Exercise 1: Gilgamesh (Tablets I through VIII) 1. In the “Prologue” to the epic‚ note the narrative-perspective shifts from 1st-person to 3rd-person to 2nd-person (imperative). What is the intent of these narrative-perspective shifts and how do these shifts affect the readers’/audience’s response? The intent is the shift in narrative-perspectives is to help build the character of Gilgamesh into this larger than life‚ godlike‚ person. It also affects the reader as it makes it seem that the life
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Culture is defined as “the beliefs‚ customs‚ arts‚ etc.‚ of a particular society‚ group‚ place‚ or time”‚ according to the Merriam-Webster dictionary (2016). Venezuela’s culture consists of the combination of three different cultures; The European (in specific the Spanish‚ Italian‚ and Portuguese)‚ the indigenous tribes of South America‚ and the African culture. The official language of Venezuela is Spanish as well of some indigenous dialects; that makes a total of about 30 different languages and
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Enkidu is a brave and fearless man that most people end up admiring including Gilgamesh. They both realize that they are not alone and that’s why‚ in my opinion‚ they become so close. I don’t think they have neither a homosexual relationship nor anything far beyond than friendship because people didn’t have the same mentality before as they do now. With research I’ve found that men were more intimate with one another than now days. Actions that can now be interpreted as homosexual activity were just
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ROMAN AND GREEK CULTURES By Misty Andrews Topics In Cultural Studies SID# 2265664 Abstract: This paper entails about the differences and some similarities about the Roman and Greek cultures. In this paper it talks about Roman and Greek government‚ architecture‚ arts‚ religion‚ and the philosophy. In all aspects there wasn’t to many differences between them. However‚ there were lots of similarities. They shared and learned a lot from each other‚ even though they were different
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Mexican culture The Mexican culture has been around for years. Growing slowly and gaining new things to make the culture bigger. What does the Mexican culture consist of? The Mexican culture is known for its family. Families are always close and do events to stray united. This is a big meaning for the culture because when you are distant from your family you are an outsider to them now. Being close to your family means love‚ care‚ and prosperity. You stay with your family until you are married
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What Makes Us Human What makes us human? What is it that we are made up of? I know a human has a body made up of two legs‚ two arms‚ two eyes‚ a nose‚ a mouth‚ and two ears‚ but that is not what makes us human. Human beings are made up of feelings‚ the ability to think‚ communication‚ and many other elements. Feelings show the way we feel between each other and is the reason for our survival. The ability to think is so important because just because we can think doesn’t always mean we do think.
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Gilgamesh Vs. Achilles Back in the days of ancient Greece and before this time‚ epic heros have had their lives chronicled and the stories of them passed on from generation to generation‚ all the way to our present day in our lives. Two of the greatest heros that have been expressed in past epic stories were Gilgamesh from the epic named after him‚ and Achilles from Homer’s Iliad. The two of their stories however‚ transpired in two different eras‚ their lives both had a surprising number
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Gilgamesh’s Search for Immortality In the Epic of Gilgamesh a ruthless tyrant who thought he was a god turned reasonable man tries to look for the meaning of immortality after the death of his brother and friend Enkidu. Enkidu’s death made Gilgamesh scared that he might one day die to‚ so therefore he goes out on an epic journey to look for possibly keeping himself immortal so he doesn’t have to end up like his brother Enkidu. By finding Immortality Gilgamesh hopes to restore all that he had done
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MASENO UNIVERSITY FACULTY: ARTS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES DEPT: LINGUISTICS LANGUAGES AND LITERATURE COURSE CODE: ALI 819 TASK: Trace the historical development of the Epic to date indicating the major turning points in its evolution.
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Exploring the Literary Themes of Gilgamesh Now that we have finished reading Gilgamesh‚ we will explore some of the major themes of this epic poem. In groups of three or four‚ you will explore one of the five themes listed below. For each theme there will be two groups. After your group completes the activities‚ you will join with the other group that explored your theme and collaborate to form a final product. It is important that every group member participate in each step of the process
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