adam and eve AO5

haldenby - milton’s portrayal of eve

Milton’s portrayal of Eve was possibly beyond his time

mile haldenby - eve as a martyr

Eve’s actions were “nothing short of heroism”

C M Bowra - Adam without Eve

Adam cannot “live without Eve and since he believes that she is now doomed to die, he prefers to die with her”

B A Wright (“female charm”)

irresistible power Eve exercises over him

C M Bowra - Adam being torn

Adam finds himself torn between his love for God and his love of Eve

C S Lewis

Eve fell through pride

Frye

What happens when Adam eats the forbidden fruit, then, is not an act, but the surrendering of the power to act

Lewalski - Adam falls to relish in pleasure

Adam only falls because she does