Adam and Eve... relapse

In my British Literature I class, we're currently reading Milton's Paradise Lost. For those who aren't familiar with it, Paradise Lost is basically about Satan's fall from heaven to hell and then his influence on Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, and also the origin of Christ's sacrifice...

It's interesting to see Adam and Eve from a different perspective than Genesis' dry description, but that doesn't mean its an agreeable perspective. Milton portrays Eve as a beautiful, but somewhat empty-headed character who is afflicted with traits of narcissism and who clearly can't and shouldn't make decisions without the guidance of Adam.

Just to recap, from an unbiased, modernist perspective, Adam is guilty of just as great a crime as Eve. Though he did not physically take the first fruit off of the Tree of Knowledge, the relationship between Adam and Eve was structured in such a way that it was Adam's responsibility to keep Eve out of trouble. Also, he allowed himself to be seduced into eating of the fruit himself, thereby participating in the crime... So where are all of these anti-feminine vibes coming from? If men rule the world, then men should be hassled about the abundance of bad decisions they've made, starting with Adam and his negligence of monitoring Eve.

Anyways, here's a link to a blog with a comic of Adam and Eve depicted by the artist R. Crumb... The blog's a good read too, check it out.

http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=9633