individual is labeled as different‚ often times because that person is perceived as being an outsider. Also‚ both individuals and groups are subject to this labeling. However‚ otherness rarely stands alone in literature. Particularly‚ in The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ The Tempest‚ and Heart of Darkness‚ otherness overlaps with the theme of identity.
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EXAM JOURNAL: MIDTERM QUESTIONS The following are the pool from which the three (3) questions on your Midterm Exam will be culled. As explained in the syllabus you are required to keep exam journals for the Gilgamesh‚ Persepolis and Hamlet readings‚ based on the separate questions listed on Blackboard for each text. You may use your Exam Journals together with your completed Freud Vocabulary when you take the Midterm Exam 1. Both Ophelia and Marjane experience bouts of deep depression. In what
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A Comparison of a Tragic Hero from Euripides’s Medea and Aeschylus’s Agamemnon Tragic heroes from Greek tragedies almost always share similar characteristics. Medea from Euripides’s play Medea and Clytemnestra from Aeschylus’s play Agamemnon display and share traits common to a tragic hero. They both have a flaw‚ hold a high rank or have an extraordinary ability‚ seek vengeance‚ and cause their own downfall anothers suffering. All of these traits are displayed clearly in these characters and
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Humanities Seminar 1 17 September 2014 In The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ a partly recollected epic poem about the journey of Uruk’s King‚ Gilgamesh is forced to fuck confront his fear of death‚ question his choices and morality‚ and re-evaluate his own character. Given that he sleeps with newlywed women (Tablet II‚ Column P‚ 161) and kills Humbaba only to show his prowess and leave a legacy (Tablet V‚ Column V‚ 245)‚ I am very hesitant to even call Gilgamesh a hero at the start. Nevertheless he has moments
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Gilgamesh is an epic poem and it is one of the earliest pieces of world literature. The epic of Gilgamesh is the greatest work of ancient Mesopotamia. There are several translations around the world‚ but the one that I came across with was translated by Benjamin R. Foster. Immortality was something king Gilgamesh always dreamt of‚ but a friendship was something he didn’t have before. “ They kissed each other and made friends” (Ln 115). This text shows that it was just the beginning of a irreplaceable
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All of the text we have read this semester reflect male dominated cultures‚ yet in all of them‚ women play very important roles. In the text the we’ve read‚ Hamlet‚ Gilgamesh‚ and The Odyssey‚ women played a small role‚ yet there are the driving factors for the actions of many other characters. In Shakespeare’s Hamlet‚ both Gertrude‚ Hamlet’s mother‚ and Ophelia‚ Hamlet’s love‚ affected many of the decisions and actions done by Hamlet. Gertrude influenced Hamlet significantly throughout the
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Analysis and Reflection for a Quote from Epic of Gilgamesh Quote : to the house whose residents are deprived of light‚ where soil is their sustenance and clay their food‚ where they are clad like birds in coats of feathers‚ and see no light‚ but dwell in darkness. The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ Trans. Andrew George. Penguin Classics‚ 2003. In Tablet VII Enkidu had a fear of dying and he was frightened of afterlife according to his dream which he had the night before he got sick. Enkidu’s fear is mostly
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stories‚ the most renowned is undoubtedly the account from the Biblical book of Genesis. Although this version of the story shares many similarities in terms of the structure that it follows with pre-existing accounts such as Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh and previous Sumerian account; it can be argued that on the flipside there are many differences that are observed in these varying accounts. Most of the accounts have the same skeletal structure with certain variations that needed to be
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In The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ The King of Uruk was filled with arrogance and hate. He always thought he was better than everyone‚ and no one was equal to him. However‚ when his citizens of Uruk became dissatisfied with his corruption they ask the Gods to put an end to it. So‚ the Gods make Enkidu - an equal rival for Gilgamesh. Although the fight was anticipated by the both of them they become friends and live in harmony. They go on journeys together and feel unstoppable. However‚ when they cross paths
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them by the gods. Both the stories were initially written in the form of epic poems serenading their respective heroes. Gilgamesh was the Babylonian king of Uruk (modern day Iraq). The people of the city prayed to the sky god Anu to provide them relief from the tyranny of Gilgamesh. One might wonder at this strange situation. On the one hand those who were ruled by Gilgamesh prayed for succor from his oppressive and harsh rule.
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