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    and freer adaptations. This poem recounts the adventures of the semi-mythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately hopeless pursuit for immortality after the death of his friend and companion‚ Enkidu‚ a wildman sent and created by the gods. The “Epic of Gilgamesh” is a reflection of eternal spiritual‚ social and cultural values such as courage‚ alliance‚ love‚ and the fear and acceptance of death. It had a tremendous impact and influence to such an extent that it still inspires people today with

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    Topic 2: The Warrior Hero Actor‚ Christopher Reeve‚ once said‚ “What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power‚ but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” Everyone has his or her own idea of what makes someone a hero. Sometimes this idea has to do with one’s culture or status in society. Homer’s Iliad‚ and Virgil’s Aeneid‚ use epic literature to present

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    also the one who tells Gilgamesh that he should go to Utnapishtim. The sixth woman that I will be discussing was not named in the epic of Gilgamesh but we know her by Utnapishtim’s wife. She plays a very significant role in the story because she is the one who convinces her husband‚ Utnapishtim‚ to share the secret of “how the old man becomes a young man.” In the epic of Gilgamesh‚ Utnapishtim says‚ “There is a plant that grows under the water‚ it has a prickle like a thorn‚ like a rose; it will

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    millennium BC must have been way different then how we see friendship today… Or is it? When you have a friendship with someone‚ you “fill their gaps” of what they don’t necessarily have. N. K. Sandars demonstrates that “filling of the gaps” in The Epic of Gilgamesh. The friendship of Gilgamesh and Enkidu benefits them both greatly by making up for each other’s limitations. You see this when they become stronger together to fight Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven‚ when Enkidu rationalizes with Gilgamesh

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    life‚ a life that does not end must be supremely important. This idea is exemplified throughout time in stories both historical and fictional. The Epic of Gilgamesh is one such story. Gilgamesh deals with immortality on nearly every level‚ and at the same time points back to mortality‚ trying to extract a reason for living and dying. Ostensively‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh entertains the idea of immortality on a physical plane. The struggle for earthly immortality is meant to seem futile in Gilgamesh because

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    Temptation in The Odyssey and The Epic of Gilgamesh The Odyssey is both the second story in a two-book trilogy written by Homer some time in 700B.C. and an incredible story of an epic journey filled with sorrow‚ temptation‚ and a hero journeying home. Similarly to Homer’s Odyssey‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh(which was written by an unknown author) is also a story involving gods‚ goddesses‚ temptation‚ and a journey to and from Gilgamesh’s home. These two day old stories share many similarities‚ such as

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    Rewind and Replay Sex‚ power‚ and fear of the unknown has motivated human kind for our entire existence. This is what drives man to act as we do today. In the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ we can relate more than a few key points of the story to something that is happening in the modern world today. Sex being a passage into civilization in the story is as true now as it was back then. Power is something humans crave and would do anything for. Fear of the unknown is something Gilgamesh experienced as he went

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    Topic 2 Finish these readings: 1) “The Epic of Gilgamesh” (textbook‚ pp.116-8); 2) “A Pyramid Text” and “Book of the Dead” (textbook‚ pp.121-3); develop an essay addressing the attitudes of Mesopotamians and Egyptians toward death‚ life‚ afterlife and meaning of life (or anything you think related

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    Epic Hero Essay Beowulf is an epic hero with extraordinary strength. A true hero does not fear death‚ but instead risks all that he is for what he believes to be right and moral. Epic heroes are of noble birth and fight for people. They will travel far distances to accomplish what they are setting out to do. Heroes all share the characteristic of their willingness to die in their effort to accomplish their heroic act‚ making the act in it heroic. Beowulf is an epic hero because he

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    lost and terrified you take your own life with the swiftest motion‚ letting your existence become one with absence. Now imagine your killer‚ the one that drove you to do it is a praised hero with a day to his name and equal grounds with Martin Luther King Jr. it’s already happened‚ Christopher Columbus‚ the praised hero.

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