t Adam & Eve, we see what might be considered tragic "heroes" in the sense that they also knowingly doom themselves to be removed from Paradise, and subjected to the harsh, new world as well as death, and yet persevere with the hope for a better future. What makes their act of sin almost tragic in a way as compared to Satan, is that Satan’s act was meant out of spite and hate for the Divinity by destroying in one day that which took Him six days to create- another sign of Satan’s pride. Neither Adam nor Eve intended on for anything such as this to occur, but instead hoped to achieve a greater state of understanding and being, as was the case with Eve, and out of love for another as with Adam. Satan realized that he would not be able to catch both man & woman together, so tempted Eve when she was alone, relating to her in a way very similar to his own fall from grace. When Eve was asked by the serpent, she replies that the one restriction placed upon her and Adam was that "the fruit of this fair tree… ye shall not eat thereof, nor shall ye touch it lest ye die". When he explains to her that she would not actually "die", but instead become discerning such as God, it appealed to her desire to be equal to or more powerful than Adam, and so she fell. Although she, like Satan, fell because of her prideful aspirations and was condemned to be placed under her husband, she confesses that "the serpent did beguile me, and I did eat", and so she is able to, unlike Satan, move past her pride, and admit her fault. Adam chose to partake of the forbidden fruit, also knowing full well that was against the will of God, chose to do so anyhow due to his excessive love for Eve, "thou hast yielded to transgress the strict forbiddance… against his better knowledge, not deciev’d but fondly overcome with female charm". In the case of both Satan and Adam, both loved the creation more than was healthy for them: Adam loved Eve , and S...
