What Is The Difference Between Gilgamesh And Ethical Behavior
In our society there are a certain set of morals and ethics that one is assumed to follow. Over time, these morals and ethics may change. Some think moral and ethics go hand in hand. However, they carry two distinct terms. Ethical behavior is that which is accepted to be right or good opposed to bad or wrong in the context of the governing moral code. Morals are a set of convictions that one holds to themselves. Often times in literary works ethics and morals are depicted into society. This is particularly proven to be true in works such as: The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave and The Epic of Gilgamesh.
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, follows a slave’s recount of his life …show more content…
Gilgamesh is a character who embodies both good and evil. At the start of the passage, he was a wild man, sleeping with married women on their wedding night and wrecking havoc. He was an arrogant, big headed, ruler who showed no regard for his people. But over time, with the help of the Gods, Gilgamesh conforms to the right ways of society.
This development of Gilgamesh is mainly owed to the Gods, specifically Anu and Aruru. They are the forces behind the events that turn him into a good man. In the beginning, when the citizens of Uruk could not take the chaos anymore, they started praying for mercy to the Gods. For his people to pray so much, only proves that Gilgamesh went against the morals of society. The Gods had in turn answered their prayers by creating another human to match him, Enkidu. Along with the Gods, Enkidu helps to shed light on Gilgamesh’s wrong doings.
Gilgamesh, himself, looked up to these Gods, and he can be found many times asking for their help. At one point, when he was on his way to fight Humbaba, he asked his mother to put in a good word for him with the God Shamash. She in turn listens to his prayer and prays for him. Take for …show more content…
She made the offering, to Shamash she raised her hands in prayer:
By her doing this for him, she is only further proving that the Gods are the ones who held all the power. They had complete control over everything. That is why one is expected to follow the ways of
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave, follows a slave’s recount of his life …show more content…
Gilgamesh is a character who embodies both good and evil. At the start of the passage, he was a wild man, sleeping with married women on their wedding night and wrecking havoc. He was an arrogant, big headed, ruler who showed no regard for his people. But over time, with the help of the Gods, Gilgamesh conforms to the right ways of society.
This development of Gilgamesh is mainly owed to the Gods, specifically Anu and Aruru. They are the forces behind the events that turn him into a good man. In the beginning, when the citizens of Uruk could not take the chaos anymore, they started praying for mercy to the Gods. For his people to pray so much, only proves that Gilgamesh went against the morals of society. The Gods had in turn answered their prayers by creating another human to match him, Enkidu. Along with the Gods, Enkidu helps to shed light on Gilgamesh’s wrong doings.
Gilgamesh, himself, looked up to these Gods, and he can be found many times asking for their help. At one point, when he was on his way to fight Humbaba, he asked his mother to put in a good word for him with the God Shamash. She in turn listens to his prayer and prays for him. Take for …show more content…
She made the offering, to Shamash she raised her hands in prayer:
By her doing this for him, she is only further proving that the Gods are the ones who held all the power. They had complete control over everything. That is why one is expected to follow the ways of