Misogyny is evident from the beginning of Paradise Lost. Eve was always made to look inferior mentally, physically and spiritually. In her quest to go off alone in the garden she wanted to prove that she was capable of being alone by herself without Adam; had she not been made to feel inferior she would not have felt the need to eat from the apple to equal Adam's intellect. Eve is not less in intelligence, she is curious and resourceful at times. What may have held her back is lack of self-esteem and experience. Knowledge was kept back from Eve and her company was limited to Adam who being the only one who could inform her repressed some of his knowledge. She was not able to fully enjoy conversation with any celestial being or feel that she had a significant role in the garden because of this. Eve was more prone to eat the apple to compensate for the lack of knowledge that she acquired once eating the fruit. Adam had to follow Eve because the fall was tailored to their flaws; hers was not just vanity but lack of wisdom and esteem and she was tempted with knowledge and she ate to be equal to Adam. Adam was more attached to Eve and could not bear the loss of living without her so he then ate from the apple to be with her forever. It was a perfect plan.
             Since Eve never spoke directly to God it is possible that she did not know the severity of sin. When Eve was first created she did not have a dream where she spoke to God like Adam does she only hears a voice telling her that the reflection she sees is her own. She is then immediately lead to Adam from which she gets all information passed down through him. From the moment of her creation she is flawed with narcissism. Eve's rank in the created world is enforced when a voice removes her from the reflection and leads her to "he whose image thou art" (PL: BK IV, L472). Eve is to dismiss her own image and adore "him who thou art, his flesh, his bon...