in the bible there is a story called 'samson and delilah.' delilah was samson's mistress, his guilty passion and his eventual undoing. twice did delilah ask him "how does one vanquish you" and twice he lied. twice then did delilah try to kill him. the first time she laughed. the second time she scorned him as a liar.
one would presume samson recognize the threat of danger staring him right in the face, sharing the bed with him, and whispering sweet nothings and gasps into his ears. but after all in this world of gods he stands as but a man: weak, sinful and horridly flawed. in his foolishness, the foolishness of a mortal, he continued this affair with delilah. on the third time, he revealed his weakness.
on the third time, delilah cut off his hair. she had him torn, she snatched his throne as the strongest like an eagle swooping to catch its prey and smashed it. she destroyed the strongest man alive, reducing him to prisoner.
this is a particular painting called 'samson' by solomon j solomon which describes this myth to its full extent. it seems to have a similar positioning to the creation of adam. but this time instead of god bestowing the gift of life to man, a mortal woman stands triumphant. she gives this man death. she mocks him, her face curled into a sadistic grin as she brandishes his hair in her ivory wrist. delilah is at a far corner, showing that she is not harmed by his defeat and reigns triumphant, even implying that samson was his own downfall and delilah was simply the one who guided him to it, cementing his fall. and she remains sinless, detached as he gets captured. even in the end, when god gave him his strength back he destroyed himself. samson was his own greatest enemy.