EXHIBIT 10

                         INDEPENDENT AUDITORS' CONSENT

METROPOLITAN LIFE SEPARATE ACCOUNT E:


We consent to the use in this Post-Effective Amendment No. 33/Amendment No. 66
to Registration Statement No. 002-90380/811-4001 of Metropolitan Life Separate
Account E on Form N-4 of our report dated April 23, 2004 relating to
Metropolitan Life Separate Account E, and our report dated April 9, 2004
relating to Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (which report expresses an
unqualified opinion and includes an explanatory paragraph referring to the
change in the method of accounting for embedded derivatives in certain insurance
products as required by new accounting guidance which became effective on
October 1, 2003, and recorded the impact as a cumulative effect of a change in
accounting principle), both appearing in the Statement of Additional
Information, which is a part of such Registration Statement. We also consent to
the reference to us under the heading "Independent Auditors", appearing in the
Statement of Additional Information, which is a part of such Registration
Statement, and to the reference to us under the heading "Financial Statements"
appearing in the Prospectus, which is also a part of such Registration
Statement.


DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP
Tampa, Florida


April 26, 2004