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Eve Speaks Paradise Lost Over the course of time, there have been many interpretations of man's fall from grace, as told by the Bible. Among the literary interpretations are those of John Milton's Paradise Lost and the American poet Louis Untermeyer's "Eve Speaks." John Milton's epic poem deals with the entire story of man's fall from grace, including background for Satan's motives. Louis Untermeyer's "Eve Speaks" was written about Eve's thoughts, many years after she was forced to leave Eden. While both poems are derived from the same biblical root, they offer different interpretations of man's fall through Eve's motives, her attitude toward Adam, and her attitude toward her sin. In Paradise Lost, Eve was tricked by Satan, who assumed the form of a serpent, into eating from the Tree of Knowledge. Satan had whispered into her ear when she was asleep, and when he spoke to her later, he used his cunning to mislead He ended, and his words replete with guile Into her heart too easy entrance won.
Louis Untermeyer gave Eve a more domineering position; In "Eve Speaks", Eve acts for the good of Adam and does what she believes is the best for him. Milton's Eve felt inferior to Adam; When Eve was trying to decide whether or not to share the apple with Adam, one of her reasons for not sharing was so that she could be his equal, if not his superior. Milton's Paradise Lost was written in a more religious time in which the fall of man would seem to be a great sin. He was strong and had a brain designed to "dream and mould". ("Eve Speaks" 31-34) Eve reached these conclusions through the traits that she perceived in Adam. There were no subservient thoughts in Eve's mind; Instead, she was actually attempting to attain divine like knowledge for herself and Adam: ". As Adam and Eve left Eden, they wept for the loss of their innocence, but were hopeful for their new lives. During Louis Untermeyer's time, worldly knowledge was seen as more important than the more spiritual ideas of the past. " The different interpretations of the same biblical story may be a result of the large time span between the stories. According to Eve, he was designed for "fiercer things and lustier worlds". " The final major difference between Paradise Lost and Louis Untermeyer's "Eve Speaks", was Adam and Eve's attitude toward their "mortal sin". Another glaring dissimilarity between the two poems was the in which Eve perceived Adam. Eve felt that she made the proper decision to eat the apple, and for this reason she was not afraid of God's wrath.
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