# Eve — A Vindication of the Rights of Woman character guide

> Eve in A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Eve

**First appearance:** 0003-i

## Who they are

Biblical first woman, used to illustrate arguments about female nature.

## Relationships

### [Mary Wollstonecraft](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/characters/mary_wollstonecraft)

_psychological_

Wollstonecraft uses Eve as a symbol of the flawed, subordinate female archetype created by patriarchal myth, which she seeks to dismantle.

### [Sir Isaac Newton](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/characters/sir_isaac_newton)

_psychological_

Eve and Newton represent opposing poles in Wollstonecraft's argument: mythic female weakness versus male rational achievement.

### [Being](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_vindication_of_the_rights_of_woman_se/characters/being)

_psychological_

The ideal 'Being' is contrasted with Eve to show how women fall short of rational perfection due to social conditioning.

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