Editing Paradise Lost (section)

===Adam===
[[Adam]] is the first human created by God. Adam requests a companion from God: {{blockquote|Of fellowship I speak<br />Such as I seek, fit to participate<br />All rational delight, wherein the brute<br />Cannot be human consort. (8.389–392)}} God approves his request then creates Eve. God appoints Adam and Eve to rule over all the creatures of the world and to reside in the Garden of Eden.

Adam is more gregarious than Eve and yearns for her company. He is completely infatuated with her. Raphael advises him to "take heed lest Passion sway / Thy Judgment" (5.635–636). But Adam's great love for Eve contributes to his disobedience to God.

Unlike the biblical Adam, before Milton's Adam leaves Paradise he is given a glimpse of the future of mankind by the Archangel Michael, which includes stories from the [[Old Testament|Old]] and [[New Testament]]s.