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• How Does Cathy's Character Represent Eve As A Biblical Allusions?

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How does Cathy’s character represent Eve as a biblical allusion?
Cathy is known as evil and malicious throughout the whole novel; she seduces men and murders her own family.
Eve is known for bringing evil into the world by eating an apple and it is through her actions that the world has to suffer.
Cathy marries Adam Trask which is a biblical allusion to Adam and Eve.
Cathy seduces men and uses her sexuality against them. She’s aware of the real intentions of people and can tell when someone is trying to use her.
Eve becomes naked when she eats the apples, her nakedness refers to her feeling of shame. She can’t hide her sins under the eyes of God.

What role does Cyrus Trask’s inheritance to his children play throughout the novel as a whole?

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