Eve's+Apple

= = = Eve's Apple =

By J. Blanco
= Audio =

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= Introduction =
 * This project involved making a wiki-page with elements relating to a conversation that never happened in The Bible. The first component involved brainstorming characters in The Bible whos interactions could further be developed while continuing to portray their dominant personality traits. After definitive characters were carefully selected, we searched the internet for a picture of the characters depicting their personality traits through detail and expression. Written analyses of the traits with evidence from both The Bible text and images were first laid out on Webspiration and later written in a more formal word document. Then, the more creative work began when we started developing a dialogue between the two characters with the personalities already established. The dialogue was then recorded and edited for an audio version of the conversation to later be analyzed for the character traits within the new story.


 * [[image:Julia's_Pic.png width="663" height="294" align="right"]]"Eve's Apple" includes a conversation between Adam and Eve after Eve returns with fruit from the The Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. This episode includes an encounter where the caring and naive Eve offers the obtuse and passive Adam a forbidden apple, but will Adam eat it?

= The Conversation that Never Happened =

(Eve skips in) //*footstep sound*// (Eve runs after him) //*running sound*// //*tackling sounds*// Eve: I only meant well... I think I should try it too! //*Bite sound*// //*cricket cricket*//
 * Eve:** Guess what I was doing over there?
 * Adam:** What? Talking to the serpent again? Serpents don't talk.
 * Eve**: Uhmm, yes they do. He lives under the tree and he tells me things.
 * Adam**: What could a serpent possibly tell you?
 * Eve:** He talks to me about the nice weather... Oh and he knows a lot about God!
 * Adam**: What could a serpent possibly know about such a magnificent being as God?
 * Eve:** He knows lotsa' things. Like things God told us that are wrong and lies.
 * Adam:** Don't question God!
 * Eve**: I'm not questioning him... I just know that hes wrong.
 * Adam**: Fine. Under what circumstances has he incorrectly directed us?[[image:http://conversationinfaith.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/418px-tree_of_knowledge.jpg width="293" height="369" align="right"]]
 * Eve:** Like, like, like... about the apple.
 * Adam:** What are you talking about? I ate an apple this morning.
 * Eve**: Not just ANY apple; an apple from the tree of knowledge of good and evil.
 * Adam:** Don't you dare go near that tree! You will be sucked into its vortex and die!
 * Eve**: No I wont...
 * Adam:** Yes, you will! God told me so!
 * Eve:** No, I know I won't because I already went near it and picked us a snack.
 * Adam:** Well...I still wouldn't eat it if I was you.
 * Eve**: Why not? Its fine. The serpent said he ate it and wanted me to have some so I could be smart, just like him!
 * Adam:** You are really going to listen to this serpent? He could have poisoned it!
 * Eve:** N-n-noooo...just look at it. It-it-it's red.
 * Adam:** Fine then try it!
 * Eve:** Uhhhh...N-n-no thanks; I brought it for you!
 * Adam**: You just don’t want to eat it incase it is poisoned. You don't feel so great about your friend, the serpent, now, do ya?
 * Eve:** Well... I mean...I do...it's just....HERE! Just eat it!
 * Adam:** No thanks. I would rather just go on a walk.
 * Eve**: Eat it!
 * Adam**: Eve NO! Eat it or don't! I really don't care!
 * Eve:** You mean you don't care if I die...
 * Adam:** You know what I mean! I don't want to deal with this right now!
 * Eve:** Why don't you ever listen to me? I promise I'm just trying to help.
 * Adam:** Trying to help by feeding me poison?! How can that possibly help?! You are like so stupid... I am going to the river. Just chill... (walks away) //*footsteps*//
 * Eve**: NOOO! EAT IT!
 * Adam:** Why did you make me eat it?!!!!??
 * Eve:** (nervous) How is it....?
 * Adam:** Well I'm feeling kind of dizzy and my stomach hurts and I have a pang in my foot and my right hand stings. Now I'm going to die...w-w-wait this is amazing!
 * Eve:** Really?
 * Adam**: Yeah its good. Just...well....I dunno...
 * Eve:** What?
 * Adam:** I feel great, and my vision is starting to become clear. I never realized how blurred my sight was before...
 * Eve:** Should I try it?[[image:http://goldenstate.files.wordpress.com/2008/12/rubens_-_adam_et_eve.jpg width="298" height="387" align="left" caption="Note: Not picture used in Analyses"]] **Adam**: Should I care? You could have just killed me. What if that were poisoned?
 * Eve:** My eyes are changing too. I feel different....
 * Adam and Eve:** Why are we naked?!

= Analyses = ​ Eve’s overly caring personality leads her to believing the best in others and in totality succumbing to their evil wishes, proving her naïveté. A sketch of the tree of knowledge of good and evil depicts Eve standing over her husband offering fruit while he peers into the distance. The artist’s use of Eve’s immediate pupil gaze at Adam reflects her solicitous trait. As she directly looks at her husband with compassion, a black sparkle of sincerity shines through to enforce her ideals of perfection. Perfection, however, does not come with ease as Eve’s innocence directs her thoughts and actions.

