Also, if she eats, she'll be as a god, since the serpent is like a man. The only death she could experience would involve her passing from human form to godly form. Finally, if God is so opposed to her eating the fruit, then he must be envious. Still she can't decide if she should eat it. She reasons that maybe death was invented only for humans or that beasts could have access to the fruit without fatal consequences.
Nature laments the sin.
Dore etching of the serpent leaving Eve to fall . 817-833 Eve debates whether to share her knowledge and happiness with Adam or to keep the power herself. She thinks that keeping the knowledge to herself will render her Adam's equal. In the meantime, Adam has made Eve a garland of flowers. He has sensed the danger.