If Gilgamesh was the same animalistic selfish ruler he once was he never would have even thought about taking the plant back and sharing it. He would have taken it all for himself at the moment he retrieved it. I believe that after his rebirth and awakening he came to grasp with is his life and understood there was something much more bigger than himself going on in Uruk. Although I believe Gilgamesh has matured more than he was, I do not think he has fully matured. I say this because when he complains to Ur-Shanabi after having the plant stolen, “ For myself I have obtained no benefit” (316). He makes it seem as if not only is he upset the plant was wrongly taken from him but that he deserves to have it because of his good intentions. If Gilgamesh really had the best intentions and had completely understood the story of the flood, he never would have thought of dividing himself a portion with the elders. That is why I believe that the snake represent humans and that maybe the snake was sent there from a higher power because he still had not learned his full
If Gilgamesh was the same animalistic selfish ruler he once was he never would have even thought about taking the plant back and sharing it. He would have taken it all for himself at the moment he retrieved it. I believe that after his rebirth and awakening he came to grasp with is his life and understood there was something much more bigger than himself going on in Uruk. Although I believe Gilgamesh has matured more than he was, I do not think he has fully matured. I say this because when he complains to Ur-Shanabi after having the plant stolen, “ For myself I have obtained no benefit” (316). He makes it seem as if not only is he upset the plant was wrongly taken from him but that he deserves to have it because of his good intentions. If Gilgamesh really had the best intentions and had completely understood the story of the flood, he never would have thought of dividing himself a portion with the elders. That is why I believe that the snake represent humans and that maybe the snake was sent there from a higher power because he still had not learned his full