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    Mmw 21 Study Guide

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    Please match the terms or names from each column that are most closely related in significance and historical context. Write a 3-4 sentence explanation of their relationship (BE BRIEF BUT SPECIFIC) Confucius Utnapishtim Gilgamesh Filial Piety Key Names & Terms Gilgamesh Enkidu Utnapishtim Ishtar’s Descent into Netherworld King Josiah’s reforms in 622 Deuteronomy Babylonian Exile of 597 Siddhartha Gautama Bodhisattva Tushita Heaven Four Encounters Four Noble Truths Law of Dependent

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    Relevant Freud

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    The theories of Sigmund Freud were advanced and are very important to modern society. This physician and neurologist are often measured as having one of the greatest inspired minds. Throughout his entire childhood Freud had been planning a career in law. Not long before he entered the University of Vienna in 1873 Freud decided to become a medical student. He was drawn to a study of science and he wanted to solve problems facing the scientists of his day. His intent was not to be a conventional doctor

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    The flood in Genesis is not the only story of its kind‚ other mythological versions have a very similar act to tell. The flood in Genesis shows that the one existing God (Yahweh) controls all things‚ and in the mythological story of the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the god Enlil needed other gods to help control all things. The overall point in the stories come to a similar conclusion -humanity was corrupt or bothersome and needed punishment- but the differences are in how the God (Yahweh) or gods demonstrate

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    Gender Role and Gilgamesh

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    Gender Roles of Gilgamesh In the epic of Gilgamesh both genders male and female play significant roles in the success and downfalls of Gilgamesh. Each gender helps shape and evolves him in his journey through this epic. Though Gilgamesh and Enkidu are the main characters and they are both male the females play just as important roles as them. For Enkidu to become a big factor in Gilgamesh’s life a female (Harlot) has to make Enkidu a man and make him civil. The roles of each gender both play

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    Socrates vs Gilgamesh

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    Joe Arce 19 Sept 2011 Socrates Vs. Gilgamesh Socrates’ view of death in the Phaedo‚ Crito‚ and Apology is complex. His argument tries to prove that philosophers‚ of all people‚ are in the best state to die or will be in the best state after life because of the life they lead. Socrates’ views are sharply contrasted in The Epic of Gilgamesh. In fact‚ he would probably say that Gilgamesh had not lived the proper kind of life and his views of life‚ and death would lead to an unsettled existence in the

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    Gilgamesh Humanism Essay

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    have been widely known during the ancient period. It is a story of a powerful man who seeks to become immortal‚ so he seeks out the gods and the key to immortality. The story of Gilgamesh was more about what it is to be a man than what it is to serve the Gods. As the beginning and the end of the epic make clear‚ Gilgamesh is celebrated more for his human achievement than for his relationship with the divine. Which is a clear example of humanism because it focuses on the importance to humans rather

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    ENGL2310 To AKIN Sep 27th‚ 2010 Legend Story in Korea Epic of Gilgamesh is a story of an oral tradition and an ancient poem from Mesopotamia around 2700 B.C. the Epic of Gilgamesh‚ which is the earliest known work of literature‚ has originated as a series of Sumerian legends and a story of King Gilgamesh. The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ also as known as poems about the king Gilgamesh‚ is based on the story of king Gilgamesh who was the fifth king of Uruk in the late Early Dynastic II period. Today

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    Achilles vs Gilgamesh

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    similar purpose. The characters that perform such sacrifices are required to give up something they love‚ cherish or own in order to serve a greater purpose. Achilles from The Iliad must sacrifice his physical possessions to appease his gods. Gilgamesh is unwillingly forced to sacrifice his beloved brother. Cain from The Bible also forfeits material possessions‚ but he also gives up his own integrity‚ as well as eternal life in his Heaven. These sacrifices appear to differ in the severity of

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    Enkidus Effect

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    11 Feb 2013 The Change of Gilgamesh In The Epic of GilgameshGilgamesh is called the “shepherd of his people” even though the narrator also gives examples of his harshness and injustice towards them. At the beginning of the story Gilgamesh is restless‚ feeling that he was meant for greater things. During his journey Gilgamesh meets Enkidu who changes the way that he thinks and behaves. When Enkidu passes away Gilgamesh changes the way he acts completely. The Gilgamesh at the end of the story acts

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    What Is Gilgamesh's Quest

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    and reworked by various Mesopotamian cultures. The Epic of Gilgamesh tells the story of a man‚ two-thirds god and one-third human. After the gods take his friend‚ Enkidu‚ Gilgamesh begins a quest to gain immortality. On his journey he meets Utnapishtim‚ a man who obeys the gods and was saved by them from the Great Flood. Utnapishtim gives Gilgamesh many tests‚ which he all fails. He then is eventually sent away by Utnapishtim. Gilgamesh realizes he must face his mortality and find

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