# Eve — Back to Methuselah character guide

> Eve in Back to Methuselah by George Bernard Shaw.

**Role:** major

**Also known as:** Eve Adam, Eve Creation, Eve The Voice, Eve Shuddering, Eves

**First appearance:** 0052-part-i-in-the-beginning

## Snapshot

The first woman, who names death, pets the talking Serpent, and dares to imagine being born again and again.

## Who they are

Eve watches a fawn rot into worms and coins the word that will haunt her species: dead. Lonely enough to be flattered by a whispering snake in an amethyst hood, she is the restless, curious half of the first marriage, always asking why. Her willingness to listen to the Serpent's talk of birth and renewal sets the whole evolutionary argument of the play in motion.

## Relationships

### [Franklyn Barnabas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/back_to_methuselah_se/characters/franklyn_barnabas)

_friendship_

Eve and Franklyn share a visionary kinship, both seeking to transcend human limitations.

### [Adam](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/back_to_methuselah_se/characters/adam)

_family_

The primordial couple, bound by shared origins and a complex, often strained partnership.

### [Abel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/back_to_methuselah_se/characters/abel)

_family_

Abel is Eve's son, and their relationship is marked by maternal care and the weight of his tragic fate.

### [Cain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/back_to_methuselah_se/characters/cain)

_family_

Cain is Eve's rebellious son, and their relationship is fraught with conflict over his violent nature.

### [Franklyn Barnabas](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/back_to_methuselah_se/characters/franklyn_barnabas)

_friendship_

Eve and Franklyn share a visionary kinship, both seeking to transcend human limitations.

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