The story of Adam and Eve and the creation has proven itself worthy of being dissected and shredded into its core themes of thanatos, eros, within the Oedipal conflict. The themes in the story are very easy to relate to as we closely observe two human beings that share our same tendencies and desires to defy and liberate. This account of our first fathers gives a great amount of insight where our tendencies of defiance originated. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust thus making him a thanatos creature. I believe both theologians and psychoanalysts would agree that the example of being created from dust would create a line defining us as Thanatos and God, the law giver, as Eros. As the story progresses in this light there are events that stand as a testimony of the struggle between God and the natural man, father and son, or thanatos and eros. The struggle between these two key players are harnessed by the Oedipal conflict. Knowing this bit of information makes the story of Adam and Eve have a bit of an psychoanalytic glow.

In the beginning of Adam and Eve’s account of their creation God created Adam using the lowest element o

f the Earth, the dust. This part of the account of the creation of Adam being made from the dust indicates that man has a thanatos origin being made up of the lowest form of the elements. Whenever there is chaos there also must be an establishment of order. God sees the lifeless being of Adam and as an attempt to install order in his life God breathed into his nostrils and gave him life. Adam, who was once lifeless, could now move and speak and becomes a living organism that can learn and progress under the direction of with his newly found father, God. The roles of father and son played by God and Adam in the Oedipal conflict become more evident later in the story. For this brief moment Adam has a perfect balance between Eros and Thanatos. Adam being made of the dust of the Earth but is made alive from the breath of God makes this perfect balance. This perfect balance makes his life have order and before Eve was created Adam was cooperative with all of God’s commands.

As the story progresses, God sees that Adam is alone and takes one of Adam’s ribs and forms Eve. God sees the potential defiance in Adam and in an attempt to reform him and condition him to be a follower of the rules by giving him stewardship over someone. Having a responsibility over someone could help Adam deny himself as the natural man and obey the rules to set a good example for Eve. While in the Garden of Eden Adam and Eve were like children that knew not shame under any circumstance. Observing any little child anywhere in the world one would see that they have no shame running around naked for they know not what nakedness is. The child does not discover that he or she is naked until the conditioned eros parents make it known unto them. This leads us to believe that even though Adam and Eve are beings made by God they are still thanatos oriented. The thanatos mindedness of Eve causes her to be susceptible to the craftiness of the serpent.

Eve was the first to receive the punishment for her defiance. The choice of punishment has a direct correlation with the thanatos origin of a woman. As mentioned before child birth is a very thanatos event and by giving pains to Eve during child birth will be a reminder that her choice to defy God results only in chaos and pain. Thus establishing that the artificial law and the law maker, God, is the only way or the highway. Adam’s punishment is to work all the days of his life and work for what he has whereas before all he would do have to do is take care of the Garden of Eden and just pick the fruits from the tree with no fatigue. Through blood, sweat, and tears does Adam have to nourish and strengthen his body. The semi Eros being that Adam once was is now a fully thanatos creature working by the sweat of his brow, all because he was defia

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