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The allegory of the Poison Tree is remarkably similar to the poison apple and the serpent in the garden of Eden. The "purusha-pradhan" (male-centric) view blames the female and her beauty for the "sin" rather than the weakness of the will of the man (male). The temptress takes the blame, not the tempted. The famous excuse of entrapment. Nagendra, the hero of Bankim's novel is an ideal Bengalee, Hindu zamindar till he cast his eyes on the beautiful Kunda Nalini. the low-caste maid of his household. (Some Bengali names are indeed beautiful. Like the hapless Kunda Nalini, the maid and Surya Mukhi, Nagendra's 'devoted' wife.)