detailing story of the creation and fall of Adam and Eve, as well as the origin and temptation of Satan. Milton uses Genesis as a foundation and details the events starting with Satan’s fall, moving to the creation of the world, Adam, and Eve, and ending with Adam and Eve being sent away from Paradise. In Book IV, lines 440-504, Milton portrays Eve as an inferior, submissive being through both her words and actions. Milton characterizes Eve as submissive and thoughtless. Shortly after…
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