Whenever a terrible event takes place, someone, or something, is to blame. In the case of the fall of mankind, people have blamed Eve for centuries. Is it fair to blame just Eve? Or could Adam, the Serpent, and God be somewhat responsible also? The Garden of Eden would still exist today if the Serpent had not entered the garden and tempted Eve. If Eve had not let herself be tempted by the Serpent, then she would never had gained morality. Adam loved and cared for Eve so much that he ate the fruit of The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Bad, although he knew that he would die, but he did not want to be as lonely as he was before God made Eve. If God had not protected His beloved humans from all negative thoughts and things, than the fall of man could have possibly been prevented.
In the Bible's Genesis 3:1-24, it is stated that the Serpent tricked Eve into eating the forbidden fruit, even though Eve knew that if she ate of it, she would certainly die, for that is what God told her. The Serpent replied "You certainly will not die! No, God knows well that the moment you eat of it your eyes will be opened and you will be like the gods who know what is good and what is bad." The Serpent was so cunning that Eve believed it. According to Milton, in his Paradise Lost: Book 9, Eve was also starving, as it was lunch time and Adam was no where to be found to find her some kind of food. The Serpent tempted Eve over Adam because he knew that she was the weaker of the too. He also knew that since it was lunch time, she would eat anything. After eating of the .
tree the "Earth felt the wound," everything began to die, and Eve felt shame for the first time. .
After Eve ate the forbidden fruit, she brought some to her husband, Adam. Adam questioned where she obtained the fruit and she told him where it came from. Eve proceeded to tell him that she did not die from eating it, so it must not be so bad after all.