![]() Milton clearly brings out the gender imbalance between the two genders. Comparing Adam and Eve and the roles that they play, Adams seems to be very clever and holy compared to his wife Eve. She surrendered to Adam because of her love to him while at the same time serving God by that. She is serving God and His servant this makes her task to be very complicated. Adam was created to serve God and that is why we see them working together before Eve was created.Įve on the other hand was created to serve both God the creator and Adam her husband. God created Adam and Eve to play different roles and they do exactly that. ![]() He reasons from that perspective in assessing their value in the spiritual context. Milton contrasts Gods creations Adam and Eve basing on their looks and general behavior. These observations are made in book four as Eve and Adam prepare themselves to go to bed. These lines are found at the end of book ten and they were first spoken by Adam and now John is narrating them. ![]() Milton openly shows us this in his poem and I quote, “… though both Not equal, as their sex not equal ……….” (Milton, IV.295–311) ![]() The fall of mankind was predestined by God. I however beg to disagree with this great English poet that this predestination was actually intended to benefit mankind and not Him it’s actually the opposite because the fall was predestined to benefit God and not man as we shall see below. The argument is that during creation God chose those He intended to go to heaven and those that He actually thinks should perish in the fires of hell. ![]()
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