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John Milton’s work “Paradise Lost” is an epic poem dealing with the powers of God, the fall of Satan, and the corruption of mankind. ... Book IX of the poem is a crucial point in the work—it is in this book that Satan convinces Eve to taste of the Tree of Knowledge, and it is in this book that Adam and Eve, along with the rest of humanity, take a dive into the unknown. ... This in itself raises some interesting questions about Milton’s portrayal of women as well as his portrayal of paradise. It is through Satan’s seduction of Eve and her willingness to disobey the word of God in Book IX that Milton paints an interesting and somewhat alarming portrait of Eve.
Lines five-hundred-twenty-six through seven-hundred-eighty-two on Book IX take the reader through a dramatic scene in which Satan coaxes Eve into disobeying God. ...
The ease with which Satan persuades Eve to sin paints an unflattering portrait of women. ... Perhaps she was ready to fall, ready to disobey God because in her eyes, paradise was not all that appealing. ... The depiction of Eve in these few hundred lines of Book IX shows her in a light that is not so appealing. ... It is not out of the realm of possibility that Eve was not happy living in paradise—she was, after all, in a relationship of convenience and servitude.
Approximate Word count = 1308
Approximate Pages = 5.2
(250 words per page double spaced)
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