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Critical Analysis Of Lost Paradise

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The poem relates to the biblical story of the Fall: the temptations of Adam and Eve fallen by the angel Satan and expel them from the Paradise Garden. The purpose of Milton, as stated in the First Book, is "justification of the ways of God for men"
Adam and Eve lose the immortality and bliss they have been given to them when they were created.
Adam - the first man created by God. From the beginning, being alone, Adam wants to have a wife whose creation is begging for God. Acknowledged by God's precious creation, Adam, along with his wife, ruled over all the creatures of the world and lived in the Garden of Eden. He is more intelligent and inquisitive about representations beyond the understanding given to him than Eve. He is completely enthralled by Eve, who, by himself sinless, ultimately contributes to his reasons for joining her in disobedience to God.
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Almost immediately after its creation, before Eve was brought to Adam, she became fascinated by the image reflected in the water (her own, not known to Eve). God calls Eve to take a look from her own image, her beauty, which is also the object of Adam's dreams. Adam rejoices in both her beauty and submissive charm, but Eve is forever forbidden to contemplate her personal figure. Critic Julia M. Walker argues that since Eve "does not recognize and does not call herself ... she can only know herself about Adam." "Eve's sense of her own being becomes important in the absence of her ... [She is forbidden to know what she should see." Therefore, Eve knows not what she is, but only what she does not: her husband. Starting from the book of the Fourth, Eve learns that Adam, the male figure, prevails over her and "As beauty, marked by courageous grace, / And wisdom, which in itself is truly true." Guided by his noble hand, she concedes as a woman without a personal purpose, who is destined to fall into a "free

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