In Paradise Lost, Milton writes the story of creation from the points of view of three different characters: Eve, Raphael, and Adam, in that order. Eve's story tells of her creation and her concern for herself rather than Adam. The story of Adam tells of the creation of animals and then of Eve from his rib. Raphael's story is more of a warning to Adam to make sure Eve does not eat from the tree of knowledge. Raphael is sent by God because he is omniscient and knows that the serpent of Satan will tempt her. Analyzing from the perspective of the already fallen world, it is difficult for us to see how Raphael is doing much more than simply following God's orders and warning Adam of Eve's future actions. However, we must remember that Adam, Raphael and Eve are in an unfallen space and with his warning Raphael introduces the idea of ​​hierarchy, plants sowing themselves in the minds of Adam and Eve and unintentionally leads to a division between Adam and Eve . by telling her story, Eva shares with us her initial thoughts and love of reflection. Additionally, we see her reluctance to visit Adam and that she initially distances herself from him because she doesn't think he's as attractive as her reflection. At this moment, in unfallen space, Eve and Adam are on equal footing. There is no hierarchy, because there is essentially no gender, and Lorber helps us understand that gender is what creates the hierarchy, because our world of fallen space is a gender-stratified society (46). There is inequality between the sexes and we live in a binary world, where women are expected to act and dress one way and men have completely different expectations for acceptance in society. Women and men have various roles in the fallen world, but Adam is... the center of the card ......ke the idea of ​​his authority. If Raphael had not warned Adam the way he did, fallen space would likely not have given authority to men. I think if Raphael had warned Eve and spoken specifically to her instead of Adam, we would see a very different gendered social stratification. Milton inserts Raphael's story between Eve's story and Adam's story to divide them, both literally and figuratively, and to explain the hierarchical structure we see in today's society between men and women. Works Cited Lorber, Judith. “'Night in Its Day': The Social Construction of Gender,” in Feminist Frontiers, sixth edition. Eds. Laurel Richardson, Verta Taylor and Nancy Whittier. New York: McGraw Hill, 2004. 33-51.Milton, John. From Paradise Lost. Ed. David Scott Kastan. Indianapolis/Cambridge: Hackett Publishing, 2005. 122-36; 216-35; 246-60.