In Book Nine of Paradise Lost, Adam finds himself making an excuse for his behavior as he creates the fall of humankind. It all starts when Eve decides they should be separated when working in the Garden of Eden, because they have a lot of work to be done “Let us divide our labors, thou where choice leads thee…” (Line 214). Adam does not like Eve’s idea because he feels they will be more tempted by Satan, but he goes along with it anyway. Little does he know, Eve has given into Satan’s lure, and plucked an apple from the Tree of Knowledge. Since Eve went against God’s one and only rule about how they cannot eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, she runs to Adam right away. Adam’s first reaction is horrified , but then realizes he is in love with her “rather than death or aught than death more dread shall separate us, linked in love so dear, to undergo with me one guilt, one crime” (Line 969-971). Eve persuades Adam to eat from the apple as well so he will not have to be with another girl and separated from her. He thinks about it, and realizes this is the best decision to make since he is madly in love with Eve, and cannot picture his life at the Garden of Eden without her “fondly overcome with female charm” (Line 998). He decides he must suffer with her this way they can always be together, so he takes a bite from the apple. This is an example of how Adam has to defend and rationalize his behavior about eating the forbidden fruit and going against God’s rule.
In Book of 9 of Paradise Lost, we see the fall of humankind. Satan takes the form of a serpent and once Adam and Eve have separated for the days work, Satan finds Eve and begins to try and convince her to eat fruit from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. In lines 527-530 it says, "His gentle dumb expression turned at length The eye of Eve to mark his play; he glad Of her attention gained, with serpent tongue Organic, or impulse of vocal air." At first, Eve is amazed by the snakes ability to speak and have knowledge. She is eager to find what fruit would give her more power. Satan takes her to the tree of knowledge and at first, Eve draws back saying that is was the tree that God had forbidden both Adam and Eve from eating from. However, according to the book and already stated by Lola4, Eve gave into Satan's lure. He was able to convince her, because of his position in front of her. God had told them that death was the penalty for eating from the Tree of Knowledge, but if the serpent was still alive after eating from it, (or supposedly eating from it), then death must not occur afterwards. She also gives into Satan's words, truly believing that it was a test from God, and that God wanted both Adam and Eve to be independent. She runs to Adam after she takes a bite, and convinces him to do the same. He knows that it is wrong, but he cannot bear the thought of being without her. So he too takes a bite, and thus creating the fall of mankind.
Underestimated by the one he wishes whom he had for himself, Satan is able to convince Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Satan surprising Eve by his ability to talk as a serpent, wins her full attention with overwhelming compliments. She claims that according to God, eating from the tree results to death but, she has “proof” from the serpent presented in front of her, who ate the fruit and is still breathing, talking and thinking and is tempted to eat the apple. In lines 615-616, Eve expresses her beliefs that Satan’s ability to speak has been proven by the power of the fruit; and eating it will consume her with knowledge. Once Eve chose to follow Satan’s word over God’s, that was the very moment the world had began to fall (lines 642-645). Adding to BlueEm10‘s statement about God’s wants for Adam and Eve, Eve attempts to justify her act of sin by stating that God direct commandment to her was “Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.” Instead of repenting to God, Eve’s first instinct is to find Adam to convince him to commit the unforgivable sin as well. She claims to Adam that her eyes have been open. She also wants him to suffer the same consequence with her, because she doesn’t want Adam to be able to still live when she is gone, and be with another woman. At first highly disappointed by Eve’s sin, Adam ends up giving in as well, symbolizing his love for Eve and feeling as if he can’t live without her.
Eve is tempted into eating the apple due to her headiness. Eve is overwhelmed by the amount of flattery that she receives from the serpent. Satan, disguised as the serpent, tells Eve of a wonderful tree he ate from that gave him the ability to talk. Eve is shocked that any animal in the forest can talk and that the any fruit could be so powerful as to give the ability of a serpent speech. The serpent continues to compliment Eve’s beauty and she is so flattered that she decides to follow the serpent to see where he got the magical fruit. Once Eve sees that the fruit is from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, she tells the serpent that she is not allowed to eat from there. As Icy_Me says, Eve thinks the only reason that she should not eat from the Tree of Knowledge is because it will result from death, but now she has proof that she will survive from the serpent’s own alleged survival. The serpent also rationalizes Eve’s fear by saying “God therefore cannot hurt ye, and be just; Not just, not God; not feared then, nor obeyed: Your fear itself of death removes the fear,” (lines 700-3). The Serpent is saying in this quote that Eve need not be afraid of evil that can come from eating the Tree of Knowledge because God is not evil and therefore no evil can come from the tree. Eve continues to get nudged by flattery and desires to know what would happen if she took a bite. She plucks the apple and takes a bite and automatically nature seems to sigh.
