Read the following lines from the poem “ Eve to her daughters” in which the speaker describes Adam. The details in these lines lead the reader to understand that Adam does not believe in the reality of
Eve's experience and emotions.
“He taught you to despise my knowledge, my desires, my will,
He calls me weak, irrational, easily deceived;
But you, my daughters, know the truth, you have felt my power,
You have seen the fire in my eyes, the strength in my stance.”