Paradise Lost 9

In contrast to the last time Adam and Eve make love, now that they have taken the fruit, they are in sin. Having gone outside of God's will, they have lost "Just Confidence and Native Righteousness And Honor from about them" (1056-1057). He then ties them to other old testament stories, Dalilah and Samson. Sexual sin seems to be a large topic of examination in this epic. Why was it a sin? Because they had eaten the fruit. I'm a little confused about this still. It does seem similar to the warnings against furor in the older epics, but now is more obvious.