Of course I provoked Eve to eat the apple! I’m Satan! It’s what I do! In truth this can’t really be my fault. Maybe we should ask ourselves how God would let one of his creatures become so gullible. Honestly, I’m not sure if it could have been any easier! Disguised as a serpent I approached Eve and began filling her ear with complements of her beauty. “By gift, and thy celestial beauty adore with ravishment beheld, there best beheld where universally admired. Who shouldst be seen a goddess among gods, adored and served by angels numberless (Book IX. 540-548).” With such high praise I had easily gained Eve’s trust.Eve then inquired to how a beast such as myself had learned to speak and reason. I replied by telling her that within the garden I had found a powerful fruit that had given me such abilities. With Eve’s curiosity provoked I then led her through the garden toward the Tree of Knowledge. Upon seeing the tree Eve proclaimed ‘of this tree we may not taste nor touch; God so commanded, and left that command sole daughter of his voice (Book IX. 651-654).’ I than begun to persuade Eve to eat the apple by explaining ‘Opened and cleared, and ye shall be as gods, Knowing both good and evil as they know. (Book IX. 708-709),’ ‘knowledge of good and evil in this tree, that whoso eats thereof, forthwith attains wisdom without their leave? (Book IX. 723-725).’ With these words Eve then ate the apple. Is it then I to blame for the fall of man? After all it was Eve’s choice to eat the apple. As it was also Adam’s choice to mistakenly trust that Eve could work alone in the garden.