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    the life of Noah. In the story of Gilgamesh‚ a man by the name of Utnaptishtim experience the fate Noah had with the flood. Even though these stories are very similar‚ there are differences that are present. In the

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    GILGAMESH IS FROM ANCIENT SUMER Gilgamesh is one of the oldest recorded stories in the world. It tells the story of an ancient King of Uruk‚ Gilgamesh‚ who may have actually existed‚ and whose name is on the Sumerian King List. The story of Gilgamesh‚ in various Sumerian versions‚ was originally widely known in the third millennium B.C. After a long history of retellings‚ this story was recorded‚ in a standardized Akkadian version‚ in the seventh century B.C.‚ and stored in the famous library

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    The Heroic Transformation of Beowulf The poem Beowulf presents the transformation of Beowulf from a brave warrior to an honorable King. The evolution of Beowulf shows how he fulfills his obligations to the warrior’s heroic code and then transcends into a King who loyally protects his Kingdom. Beowulf’s transformation is shown through a progression of three increasingly more difficult conflicts he must overcome- first with Grendel‚ then Grendel’s mother and finally against the mighty dragon

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    "Montag’s Transformation" Character transformation is an important part in a book; it has the ability to make or break the book. Montag’s character develops pretty quickly and transforms completely‚ in this Dystopian Novel by Ray Bradbury. Montag’s character changes everything about himself including: his morals‚ his heart‚ and his appearance in a sense. In the beginning of the book Montag was a fireman‚ but not your typical fireman. He set books on fire and from time to time‚ the houses

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    including The Epic of Gilgamesh‚ the portrayal of a hero who faces and overcomes evil symbolizes hope for humankind in general. When the protagonist of the epic‚ Gilgamesh‚ squares up with the demon‚ Humbaba‚ the battle signifies more than simply a fight between two entities. The king sets a goal for himself: journey to the Cedar Forest‚ defeat the guardian demon‚ and retrieve the cedar. Several times along the way‚ the hero experiences dread. His fear is justified; Enkidu tells Gilgamesh of the demon‚ “Humbaba’s

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    responders. This engagement leads to an involvement and enjoyment in the composer’s craft‚ which enables the responders’ to obtain sophisticated insight into the text’s concerns on both subjective and objective levels. Critiques agree that the transformation enables an audience to “enjoy cultural capital and aesthetic knowledge” while retaining a “connection to the past through classic text and cutting edge post modernism.” Responders of both texts are positioned to see familiar values and attitudes

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    “Noah and the Flood” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh” are essentially origin myths meaning a story concerning the early history or importance of a culture. Although the differences in circumstances‚ heroic abilities‚ and outcomes of the flood narratives in “Noah and the Flood” and “The Epic of Gilgamesh” they appear to be quite comparable. The circumstances in both origin myths have their differences but also appear to be fairly similar. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is a story that is polytheistic which

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    and Gilgamesh flood stories. Although different in regards to the details‚ the main plot is similar between the two stories from two different civilizations. Because of this similarity‚ many people believe that either “Genesis was copied from an earlier Babylonian story‚ or the Gilgamesh myth was copied from an earlier Hebrew story‚ or both were copied from a common source that predates them both (Robinson). There are many similarities between the Noah flood story and the Gilgamesh flood

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    the challenging obstacles Gregor has to defeat‚ in order to save the humanity that he has left. Kafka explains Gregor’s internal problems in which Gregor has a tough time using human qualities and falls in the state of being an insect. With the transformation being hard on his family‚ Gregor wants to be no extra trouble to them. Overtime time‚ Gregor’s guilt is slowly building up‚ especially for his sister. It is visible to see that Gregor wants to hang on to his human self‚ but it is clearly slipping

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    “Explore the theme of Transformations in “Northanger Abbey” In “Northanger Abbey” Austen crafts from start to finish a perfect paradigm of her own satirical wit and burlesqued humour‚ which go to all lengths imaginable to disguise and embed her novel’s transformations. These demonstrate her great skill as a satirist in making the reader dig for their own enjoyment. Her meaning is drenched in multiple interpretations causing even complete opposites like the transformed and unchanged to blur together

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