<P> After eating the fruit, Adam and Eve have lustful sex . At first, Adam is convinced that Eve was right in thinking that eating the fruit would be beneficial . However, they soon fall asleep and have terrible nightmares, and after they awake, they experience guilt and shame for the first time . Realizing that they have committed a terrible act against God, they engage in mutual recrimination . </P> <P> Meanwhile, Satan returns triumphantly to Hell, amidst the praise of his fellow fallen angels . He tells them about how their scheme worked and Mankind has fallen, giving them complete dominion over Paradise . As he finishes his speech, however, the fallen angels around him become hideous snakes, and soon enough, Satan himself turned into a snake, deprived of limbs and unable to talk . Thus, they share the same punishment, as they shared the same guilt . </P> <P> Eve appeals to Adam for reconciliation of their actions . Her encouragement enables them to approach God, and sue for grace, bowing on suppliant knee, to receive forgiveness . In a vision shown to him by the angel Michael, Adam witnesses everything that will happen to Mankind until the Great Flood . Adam is very upset by this vision of the future, so Michael also tells him about Mankind's potential redemption from original sin through Jesus Christ (whom Michael calls "King Messiah"). </P> <P> Adam and Eve are cast out of Eden, and Michael says that Adam may find "a paradise within thee, happier far". Adam and Eve also now have a more distant relationship with God, who is omnipresent but invisible (unlike the tangible Father in the Garden of Eden). </P>

Paradise lost book 1 written by john milton