Speaking to God after his discovering of the consumption of the fruit, Eve blames, ‘“The serpent tricked me and I ate….”’ (Gen. 3.13). “Tricked” displays her sense of gullibility and simplicity through the creature from Eden who convinces a forbidden treat. As she converses with the reptile, Eve is persuaded without much question and quickly surrenders to his statements. Eve spends no time considering the pros and cons of her actions and rather than thinking of any consequences, just reacts with a blindsided response. More than anything, she portrays the airhead stereotype; perhaps she means well, but her actions show no obvious thought process. Unfortunately, too much trust exists, and the childish mindset that "nothing bad ever happens" for an adult develops into pure ignorance.

Adam’s simple-minded stance towards detail portrays him as more passive when it comes to reacting to his wife. The sketch of Adam and Eve previously described, also uses a white-eyed blank stare for Adam to display an obtuse personality. The unfocused glance away from Eve and into the distance conveys his imperceptive nature and intellectual intent. The dimwitted character uses body positioning to dictate an unreceptive trait.

God, discussing Adam’s mistakes with the young man himself, begins punishment with ‘“Because you have listened to the voice of your wife…”’ (Gen. 3.17) “Listened,” during this explanation between God and Adam, supports the way Adam did not significantly counter his wife’s suggestion. He followed her suggestion for eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil and made no action in favor or opposite the proposal displaying Adam’s sense of compliance. This conformity often appears in people who do not want to deal with complications caused by an ill reaction or disagreement from a wavering proposition.

=**Dialogue Analysis** =

Blanco uses body language and expressive character to portray characteristic elements through Adam, in her script, "Eve's Apple." Adam, an obtuse character displays his dim-witted tendencies through gullibly believing an outlandish rumor. Adam responds to Eve's idea of eating from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, "You will be sucked into its vortex and die" (Blanco 1). Such an mindless comment exemplifies Adam's vapid disposition since he holds the mindset that his simple-minded beliefs sustain valuable information. In comparison to other works, the slow-witted character of Michael Kelso in //That 70s Show// also obtains the tendency to acquire strong relations with his stance on statements. Blanco uses similar characterization of Adam when he boldly supplies his opinion of the forbidden tree.

The "I don't care" "don't bother" attitude Blanco gives Adam leads to a passive persona. Adam replies to Eve's insistence on consuming the apple with, "No, thanks. I would rather just go on a walk" (Blanco 2). His stiff and uncaring traits come forward when conversing with his wife, or moreover, avoiding conversation with his solicitous wife. Adam keeps uninvolved and inactive throughout the script; he continuously tries to escape the metaphorical restrain of Eve's words by making excuses to leave and disagreeing with her statements.

= Artistry =

One of the most predominant northern European artists of the 1600s became [|Peter Paul Rubens], a baroque painter. Other well-known paintings of his include "The Battle of the Amazons", "The Drunken Hercules", and "Romulus and Remus". The artistry above (left) includes the artwork of Rubens portraying Adam and Eve using oil paint to express "movement, color, and sensuality."

The style of baroque art flourished especially between the 16th and 18th centuries, and a lot of artists followed the styling of Rubens paintings. The work of Ruben and artist, Bernini started as a basis for many other famous pieces in the Western Movement of art in Italy. Other European countries such as France, Germany, the Netherlands, and Spain later adopted the style of artwork and appears in the work of Flemish artists, [|Rembrant] and [|Vermeer]. The main idea behind the style involves illuminating selective figures out of a deep shadow with smooth brush strokes.

= Reflection =

What seemed a long project really comprised of several quick components spent with a lot of time editing. The research for the webspiration chart surprisingly came with ease, and I finished with time to spare because of the time I previously spent developing my thoughts about the project. Thinking about what I wanted previous to writing also helped with my dialogue. I managed to write a decent draft in a fairly insignificant amount of time, but without re-reading I later realized I did not have much of a climax.

Spending time to correct my errors later, I still could not build enough tension or settle with a complete resolution, but without sufficient excess time to fix it I settled with a logical plot that portrayed the traits I intended to discuss. I learned to spend more time editing the first time as well as thinking in thoughtful progression instead of writing down scatterbrained ideas.

Most of my difficulty came when recording the dialogue because my personal computer failed to download the program, forcing me to work at school. This only proved to be a minor setback because it gave me the ability to have more expressive voices than my family. Again my computer failed me, and I lost the picture I previously discussed in the Anaylses portion. Although, technological incompetence can not be faulted, I learned to save my work on an additional resource such as webspiration or google documents. Overall, I should continue to not give up and frustrate over things out of my control because that only creates more problems later on in my work.

=Resources=

D //avid Hellman .net//. 2008. Web. 20 May 2010. . Flemish, The. "Peter Paul Rubens Art. Paintings. Pictures. Desktop Wallpapers." //MoodBook. Bring Art to Your Desktop!// Web. 20 May 2010. . //Olga's Gallery//. Web. 20 May 2010. . Web log post. //The Golden State//. Web. 20 May 2010. .