... Eve. Adam is created with the intent of being the guardian of God's creation and father to mankind. God gives Adam purpose by proclaiming, "This paradise I give thee, count it thine / To till and keep, and of the fruit to eat" (8.319-320). Adam's life is based upon the charge issued by God. As he is a perfect creation of God, he ... relationship he shares with Eve. Adam tries to warn Eve of the possibility of danger, explaining, "What hath been warned us, what malicious foe / Envying our happiness, and of his own / Despairing, seeks to work us woe and shame / By sly assault; and somewhe...

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