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    brilliant they were for it self. This explains the life of both Achilles and Beowulf. Both warriors fought with pride and power‚ but they had different personalities and ideas of leadership. Both great stories were oriented towards gaining glory and showing strength. Achilles fought and goes into Troy only for his own fame‚ while Beowulf fights for his value and

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh Questions for Analysis #1-6 1. What was the Mesopotamian view of the afterlife? 2. What is the message of Siduri’s advice to Gilgamesh? 3. Consider Utnapishtim’s initial response to Gilgamesh’s request for the secret of eternal life. How does his message complement what Siduri has said? 4. Consider the story of Utnapishtim. What do the various actions of the gods and goddesses allow us to infer about how the Mesopotamians viewed their deities? 5. According to the epic

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    Objectively explain the similarities and differences between the gods in Gilgamesh and God in Genesis. The Book of Genesis and The Epic of Gilgamesh has many similarities and differences. The stories are so similar that some people believe they are the same but just changed over time. There are speculations that the epic of Gilgamesh was written down first but we cannot be for certain. The Jewish‚ Muslim‚ and Christian religions all use this story in their holy books. The book of genesis could have

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    Mesopotamia. She is often shown winged and bearing arms. In the excerpt‚ Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the Assyrian News Agency Version‚ Ishtar is the goddess of love and fertility‚ also the goddess of war which no latter day king‚ no man alive can equal. This expresses a strong feminist standpoint during the ancient Mesopotamia. Ishtar lures her lovers and then executes them hence; Gilgamesh refused her proposal for marriage. Gilgamesh is afraid of the outcomes‚ if he should engage in sexual activities with Ishtar

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    Moore English Literature 3 April 2011 Most Honorable Character: Hector or Achilles? Honor: honesty‚ fairness‚ or integrity in one ’s beliefs and actions; this is the definition by which these two characters‚ Hector and Achilles‚ ought to be judged. By taking this definition to heart‚ Achilles is far from honorable. Throughout the Iliad‚ Achilles acts on rage and revenge. “Rage-Goddess‚ sing the rage of Peleus’ son Achilles‚ murderous‚ doomed‚ that cost the Achaens countless losses‚ hurling down to

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    instead he is famous for doping. Doping changed everyone’s perspective on him. Achilles has a similar personality: Agressive‚ doing anything he can to avenge Patrouclus. Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles have similar personality but they show it in different ways. Both Lance Armstrong and Achilles demonstrate an aggressive personality when they are competing. Lance Armstrong shows aggression when he races and Achilles when he fights. To show this‚ Lance Armstrong “excelled in football‚ swimming

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    The Epic of Gilgamesh Flood story and the Flood story found in Genesis 6-9 have a significant amount of similarities and differences. As you read them both you will slowly grasp the differences and seek out the similarities. They both may be told in different times but they show the exact same event that happened but in a different amount of time and with different characters. As you read each version of the flood‚ the first difference i noticed was that in both a specific thing angers the gods

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    The epic of "Gilgamesh‚" the book of "Genesis" and Ovid’s "Metamorphoses" poem all have several similarities; some are the creation story‚ a story of a fall‚ and a flood. Among these similarities‚ there are also distinct differences. In terms of similarities‚ all three stories present the creation story of the world out of chaos. "Genesis" and "Metamorphoses" state that man was created on god’s image and that’s when humans were first brought into life. On the other hand‚ looking at some differences

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    “Build a boat”‚ they said. “The flood will come”‚ they said. The flood stories of “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and “The Genesis” are both accounts of the great disasters that wiped out most of the population of Earth that have both differences and similarities on what happened when the floods occurred. These stories parallel each other in many areas including the warning given to an individual being‚ the instruction to build an ark‚ the instruction to bring a sampling of species on board‚ the method by

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    in this strange‚ new world since my departure all those years ago. The only proper way to discuss my journey with you is to start from the very beginning‚ when I left home. During our long crossing of the great salt sea‚ I befriended a man named Achilles Davenport. I learned through him some of his language and to help me communicate and assimilate better

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