Eve's Defense Emilia Lanyer

Christina Rossetti uses flower symbolism and biblical allusions in “A Daughter of Eve” to address lost innocence and hypocritically placed guilt. She indirectly references the controversial subject in her poetic and lyrical style, as it was a topic considered too shameful or “unsavoury” for women.

Milton’s Paradise Lost has been praised as being the greatest English epic of all time, most stunningly in its author's depiction of the parents of humanity, Adam and Eve. How Milton chose to portray the original mother and father has been a focus of much criticism with contemporary readers. One of the main subjects of these comments is in reference to Eve, who, according to many, is a trivial character that is most definitely inferior to her mate. Nonetheless, many do not recognize that, after the fateful Fall, she becomes a much more evolved character. When Eve is introduced to the storyline of the epic, her character is shallow and extremely undeveloped, meant simply for display. She is quite firmly set as being inferior to her mate

With this in mind, it is clear that the author was implying how Eve or females in general, are unintelligent where they became gullible to the point that they are persuaded to do things that have major consequences as the result. Moreover, with her excessive curiosity of obtaining the knowledge when consuming the apple from the forbidden tree made her unaware to the punishment that will surely come when she devours it. With this, the author wants to point out to the people how they are incapable of logical thought for their actions are solely based on their emotions. With these, people are able to conclude that women don’t think before they act, while men can manipulate others that verify their intellect. As a matter of fact, this ignorant similar persona can be seen in the Onondaga story also. Specifically at the part where the Ancient Chief’s wife leaned over to look down the whole that seems like a bottomless pit or an abyss where she holds on to the tip of a branch to not fall over the pit. Likewise to the first point to how females are described to be ignorant, the Ancient Chief’s wife also acquires that characteristic where she shows the lack of knowledge that the tip of the branch is not enough to support her from falling. Besides the tip of the branch is the weakest part of a tree and is said to be very brittle and weak.

    The seventeenth century poet, John Milton, takes the attitude common to the time period while portraying Eve in Paradise Lost.  This epic, telling of Adam and Eve's fall from Paradise and the story of creation, constantly describes Eve as a weak individual, while Adam is often compared with God.  The idea of women's inferiority has been fixed through time, making Milton's characterization of Eve not surprising, but rather expected and accepted.  However, Milton shows a suggestion of women's inner strength while describing the control Eve has over Adam.  Nevertheless, except for this instance, Eve is depicted as subordinate to Adam.  This is evident through Adam and Raphael's treatment

From the story, “Flowers for Algernon” Fanny Girden said, ‘’’It was evil when Eve listened to the snake and ate from the tree of knowledge. It was evil when she saw that she was naked. If not for that none of us would grow old and die ‘’’(329).

and as man’s other. This is how Eve was seen as the fall of man. “Yet looking upon her as

C. I will argue, first, that Eve’s scene alludes to Ovid's myth of Narcissus. Second I dispute interpretations that view Eve’s actions as a narcissistic impulse,

Lucille Clifton redresses the Christian narrative in her poem, "eve's version." She begins the poem by asserting that women are responsible for maintaining control over their lives. Genesis, according to Clifton, establishes that Lucifer is the creation of the female mind. Eve is given the power to tell her own story and she states that, "smooth talker / slides into my dreams / and fills them with apple" (74). Lucifer is not viewed as a powerful being but as the product of Eve's dream. The dream is an illusion while Eve is the reality and the source of power in the text. Eve accepts ownership of the dream; it is hers and Clifton makes it clear that Eve is in control of Lucifer and the apple. She avoids the traditional trap of ignorance that society has perpetuated with the male version of the creation myth.

Lucas Cranach the Elder’s “Adam” and “Eve” is a piece of art that was stolen by the Nazi. Now that piece of art is being fought over in court by two American museums. The two museums are now battling in court against the descendants of the victimized Jewish collectors to protect their multimillion-dollar assets. The museums argue that the Jewish art dealer, lost the works when he fled Holland during World War II in a forced sale to the Nazis. But the museum has raised questions about how he acquired them before the war. The museum argues that the piece was first stolen by the Soviet Union from a Russian family and then, in 1931, sold to the Jewish art dealer. It cites a 1966 decision by the Dutch government to sell the panels back to the Russian

The portrayal of women in Milton’s Paradise Lost is very different from the other works. While women are often seen as being deceitful, devious, and smart, the depiction of Eve is different as she is seen as being dumber and more inferior to Adam in all areas besides beauty. This portrayal of Eve assisted in the progression of Paradise Lost as Eve ate the forbidden apple after being persuaded by Satan to eat the apple. While the incident caused Adam to also disobey God, it created a bond between Adam and Eve that was greater than before the incident when they were considered pure. The bond between Adam and Eve that is improved through the learning of new emotions, trying new things, and the

He confesses that his passion for Eve overpowers his own reason. He feels that this passion exceeds his own self-control and

She continues on to explain that men and women also share the same desires and affections, but the only difference is men are weaker mentally. This conversation takes place privately and Emilia does not

Eve and Dalila’s curiosity is intended to elevate their status making them more equal to the men, even if they use ulterior reasons to justify their actions. Carr points out that,

Eve's speech affects Adam. He becomes calm, consoling her and sharing responsibility for their fall. They must stop blaming each other, he says. They must live with their mistakes and make the most out of their fallen state.

During Michael and Adam’s conversation, Eve is asleep the entire time. In previous books, Eve has always been subservient and inferior to Adam and the knowledge he has and receives. In this concluding book, Milton clearly expresses his less than eager view for women. Michael puts Eve to sleep and only shows Adam visions of the future. Though it seems like Adam is blamed for the fall because of his lack of guidance, Eve directly suffers for the fall and is also still left behind in the attainment of wisdom, knowledge, and understanding.