Adam reproving Eve, from John Milton's Paradise Lost, Book 10, line 863 Adam brutally berates Eve in book 10: "Out of my sight, thou Serpent! That name best Befits thee with him leagued, thyself as false And hateful." Even the Tree of Knowledge behind Adam recoils from her. John Martin Haydon Bridge (Northumberland), England, 1789 - 1854, Douglas (Isle of Man) print 1996.276