As stated in the text and by BlueEm10, in Book Nine of Paradise Lost, we see the fall of humankind. In this section both Adam and Eve make excuses to justify their sins. Book Nine begins with an illustration of Adam and Eve Preparing getting ready to do their routine morning work. In order to accomplish more work, Eve suggests to Adam that they work individually. “Let us divide our labors, thou where choice” (line 214, Book 9). Adam does not like the suggestion. He is afraid that if they are alone, Satan will be able to lure them in more easily, and make them fall for his bribes. Satan then tries to trick Eve into eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Although Eve informs Satan the God has forbidden them to eat from the tree Satan tries to persuade her by stating that in reality God really does want them to eat fro the tree. Satan then gets Eve to eat the fruit. Eve justifies her sin by stating that God claimed that eating from the Tree of Knowledge signifies death, but the serpent ate a peace of fruit and he is still alive and is able to speak. “ To whom thus Eve yet sinless: Of the fruit of each tree in the garden we may eat, but of the fruit of this fair tree amidst the garden , God hath said, ‘Ye shall not eat thereof, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die’” (line 659-663, Book 9). Because Eve has now eaten the forbidden fruit humankind has now fallen. Eve then runs out in search for Adam so that he too can eat the fruit so that that he can endure the same destiny. After both have eaten the fruit, they recognize their sins. Adam and Eve now grasp the fact that eating the forbidden fruit was a sin, and that this sin has resulted in the loss of Paradise. They both try to justify their sins by blaming one another. They both fail to admit that they have done anything wrong.
In Book 4, Satan spends a lot of time rationalizing his actions and emotions. he is infuriated and hurt that God kicked him out of Heaven. He becomes even more trouble minded when he sees he beauty of the Earth and feels despair when he realizes what he has been excluded from. Satan says, “So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil be thou my good; by thee at least Divided empire with Heav'n's king I hold By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign." (Pg.1890 Lines 108-11) He is accepting of his fate as an evil being and an enemy of the Lord. Satan mainly feels rejected, he feels distraught because he believes that regardless of anything he would have gave into his temptations and would have tried to overthrow God, which is why he constantly makes excuses for the way he is. "Me miserable! Which way shall I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep. Still threat'ning to devour me opens wide. To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav'n" (Pg.1889 Lines 73-79) He feels resentment and realizes no matter where he goes or what he does he will always have hell in him; he will remain vengeful and evil. And since he wont take responsibility for his actions, he sums up the reason for his dooming outcome as simply that he is Hell. He sees no point in asking God for forgiveness because it is too late and he also refuses to full surrender himself to God. Therefore he makes a scheming plan to corrupt Adam and Even, which in turn messes everything up for all of humanity. As a result he gains control of Earth and Hell.
In Book Nine of Paradise Lost, Adam finds himself making an excuse for his behavior as he creates the fall of humankind. It all starts when Eve decides they should be separated when working in the Garden of Eden, because they have a lot of work to be done “Let us divide our labors, thou where choice leads thee…” (Line 214). Adam does not like Eve’s idea because he feels they will be more tempted by Satan, but he goes along with it anyway. Little does he know, Eve has given into Satan’s lure, and plucked an apple from the Tree of Knowledge. Since Eve went against God’s one and only rule about how they cannot eat fruit from the Tree of Knowledge, she runs to Adam right away. Adam’s first reaction is horrified , but then realizes he is in love with her “rather than death or aught than death more dread shall separate us, linked in love so dear, to undergo with me one guilt, one crime” (Line 969-971). Eve persuades Adam to eat from the apple as well so he will not have to be with another girl and separated from her. He thinks about it, and realizes this is the best decision to make since he is madly in love with Eve, and cannot picture his life at the Garden of Eden without her “fondly overcome with female charm” (Line 998). He decides he must suffer with her this way they can always be together, so he takes a bite from the apple. This is an example of how Adam has to defend and rationalize his behavior about eating the forbidden fruit and going against God’s rule.
ReplyDeleteIn Book of 9 of Paradise Lost, we see the fall of humankind. Satan takes the form of a serpent and once Adam and Eve have separated for the days work, Satan finds Eve and begins to try and convince her to eat fruit from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. In lines 527-530 it says, "His gentle dumb expression turned at length The eye of Eve to mark his play; he glad Of her attention gained, with serpent tongue Organic, or impulse of vocal air." At first, Eve is amazed by the snakes ability to speak and have knowledge. She is eager to find what fruit would give her more power. Satan takes her to the tree of knowledge and at first, Eve draws back saying that is was the tree that God had forbidden both Adam and Eve from eating from. However, according to the book and already stated by Lola4, Eve gave into Satan's lure. He was able to convince her, because of his position in front of her. God had told them that death was the penalty for eating from the Tree of Knowledge, but if the serpent was still alive after eating from it, (or supposedly eating from it), then death must not occur afterwards. She also gives into Satan's words, truly believing that it was a test from God, and that God wanted both Adam and Eve to be independent. She runs to Adam after she takes a bite, and convinces him to do the same. He knows that it is wrong, but he cannot bear the thought of being without her. So he too takes a bite, and thus creating the fall of mankind.
