Enkidu And Gilgamesh Research Paper

The relationship that Gilgamesh and Enkidu hold is very much of a “Ying-Yang” relationship. Before Enkidu comes along Gilgamesh is killing, raping, and stealing his own people. He is a terror to his society. Enkidu, very much the counterpart of Gilgamesh comes along with the purpose of stopping Gilgamesh in his terrorizing actions. Once that plot gets resolved the become friends and they go to defeat Humbaba. One can see the difference that Enkidu makes almost instantly to Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh goes from being this atrocious terrorizer to almost instantly, being turned from his wicked ways of torturing his people.
In relation to Enkidu being Gilgamesh’s foil the epic even highlights the differences of their personalities. At first Gilgamesh