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    At first glance‚ a hero make look invincible as he stands alone: however‚ a close look at Gilgamesh and Beowulf displays that heroes can only achieve victory when they discover the true power of solidarity. Many of the stories that we have covered so far have included some type of adversity. This makes sense because everything worth sharing in life starts with a struggle. The happy/bad ending at the end and the journey in between is the key to learning and growing. These stories are proof that it

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    Don Quixote is about a man who falls in love with a fictitious woman named Lady Dulcinea del Toboso (Lady Sweetheart of Toboso). Don Quixote was a lonely man‚ he lived with his niece and servants‚ but he was lonely where it all counts- in the heart. So he read; he read books about knights and beautiful maidens. Realizing that there really is love and all is not lost he decides to go on an adventure to look for his lady. Quixote rode a horse named Rosinante‚ which translates into Broken Down Hag;

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    Gilgamesh: An epic struggle with Thanatophobia Death. Some of us are in denial and some of us accept that dying is just another part of life‚ but at some point‚ we will all die. Hopefully we will all live long lives‚ filled with many adventures‚ without ever giving too much thought to our own mortality--ever present as it may be. While a generalized fear of death seems to be healthy; perhaps‚ protecting us from possibly dangerous situations‚ at one point when does a fear‚ become a phobia

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    could change someone’s life forever. In the excerpt from Gilgamesh by Stephen Mitchell‚ a young man learns a lesson searching for eternal life. The theme about life in Gilgamesh’s story is that there is no everlasting life despite how hard one tries to achieve it. This is expressed through Gilgamesh’s conversations and experiences and by the snake taking his key to immortality. While going on his journey searching for indestructibility‚ Gilgamesh learns essential lessons with the helps of others. When

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    summary of Gilgamesh I started comparing Gilgamesh to other heroes that I’ve read about. I noticed that Gilgamesh and William Shakespeare’s character Macbeth have many similarities. Neither of them are the typical hero that should be idolized. First off‚ Gilgamesh is a king and Macbeth is a general who later becomes king. They both are unfit to be ruling. Gilgamesh is easily pressured by the ways of Enkidu. Enkidu was “as magnificent as Gilgamesh” (1) but yet he seems to surpass Gilgamesh in ranking

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    According to the Epic of Gilgamesh death‚ selfishness and power of gods determine why there is death and destruction in the world. Gilgamesh the novel shows that death is a way to show fear in some people that haven’t lived their life the way it should be. Gilgamesh is actually changing. For starters‚ he’s shifting from lamenting his friend to lamenting for himself‚ because he will have to die too someday. “Deep sadness penetrates my cure‚ I fear death‚ and now roam the wilderness- I will set out

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    Gilgamesh and Odysseus

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    “Comparison of the journeys undertaken by Gilgamesh and Odysseus” Odysseus main challenge is to help defeat the Trojans in the battle of the Trojan horse. All the men who survived the war and the sea were safely back at home‚ other than Odysseus‚ he still had a long journey ahead of him. In the beginning of his journey‚ his challenge was brought upon him by the powerful God of the sea Poseidon. Poseidon became Odysseus enemy after a Cyclops held him and his crewmates captive. After escaping the

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    Gilgamesh and Odysseus were two heroes from two totally different time periods that were both in search of the meaning of life. The epics that the two characters are featured in Gilgamesh‚ was developed from early Mesopotamia and the Odyssey in early Greece. Gilgamesh was a very popular and it was very valuable to the historian of Mesopotamian culture because it reveals much about the religious world‚ such as their attitudes toward the gods‚ how a hero was defined and regarded‚ views about death

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    epic of GilgameshGilgamesh and how he is as a ruler changes drastically from the beginning of the epic to the end. In the beginning of the epic Gilgamesh is almost childlike in his views on his kingdom and the people he rules. As the epic progresses Gilgamesh grows with his reputation and support of his friend Enkidu. By the end of the epic Gilgamesh has matured to the point of selflessness. In the beginning of the epic in the prologue it states that the gods created Gilgamesh and gave

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    as a God‚ he can live forever without boundaries or conventions. Gilgamesh longs for everything this transcendent hero embodies. Therefore he goes on a long‚ arduous journey with the hopes of freeing himself from the constraints of mortality and humanity‚ only to become more like the winged hero from the seal. In the beginning of the epic‚ Gilgamesh is all-powerful and despotic. He is two thirds god and one third human. (Gilgamesh I: 45) He built the great city of Uruk up from nothing‚ only to rule

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