ReplyDeleteUnderestimated by the one he wishes whom he had for himself, Satan is able to convince Eve to eat the forbidden fruit. Satan surprising Eve by his ability to talk as a serpent, wins her full attention with overwhelming compliments. She claims that according to God, eating from the tree results to death but, she has “proof” from the serpent presented in front of her, who ate the fruit and is still breathing, talking and thinking and is tempted to eat the apple. In lines 615-616, Eve expresses her beliefs that Satan’s ability to speak has been proven by the power of the fruit; and eating it will consume her with knowledge. Once Eve chose to follow Satan’s word over God’s, that was the very moment the world had began to fall (lines 642-645). Adding to BlueEm10‘s statement about God’s wants for Adam and Eve, Eve attempts to justify her act of sin by stating that God direct commandment to her was “Law to ourselves, our reason is our law.” Instead of repenting to God, Eve’s first instinct is to find Adam to convince him to commit the unforgivable sin as well. She claims to Adam that her eyes have been open. She also wants him to suffer the same consequence with her, because she doesn’t want Adam to be able to still live when she is gone, and be with another woman. At first highly disappointed by Eve’s sin, Adam ends up giving in as well, symbolizing his love for Eve and feeling as if he can’t live without her.
ReplyDeleteEve is tempted into eating the apple due to her headiness. Eve is overwhelmed by the amount of flattery that she receives from the serpent. Satan, disguised as the serpent, tells Eve of a wonderful tree he ate from that gave him the ability to talk. Eve is shocked that any animal in the forest can talk and that the any fruit could be so powerful as to give the ability of a serpent speech. The serpent continues to compliment Eve’s beauty and she is so flattered that she decides to follow the serpent to see where he got the magical fruit. Once Eve sees that the fruit is from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge, she tells the serpent that she is not allowed to eat from there. As Icy_Me says, Eve thinks the only reason that she should not eat from the Tree of Knowledge is because it will result from death, but now she has proof that she will survive from the serpent’s own alleged survival. The serpent also rationalizes Eve’s fear by saying “God therefore cannot hurt ye, and be just; Not just, not God; not feared then, nor obeyed: Your fear itself of death removes the fear,” (lines 700-3). The Serpent is saying in this quote that Eve need not be afraid of evil that can come from eating the Tree of Knowledge because God is not evil and therefore no evil can come from the tree. Eve continues to get nudged by flattery and desires to know what would happen if she took a bite. She plucks the apple and takes a bite and automatically nature seems to sigh.
ReplyDeleteAs stated in the text and by BlueEm10, in Book Nine of Paradise Lost, we see the fall of humankind. In this section both Adam and Eve make excuses to justify their sins. Book Nine begins with an illustration of Adam and Eve Preparing getting ready to do their routine morning work. In order to accomplish more work, Eve suggests to Adam that they work individually. “Let us divide our labors, thou where choice” (line 214, Book 9). Adam does not like the suggestion. He is afraid that if they are alone, Satan will be able to lure them in more easily, and make them fall for his bribes. Satan then tries to trick Eve into eating fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Although Eve informs Satan the God has forbidden them to eat from the tree Satan tries to persuade her by stating that in reality God really does want them to eat fro the tree. Satan then gets Eve to eat the fruit. Eve justifies her sin by stating that God claimed that eating from the Tree of Knowledge signifies death, but the serpent ate a peace of fruit and he is still alive and is able to speak. “ To whom thus Eve yet sinless: Of the fruit of each tree in the garden we may eat, but of the fruit of this fair tree amidst the garden , God hath said, ‘Ye shall not eat thereof, nor shall ye touch it, lest ye die’” (line 659-663, Book 9). Because Eve has now eaten the forbidden fruit humankind has now fallen. Eve then runs out in search for Adam so that he too can eat the fruit so that that he can endure the same destiny. After both have eaten the fruit, they recognize their sins. Adam and Eve now grasp the fact that eating the forbidden fruit was a sin, and that this sin has resulted in the loss of Paradise. They both try to justify their sins by blaming one another. They both fail to admit that they have done anything wrong.
ReplyDeleteIn Book 4, Satan spends a lot of time rationalizing his actions and emotions. he is infuriated and hurt that God kicked him out of Heaven. He becomes even more trouble minded when he sees he beauty of the Earth and feels despair when he realizes what he has been excluded from. Satan says, “So farewell hope, and with hope farewell fear, Farewell remorse: all good to me is lost; Evil be thou my good; by thee at least Divided empire with Heav'n's king I hold By thee, and more than half perhaps will reign." (Pg.1890 Lines 108-11) He is accepting of his fate as an evil being and an enemy of the Lord. Satan mainly feels rejected, he feels distraught because he believes that regardless of anything he would have gave into his temptations and would have tried to overthrow God, which is why he constantly makes excuses for the way he is. "Me miserable! Which way shall I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And in the lowest deep a lower deep. Still threat'ning to devour me opens wide. To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heav'n" (Pg.1889 Lines 73-79) He feels resentment and realizes no matter where he goes or what he does he will always have hell in him; he will remain vengeful and evil. And since he wont take responsibility for his actions, he sums up the reason for his dooming outcome as simply that he is Hell. He sees no point in asking God for forgiveness because it is too late and he also refuses to full surrender himself to God. Therefore he makes a scheming plan to corrupt Adam and Even, which in turn messes everything up for all of humanity. As a result he gains control of Earth and Hell.
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