I thought Adam's interest in what was beyond his world was quite intereting, although he didn't "know" much, her still seemed curious about the beyond. He was fascinated abou the other worlds, this also could support that Milton was a Copernican follower. He also describes god as light;
"Hail holy Light, offspring of Heav'n first born,
Or og th' Eternal co-eternal beam
May I express thee unblamed? since God is light,
And never but in unapproached light
Dwelt from Eternitie, dwelt then in thee, [ 5 ]
Bright effluence of bright essence increate.
Or hear'st thou rather pure Ethernal stream"
Act III, line 1-7
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if you are talking about Adam being interested about the beyond, then this can lead back to Alessandro Scafi's questions regarding placement, knowing and Eden.
He mentions that some books of Genesis suggest that Eden is in the East, which leads him to ask the question 'what is East" (p-51). This made me think of a discussion we had in class a few weeks back when we shifted the paradigm of mapping within a European context to mapping within the contexts of other countries such as India, China, etc.
The ideas of what is the 'center' of a culture, of a world and therefore of a map, are all in regards to who is doing the perceiving. Center, therefore, is where they (the observers and perceivers) are located.
Likewise, if you are asking what is East, if East is in a sense unknown or undefined, then you can parallel that to Eve's not knowing what Death is, and not really understanding the consequences of eating the fruit of the tree (as we discussed), because she has a different sense of perception of Death, without any real experience of it.
So, there is this parallel between not 'knowing' East, and so not knowing the location and reality and consequences of Eden to not 'knowing' Death, and so not knowing the reality and consequences of eating the fruit.
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