loved God, but only when Satan twists that love does she sin. In Paradise Lost, Eve is prideful and Adam is loving, but only when that pride and love is twisted do they sin. Only when our intentions are confused by outside forces do we commit evil.