Paradise Lost

Visions of Marriage In John Milton’s poem, “Paradise Lost,” there is a portrayal of marriage between the two protagonists Adam and Eve. The narrator tells a story about the unity between this man and woman and shows us their trials during this time. Adam was a man created by God and through one of his ribs, his wife Eve was then created. These two characters are human and throughout the poem the author points …

…manly grace” (490). Adam delights in her beauty and admires her “swelling breasts” and her “loose tresses.” He is also content in this marriage and loves her body and beauty. He feels that he has created someone with so much appeal that he is so in love with her “beauty and submissive charms” (498). The inequality in this relationship works because they both agree that one is superior over the other and their tone explains this reasoning.