In Book IX of John Milton's Paradise Lost, Satan subtly tempts Eve to eat the fruit of the Tree of Life. In this passage, Milton reveals multiple characteristics of Satan implicit in his actions and words. Eve's characteristics are also revealed by Milton through Satan's method of temptation and his response in this passage. Satan's temptation of Eve reveals the eloquence of Satan's rhetorical attitude and cunning. Satan sets up a solid rhetorical point by using a claim, providing evidence, and providing reasons to support his claim. Satan states: “Queen of this Universe, do not believe those rigid threats of Death; you will not die” (IX.684-685). To support this claim, he provides evidence by stating, “Look at me, / Me who have touched and tasted, yet both live, / And the most perfect life has reached me of Fate / Meant it to me, venting me.” superior to my lot” (IX.687-690). This supports his claim by presenting an example of the fruit not causing death. Satan proceeds to reason that God forbids Adam and Eve from eating the fruit so that they might remain inferior and subservient to him (IX.703-704). Satan makes a solid statement by providing strong evidence and reasoning that Eve, in her vanity, can believe. To add credibility to his claim, Satan describes the fruits by saying: "When from the branches blew a savory odor, / pleasing to the appetite, more pleased my senses / than the smell of the sweetest fennel, or the udders / of sheep or goats that fall." with Milk at Ev'n,/Unsuckt of Lamb or Kid, taking care of their game” (IX.579-583). Satan uses these images to seduce Eve by appealing to her desires. Another element of Satan's temptation is his cunning and cunning. Satan takes his time: “And with deep inspection/Consider every creature, which of all/Most is opposite…the center of the card…looms” (Conrad 83). Conrad uses this morbidly disturbing tone to verify his theme by illustrating the cruelty, evil, and barbarity shown by white men towards the natives. After the white men treat the natives cruelly, they let the natives go into the forest to die. There are many similarities between Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad and “The White Man's Burden” by Rudyard Kipling. However, Conrad uses these commonalities to illustrate a very different and contradictory theme to the theme of “The White Man's Burden.” Symbolism and tone help identify and support the themes of each work. Kipling explains in his poetry the burdens that exist in the duty of white men to civilize and govern other races in the world. Conrad, however, describes Kipling's belief as a superficial truth which he undermines in his tale to illustrate the reality of the situation..