Eve Speaks Paradise Lost Over the course of time, there have been many interpretations of man's fall from grace, as told by the Bible. Among the literary interpretations are those of John Milton's Paradise Lost and the American poet Louis Untermeyer's "Eve Speaks." John Milton's epic poem deals with the entire story of man's fall from grace, including background for Satan's motives. Louis Untermeyer's "Eve Speaks" was written about Eve's thoughts, many years after she …showed first 75 words of 703 total…

…showed last 75 words of 703 total…same biblical story may be a result of the large time span between the stories. Milton's Paradise Lost was written in a more religious time in which the fall of man would seem to be a great sin. During Louis Untermeyer's time, worldly knowledge was seen as more important than the more spiritual ideas of the past. Despite their differences, both poems present the biblical story through a more human point of view ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**