Rational or Transcendent?

When considering the relationship between Satan and Eve in Paradise Lost, I thought of evil as a sort of virus. Satan passed the virus on to Eve when he convinced her to eat the fruit, and Eve passed it on to Adam by doing the same. Through this connection, we can link the most admired character in the text, Satan, to the weakest character, Eve.
The climax of the story is when Satan is attempting to convince Eve to eat the fruit. While there isn’t as much action as during the battle for heaven, the stakes are much higher for us as humans. If there was ever a class on how to persuade someone to do something, Satan could teach it. By starting out with rational points as to why Eve should eat the fruit, he gains her confidence. As she buys into what he is saying, he continually ups the stakes, going further and further towards wickedness. Using the same system of persuasion, he probably could have convinced Eve to kill Adam. For one, God didn’t say she couldn’t kill Adam. And, without Adam, Eve could make her own decisions without having to consult her “superior”. By killing Adam, Eve would be the most powerful human on Earth (granted, she would have been the only human on Earth).
After he finally convinces Eve to eat the fruit, she gives her soliloquy. While the subject of her soliloquy is obviously the fruit, the argument could be made that she is addressing either herself or Satan as well. The fruit kind of makes Eve freak out a bit, and she speaks against God numerous times during this section. This is interesting to me, because God never really speaks to Eve, and without speaking to her, I don’t know if he ever really earned her trust and belief.
As the fruit she eats from is the Tree of Knowledge, she becomes more knowledgeable afterwards. But she also speaks against God. Does this mean that knowledge makes us question, and therefore, doubt the existence or power of God? It seems to make sense. As we are rational in nature, we try to think about why things happen. Generally, there is a scientific answer for everything. However, Milton would have us to believe, through the speeches of Raphael, that the going ons in Heaven are beyond human comprehension. Thus, the acts of God are beyond our reasoning abilities. This would be a big push for putting your faith in God, even if you cannot rationally explain his existence or actions.