Jasmine Jackson World Literature October 23‚ 2012 Women: Wisdom or Temptation In Gilgamesh there are different woman that come across both Enkidu and Gilgamesh ’ way that represent different things such as seduction‚ wisdom and also serve as a learning experience for both protagonist. Shamhat‚ Ishtar‚ Siduri‚ Utnapishtim wife and Rimat-Ninsun all play different roles in this epic‚while Shamhat and Ishtar present the seduction a woman brings to man‚ as well as learning experiences‚ Siduri
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to get back home and to regain his throne‚ but a series of unfortunate events occur that makes his journey long and treacherous. In his various adventures like The Cyclops‚ The Land Of The Dead‚ and The Lotus-Eaters‚ Odysseus shows examples of his heroic characteristics. In Odysseus’s adventures‚ he comes across a cyclops named Polyphemus. When Odysseus was trapped in Polyphemus’s cave‚ he told him his name was "nhbdy." He also knew that he shouldn’t have killed him in his sleep because he and his
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defining what a hero truly is. Strength alone does not make a hero; nor does intelligence. Moreover‚ the Epic of Gilgamesh truly defines the definition of a hero. Gilgamesh is portrayed as a true hero through his skill‚ intelligence‚ willingness to die‚ reverence‚ and his respect for death. Throughout the entire epic‚ Gilgamesh demonstrates outrageous skill as a warrior and leader. “Gilgamesh is strong to perfection.” “He is an awesome beast with unmatched strength and a chant that fosters armies.”
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Ms. Ruesta/English IV From Beowulf Name: _______________________________________________________________ Date: ___________________ Per:____________ Directions: The following graphic organizer is for The Wrath of Grendel and The Coming of Beowulf. Using the questions below‚ read the lines listed and paraphrase them. Reading Strategies Lines | Question(s): | Your words | 34-40 | What are the main ideas in these lines? | | 125-131 | What are the men doing? Using your own words‚ what
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purpose‚ especially one who has risked or sacrificed his or her life. A great example of a hero is Odysseus from the poem called The Odyssey. The Odyssey was written by a writer named Homer. Homer’s epic‚ the Odyssey is an example of Joseph Campbell’s Monomyth. The Odyssey has the three stages that are supposed to have‚ the SEPARATION stage‚ the STRUGGLE/INITIATION stage‚ and the RETURN/ REINGATION stage. In the separation stage‚ it has the five sub steps. The call to adventure. The refusal of the call
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beliefs of Odysseus‚ Beowulf‚ and Gilgamesh make them very different and yet they share several similarities. People’s beliefs are usually formed early in life‚ they dictate the feats of the person later on. Personages who have different beliefs can often still share much of the same qualities. In the books Beowulf‚ the translation by Seamus Heaney‚ The Odyssey‚ by Homer‚ and The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the translated oral epic‚ the protagonists Beowulf‚ Odysseus‚ and Gilgamesh have polarized values‚ however
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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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Outline (SEAO): Fill-In Version Title: Epic of Gilgamesh The correct‚ MLA bibliographic citation for this selection is: Sandars‚ N.K‚ trans. Epic of Gilgamash. England: Penguin‚ 2006. Print. The ways (literal & symbolic) in which the title relates to the story is/are An Epic is a long poetic composition‚ usually centered upon a hero‚ so the Epic of Gilgamesh title tells the reader that this story was most likely going to be about a hero named Gilgamesh and it would be about his adventure.
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monster. Beowulf shows qualities only displayed from an epic hero: he is honorable‚ brave‚ strong‚ was born from a noble family‚ fights for god‚ has followers‚ accepts challenges‚ and many more. I’m going to tell you about a few of these qualities. One heroic quality that Beowulf possesses is courage. Beowulf shows courage through the entire story. The fact he even decided to come help the danes proves this quality. There were many other ways that showed this as well: fighting grendel‚ taking on his mother
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The original version of the Epic of Gilgamesh (1000 BCE)‚ written in Babylonian‚ in it Gilgamesh is directed to eat‚ drink‚ and be merry. This is the thematic embrace of the hedonic state of pleasure. While Hedonism can branch out from pleasures of the body‚ this early example of Hedonism does not separate types of
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