M.K BHAVNAGAR UNIVERSITYDEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH

Name : Maru Janak JRoll No : 26Enrollment No : PG 15101026Paper No : 1 [The Renaissance Literature]Topic : Soliloquy: Adam: Before eating fruitSubmitted To : Department Of English

John MiltonName : John MiltonOccupation : Historian Journalist, poetBirth Date : December 9,1608.Education : St.paul’s school,christ’s college, Cambridge.Place of Birth : Londan,England.Place of Death : London, England

Adam’s greatest

weakness is his love

for Eve. He falls in

love with her

immediately upon

seeing her, and

confides to Raphael

that his attraction to

her is almost

overwhelming.

Adam is the first man and the

father of mankind. He

prefigures the human race,

representing the perfect male

form. Adam is all fathers, sons

and brothers rolled into one.

Formed in the image of God,

he is God-like, but not a God.

Neither is he flawless as he is

a kind of replica, inferior to his

maker.

Adam is created with

free will and so has to

make a choice whether

to be obedient to God

and refuse the apple, or

to follow Eve. His fond

(which also means

foolish) love for Eve is

his downfall.

Adam is superior to Eve - he was

created in the image of God, she in

the image of man, and Adam is even

called her 'author' - but he does not

initially assert his authority. Adam is

too trusting of Eve, taking the fruit she

offers to him, and too devoted,

choosing to share her fate against the

command of God.