Paradise Lost

The Son goes down to Paradise to confront Adam and Eve about their betrayal and fall. At first, Adam and Eve hide, but when they come out they admit to eating the fruit from the forbidden Tree of Knowledge. The Son doles out punishments: The serpent will always be on his stomach instead of upright, women will endure pain during childbirth and be reliant on their husbands, and men will forever farm an inhospitable land. The Son also proclaims that enmity will forever exist between the children of Adam and Eve and the serpent, finalized by a child who will bruise the serpent on his head. Meanwhile, Sin and Death construct a smooth bridge between Hell and Earth, and Satan instructs them to wreak their havoc on Earth while he returns to Hell. Satan overexaggerates his success in dismantling Paradise, but the cheers he expects from his followers become hisses as they are all transformed into serpents. A tree just like the Tree of Knowledge sprouts, but the fruit turns to ash, punishing Satan and his followers with a facsimile of Satan’s crime.

Sin and Death begin their destruction on Earth, and Adam despairs at the sight of death and war on Earth.