In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Enkidu was introduced as a wild animal who is more connected with nature than civilization. He runs and hunts with animals as if he was them. He has no understanding of civilization and what “fully” being human is because he has known nothing but what he is surrounded by. Adam and Eve in the book of Genesis were both ignorant to anything other than what they knew. Both stories show how innocence can be taken away from someone and expose them to things they weren 't aware of, and for these characters this ultimately did not turn out well. Removing someone from their “pure” way of living and exposing them to things can either be their downfall or good can come from it.
Enkidu in The Epic of Gilgamesh was created as …show more content…
He had placed Adam in the garden he had created for him. Both Adam and Eve are naked and have no real sense of anything of the earth. Eve was approached by a serpent in the garden. Though they knew they could not eat from the tree of knowledge, the serpent tried to reassure them no harm will come to them if they ate from the tree. “And the serpent said unto the women, Ye shall not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). The serpent wanted to trick her into believing what it was saying. The serpent told Eve that she would be as gods. Like a child who is ignorant and impressionable, Eve went along and did eat the fruit and went on to pass it to Adam. “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together” (Genesis 3:7). Adam and Eve were separated from their innocence and brought into the “knowing”. They became aware of things that meant nothing to them before. “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Genesis 3:10) In the beginning they were naked and unaware and eventually became aware and ashamed of their nakedness. This was a disruption with not only nature but god himself, detaching themselves. Adam was god fearing and connected with god, but once he had eaten from the tree he began to blame God for giving him Eve. He hid when he was being
Enkidu in The Epic of Gilgamesh was created as …show more content…
He had placed Adam in the garden he had created for him. Both Adam and Eve are naked and have no real sense of anything of the earth. Eve was approached by a serpent in the garden. Though they knew they could not eat from the tree of knowledge, the serpent tried to reassure them no harm will come to them if they ate from the tree. “And the serpent said unto the women, Ye shall not surely die” (Genesis 3:4). The serpent wanted to trick her into believing what it was saying. The serpent told Eve that she would be as gods. Like a child who is ignorant and impressionable, Eve went along and did eat the fruit and went on to pass it to Adam. “And the eyes of them both were opened, and they knew that they were naked; and they sewed fig leaves together” (Genesis 3:7). Adam and Eve were separated from their innocence and brought into the “knowing”. They became aware of things that meant nothing to them before. “And he said, I heard thy voice in the garden, and I was afraid, because I was naked; and I hid myself” (Genesis 3:10) In the beginning they were naked and unaware and eventually became aware and ashamed of their nakedness. This was a disruption with not only nature but god himself, detaching themselves. Adam was god fearing and connected with god, but once he had eaten from the tree he began to blame God for giving him Eve. He hid when he was being