“Th’ infernal serpent; he it was, whose guile,/Stirred up with envy and revenge, deceived/The mother of mankind…” To what event is Milton referring in these lines from "Paradise Lost"?
the casting of Satan from Heaven
Leviathan’s attack on a boat’s pilot
the eruption of Etna
Adam and Eve’s fall from perfection
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Adam and Eve's fall from perfection