e parted, bliss or woe. (908-916). Adams only mistake is that he does not go to God for help, his authority, yet in a moment of despair decides to Fall with her. In Book IX John Miltons Christian epic Paradise Lost, Women are portrayed as familial workers and in submission to men, as well as lesser beings who are easier to lure and thus more dangerous, yet Eve falls because she does not accept her station in the hierarchy of being. Adam does also fall, yet it is because of his love for Eve and no other reason, whereas Eve committed many mistakes leading to the Fall. In Miltons world women were less equal than men and had hardly any standing in his world. Not only were women less equal, they were seen as the fruit of all the worlds evils, not only in the beginning, but in any age. Women were the devils doorway to Miltons world and could not be trusted to any extent. An extremely scary and horrible way to view the world: where half are one step closer to being demons then anyone else. Thankfully today it has started to turn around, and who knows, maybe someday men will be seen as the bringers of doom. There is probably more evidence to support that theory ...
