You laugh, but (Catholic theologian) Scott Hahn makes the (admittedly controversial) argument that the narrative of the Fall is essentially one of a bridal test ... which Adam failed, essentially by not telling Satan to butt out and leave Eve alone. Adam, Hahn's argument goes, was afraid of death (since preternatural immortality consisted of the possibility of not dying, not the impossibility of dying) and failed to support his bride against the threat.
Hence the need for the true hero to come along, pass the bridal test on Calvary, and conquer death by rising on Easter morning.
Maybe it's wrong, but it's still intriguing. :-)
Yes, it is!
Was that in a book of Hahn's? I've read a little of his writing, but not a lot.