The fresco painting, The Fall and the Expulsion from the Garden of Eden, created by Michelangelo and painted on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, depicts the biblical story of Adam and Eve and their sin against God, due to the temptation in the form of a forbidden apple tree known for granting knowledge. The painting presents the viewer with the story all in one piece. On the right side, Adam and Eve are living in a plentiful environment. They reach out towards the middle of the painting where the tree of knowledge is rooted. On the tree sits a man with the lower body of a snake. This man representing Satan himself, holds out an apple from the tree, tempting the two to go against God and take a bite each. As the story goes, they do exactly that. First the fall of Eve closely followed by Adam. The left side the
n shows them sulking away from the tree and now surrounded by a more barren and somber environment being expelled from The Garden of Eden and onto Earth. This painting as a whole depicts the first sin of men. The end result being shame and regret as evident from their faces on the left side of the painting. All coming from the sin they chose to take part of together. The story of these two sinners and their fate has been told throughout many years including other visions of the story. However, the story isnt so much about the sin but the outcome of it. Another instance where sin and its effect on humans can be seen is in The Scarlet Letter. The writer of The Scarlet Letter, Nathanial Hawthorne, uses the characters in the book to allude to the conclusion that sin is horrible due to its power to destroy a person.