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Essay / Analysis of Adam and Eve in Milton's Paradise Lost
Adam and Eve's interactions reflect this burden of human society through the way Adam responds to Eve as he gives her the crown he created for her. Adam prepares a crown for his beloved Eve and as he is about to give it to her, we learn that she ate from the Tree of Knowledge and because of this, he is shocked and lets it go the crown symbolizing his loss of love for her. His view of her as a companion diminishes because he views her as a person in a “fallen” state, i.e. the fallen crown. He accepts his sinful actions in the end, and by his nature he breaks the bounds of logic and represents the complexity of companionship. Camaraderie requires people to subject others to actions that are often completely illogical. This construction leads Adam to leave Eden with Eve and to face the terror of the future together, an altruistic act, but also an act of dedication and dictated by their