Allusions at work

Throughout our study of King Lear, it has become blatantly obvious that Regan and Goneril are meant to represent Adam and Eve. They are the beginning of the chaos cycle. They commit the original sin in lying to their father. Once their lies became so grand, Cordelia knew she could not say anything more than they had said without lying to her father and being just as bad. Thus spinning the wheel of fate and putting everyone else's live into a downward spin. The second piece of evidence that they are allusions to Adam and Eve occurs when Goneril originally becomes infatuated with Edmund and then Regan suddenly ignites feelings for him as well. Both sisters fell into temptation for evil. However, Regan did not fall for him until after Goneril did. Does that make Goneril, Eve; and Regan, Adam? Edmund is the serpent offering the sisters his forbidden fruit in exchange for power. The simple fact that these two princesses would risk their safe and cushioned lifestyle for a chance at more power, doesn't make sense. Which leads me to my third point. Adam and Eve were tricked into wanting something that was never really important to them. Regan and Goneril already had quite a bit of power. They had no true motivation for needing anymore. Edmund was the bastard son of a man that had an older, legitimate, son that would later inherit his power and authority; whereas, Edmund would get nothing. Edmund, like the devil, saw something he wanted and found two people that insured that whichever one he'd end up with, he'd gain more power than he ever dreamed.