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    final approach of conquering the fear of death. This is indeed a theme commonly found in Greek mythology. A major example of this is the Epic of Gilgamesh in which‚ the protagonist Gilgamesh‚ a demigod‚ is on a quest to attain immortality after the death of his friend Enkidu. Gilgamesh and Enkidu slay Humbuba and take over the Pine Forest. Furthermore‚ Gilgamesh and Enkidu are made to wrestle the Bull of Heaven due to Gilgamesh’s actions of spurning Ishtar when she confesses her love for him. The two

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    3A The Epic of Gilgamesh The story is all about the friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu. Enkidu is a wild man created by the gods as Gilgamesh’s equal to distract him from oppressing the people ofUruk. Together‚ they journey to the Cedar Mountain to defeat Humbaba‚ its monstrous guardian. Later they kill the Bull of Heaven‚ which the goddess Ishtar sends to punish Gilgamesh for spurning her advances. As a punishment for these actions‚ the gods sentence Enkidu to death. Gilgamesh also had an adventure

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    GIlgamesh Notes Though both men felt mighty‚ unstoppable‚ arrogant and powerful‚ they couldn’t have done it without each other’s friendship. Enkidu made Gilgamesh shelter‚ interpreted dreams‚ watched over and guarded him‚ encouraging‚ No matter how mighty a king you are‚ you can always use help. You can’t always do it on your own. Mother adopted him‚ became his brother. “Two cubs are [stronger] than a mighty lion” Gilgamesh pg 40 Sometimes you need someone to balance you out‚ bring you

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    expressed by the hero Gilgamesh include a mixed divine and human birth and the circumstance of the divine world interfering within the human world. Other characteristics are not blatantly expressed by Gilgamesh‚ those may include him being superhuman or super natural compared to the ordinary man. For my paper‚ I will investigate the characteristics an epic hero should obtain and whether or not I find Gilgamesh to be a true hero. In this tale we have the main character‚ Gilgamesh‚ who is obviously a

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    The following three pieces were all found in the book A World of Art by Henry M. Sayre. The three sculptures‚ Puppy‚ Cloud Gate‚ and Great Serpent Mound‚ where all selected because of their relevance to nature. Both Puppy and The Great Serpent Mound are almost literally made of natural material‚ particularly vegetation. On the other hand‚ Cloud Gate is made of stainless steal‚ but yet the steal reflects it’s surrounding. Particularly Could Gate reflects the sky above it‚ and thus incorporates nature

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    History of the Serpent and Ophicleide The Serpent Canon Edme Guillaume invented this instrument in 1590 in Auxerre‚ France. The purpose for such an instrument was to strengthen the choir’s sound when a choir was singing plainchant. Serpent music was rarely written higher than an octave‚ and the cantus firmus gave the player time to stabilize each note before moving to the next one. Though some believe it to be a member of the cornet family‚ this is untrue. The serpent has too many qualities

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    Lecture two‚ the epic of Gilgamesh We begin our journey through the literature of the world with one of the oldest literary works that we have the epic of Gilgamesh the modern text the standard version on which most modering translating are based‚ is comes from 7th century BCE. Copy that was found in the library of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal but the poem itself has the much older than that dating back to shortly after 2800 BCE. When a prisobably a historical king Gilgamesh was king of the Sumerian

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    Allegory of the Old and New Testaments” (1530) I have chose Hans Holbein the Younger‚ as my artist for this critical essay. He was an accomplished portraitist during the Tudor Dynasty‚as well as King Henry’s private painter. I would have like to have done some of his portraits‚ but I felt that it would be very difficult for this assignment‚ as his portraits were more of a modeling‚ as opposed to creative imagery art. The piece that I have chosen is “An Allegory of the Old and New Testaments”

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    the Bible and Gilgamesh I as well as many others grew up listening to the story of Noah and the flood. I remember the length of the flood‚ the dove‚ and the rainbow very vividly. However‚ most people do not realize that the story is told throughout many different cultures and with accounts older than Genesis’s version in the Bible. Although each of the accounts tells of the flood‚ there are many variations to the story. One of the stories can be found in the Epic of Gilgamesh. Although the

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    essay it is my intention to examine the theme of moral living within the Old Testament and the Celtic Church. Morality refers to ethical issues. It is the quality of being in accord with standards of right or good conduct. It is a system of ideas of right and wrong conduct. There are two interlinked themes of religious morality and social morality under moral living. The foundation of moral living within the Old Testament is the Sinai Covenant. Whereas‚ the basis of morality in Celtic Church is

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