WRC 1013 22 September 2013 Compare/Contrast: Steve Jobs & Bill Gates Steve Jobs (born in Green Bay‚ Wisconsin on the 24th of February 1955) is best known as the co-founder & CEO of Apple Computer and somewhat less so for his leadership of Pixar which is a computer animation studio. On the other hand‚ Bill Gates (born in Seattle‚ Washington on the 28th of October 1955) is known for the creation of the Windows operating system‚ as well as being the co-founder and current Chairman and Chief Software
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of the female characters in Gilgamesh. Write a brief description of each and what she does in the story. Can you get any general ideas about the roles of women in ancient Sumeria from this? Explain‚ using specific examples from the story. 1. Enkidu - Companion and friend of Gilgamesh. Hairy-bodied and brawny‚ Enkidu was raised by animals. Even after he joins the civilized world‚ he retains many of his undomesticated characteristics. Enkidu looks much like Gilgamesh and is almost his physical equal
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Gilgamesh: The First Epic Hero Throughout literature there are many heroes. However‚ the Epic of Gilgamesh was the first written epic‚ making Gilgamesh the first recorded epic hero. Gilgamesh possesses many qualities traditionally associated with epic heroes‚ and fits the mold perfectly. These five qualities are that the hero is born under unusual circumstances‚ he or she leave their family to live with someone else‚ an event occurs that leads to an adventure or quest‚ the hero has divine or supernatural
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a companion. “Gilgamesh: A Verse Narrative” by Herbert Mason is an ancient Babylonian epic about two friends‚ Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Gilgamesh is an oppressive king‚ and Enkidu is like the king of the animals. The establishment of their powerful friendship plays an avid role in the epic. The confrontation of these two characters serves to introduce the theme of friendship as a humanizing element. Enkidu moves from his primitive state into civilization in order to transform Gilgamesh into a more civilized
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Gilgamesh In the story Gilgamesh‚ there are many different things that go on and different fascinating events. The people‚ events‚ and even the animals are very different and interesting to many people. In this story there is a main character named Gilgamesh and his friend named Enkidu. I think that Enkidu is very good at taking care of business and being the role model in this story. Therefor‚ I think that Enkidu is the more Heroic character in this story. In my opinion‚ a hero is someone who
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By the end of the epic‚ Gilgamesh has hardly changed from the ravenous man he was in the beginning of the poem. In the beginning of the epic‚ Gilgamesh is portrayed as a man who is selfish; someone will stop at nothing to satisfy his desires‚ however irrational his desires are. One of Gilgamesh’s many desires is to win fame and glory for himself and his descendants. To accomplish this‚ he decides to venture into the Cedar Forest to seek and destroy Huwawa. When Enkidu advises against this perilous
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Epic of Gilgamesh The epic of Gilgamesh is the earliest primary document discovered in human history dating back to approximately 2‚000 B.C.E. This document tells a story of an ancient King Gilgamesh‚ ruler of Sumer in 2‚700 B.C.E. who is created gloriously by gods as one third man and two third god. In this epic‚ Gilgamesh begins his kingship as an audacious and immature ruler. Exhausted from complaints‚ the gods send a wild man named Enkidu to become civilized and assist Gilgamesh to mature
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Exercise 1: Gilgamesh (Tablets I through VIII) 1. In the “Prologue” to the epic‚ note the narrative-perspective shifts from 1st-person to 3rd-person to 2nd-person (imperative). What is the intent of these narrative-perspective shifts and how do these shifts affect the readers’/audience’s response? The intent is the shift in narrative-perspectives is to help build the character of Gilgamesh into this larger than life‚ godlike‚ person. It also affects the reader as it makes it seem that the life
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the story is God is angry with all the sin in the world‚ so he decides to start over by sending a flood to wipe out mankind and restart with Noah and his family. Not everyone might be as familiar with the Mesopotamian story of the flood found in Gilgamesh. One would likely assume the story of the flood would have many difference considering the contrast in the time period and colossal differences of religion but there are many underlying similarities in details of the main characters‚ Noah and Utnapishtim
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Enkidu is a brave and fearless man that most people end up admiring including Gilgamesh. They both realize that they are not alone and that’s why‚ in my opinion‚ they become so close. I don’t think they have neither a homosexual relationship nor anything far beyond than friendship because people didn’t have the same mentality before as they do now. With research I’ve found that men were more intimate with one another than now days. Actions that can now be interpreted as homosexual activity were just
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