1. Paradise Lost - Marriage Before and After the Fall
... this paper is to compare Adam and Eve's marriage before and after the Fall from Eden, as written by John Milton in Paradise Lost. Milton does not give Adam and Eve a child-like innocence, so they are not free from "imperfections" that religion says only came after they ate from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. Instead, there are positive and negative aspects within their relationship ... and her praise" (p. 2016, ll. 635-39). Although they love each other, believing that the man is greater would lead to him thinking he is her owner, creating abuse. "Too much ornament, in outward show/ E...
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