ENGLISH LITERATURE (CBSE/UGC NET)

Detailed explanation-1: -In the first scene, God sends the Son to judge Adam, Eve, and the serpent. This judgment takes place in the second scene. In the third scene, Sin and Death meet Satan returning to Hell.

Detailed explanation-2: -In the poem Eve breaks God’s ban on eating the fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. God expels Adam and Eve from Paradise as a result of their actions; he also makes Adam work hard to farm difficult land to produce food and that Eve will suffer pain in childbirth from now on.

Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -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-5: -At the end of Paradise Lost, Adam and Eve are sent out from the Garden of Eden as punishment for their disobedience. They are no longer immortal and must suffer the ravages of sickness, injury, and age.