![]() As the story continues, Eve is finally won over by temptation and eats from the tree. He is shown to have a lack of cunning, and directly disproves and belittles Eve’s fears of eating from the tree with a lack of creativity and slyness. He uses a more 2-dimesional approach to tempt Eve to eat from the tree that God has forbidden her and Adam to eat from. His character is shown with a much shallower depth of knowledge towards Eve. He quickly takes hold of the topic of the “forbidden fruit”. Satan’s approach of Eve is much more upfront and less personal in meaning. ![]() In the biblical account of “the fall”, the dialogue shared between Satan and Eve is less developed and vague in detail than that of Milton’s tale. While both accounts of “the fall”, are used to convey the same story and outcome, the two versions share some comparative similarities and many contrasting differences. Milton’s storyline and broad array of imagery portray the tale in a different light than that told in the Bible. Of this biblical account, is where John Milton gained inspiration for the idea of is work, Paradise Lost. ![]() ![]() ![]() Genesis 3:1-6 In the book of Genesis 3:1-6, the passage teaches the story of how Satan tempts Eve into causing the act that leads to the “fall of mankind”. ![]()
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