6. Milton is explicit on this in Book 8, lines 40-50. Adam and the Angel Raphael are having bull session about cosmic stuff & Eve is bored.
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17. Evidence of the Blakean reading comes from the poetry itself: when God & his servile angels take center stage, poem is static & didactic
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18. Conversely, when Satan and Eve are focus of attention, "Paradise Lost" becomes energized & exciting.
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@HeerJeet Many Gnostic versions of genesis portray Eve's disobedience as an act of empowerment; bringing humanity into sentience... -
@HeerJeet ...in some God rapes Eve in a fit of anger & jealously, leading to the birth of Cain http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/other-bible-willis-barnstone/1000352847?ean=9780060815981 … - Show replies
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