Critical Interpretations - Eve

Question 1

‘Jealousy then motivates the fallen Eve’s desire to make Adam fall too’

Answer 1

Sean McEvoy on Eve’s Jealousy

Question 2

‘Eve falls through pride’

Answer 2

C.S. Lewis on Eve falling

Question 3

‘Her passions, as a result of flattery, are ruling her reason’

Answer 3

Weston on Eve’s reason

Question 4

‘Eve undermined by flattery and impelled by ambition, curiosity and hunger’

Answer 4

John Carey on Eve being undermined

Question 5

‘Her error is intellectual, not moral’

Answer 5

Clarence Green on Eve’s error

Question 6

‘The desire for equality serves as one of the principle motives for Eve’s transgression’

Answer 6

Rogers on Eve and equality

Question 7

Sean McEvoy on Eve’s Jealousy

Answer 7

‘Jealousy then motivates the fallen Eve’s desire to make Adam fall too’

Question 8

C.S. Lewis on Eve falling

Answer 8

‘Eve falls through pride’

Question 9

Weston on Eve’s reason

Answer 9

‘Her passions, as a result of flattery, are ruling her reason’

Question 10

John Carey on Eve being undermined

Answer 10

‘Eve undermined by flattery and impelled by ambition, curiosity and hunger’

Question 11

Clarence Green on Eve’s error

Answer 11

‘Her error is intellectual, not moral’

Question 12

Rogers on Eve and equality

Answer 12

‘The desire for equality serves as one of the principle motives for Eve’s transgression’