Satan Watching the Endearments of Adam and Eve
- Title
- Satan Watching the Endearments of Adam and Eve
- Student Commentary:
- In Blake’s image from the Thomas set of his work for Milton’s Paradise Lost (2004 facsimile), Adam and Eve are depicted nude, kissing on a bed of flowers in the Garden of Eden. Above them a blue-colored Satan floats in the sky. He has an orange snake curled around his body. Adam and Eve’s pure love is at the center of the image; the snake wrapped around Satan is possibly a symbol of his self-love, malice, or ultimate transformation into a snake to trick Eve into eating the forbidden fruit. The progression of Satan flying into the light sky on the left from the dark on the right could represent him bringing the darkness to Adam and Eve.
- Item sets
- Blake at Union
- Site pages
- John Milton, Paradise Lost (2004)