Gilgamesh Grief

The Epic of Gilgamesh

Theme: Grief from death

In the story The Epic of Gilgamesh, the theme was grief from death. Gilgamesh was afraid of his own death after his frenemy..

Death is the end of a life span, and we all must face it one day. Death can bring out the grief which leads to fear. In many occasions, when someone looses a loved one they get this feeling of unbearableness and fear that they can be next. In the story The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh and his “frenemy” Enkidu had finished killing Humbaba and The Bull of Heaven and the Gods ordained his death. After Enkidu’s death, Gilgamesh felt grief because him and Enkidu had became close and he now had to enter the wilderness alone.

After a close friend’s death, the last thing