Let's Play the Blame Game!

Pointing fingers is my favorite activity. Boy oh boy, do I love to judge!

Since we've got to attribute the fall to something and someone had to succumb to temptation, let's talk about Eve. She did eat the forbidden fruit because that sneaky little snake told her to... she did have that awful dream beforehand and Adam warned her and the angel (Raphael?) even told Adam that Eve was of a lower intellect and she was great for lookin' but he'd better step up his lovin' to a more spiritual level... so basically I think Milton is telling us that it's sort of Eve's fault.

Go back to book 8 round line 499- "And they shall be one flesh, one heart, one soul." Adam even watched with his 'internal eye' the creation of Eve from his own damn body. So since she came from him and is a piece and image of him who is the image of God and they are one flesh, heart and soul are they both to blame? Shouldn't Adam be equally at fault? Is her utter stupidity a reflection of his? Was the source of the problem in Adam? Or God who created them?

Oh Milton, you spin my head right round right round.