Enkidu Compare And Contrast

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No man of such great strength and qualities should drink and live with animals. Although his time was short lived, Enkidu was better off as a civilized man than when he was in an animal state. Enkidu possessed a great strength of a God, which would not have been used to its great capacity if he has stayed as he were. The transition from animal to man was new, exciting and an out of body experience for Enkidu, that he would have never felt if he had continued to drink water with gazelles. Not only did Enkidu have great powers, but he also carries great characters as a person, that would not have been appreciated if he was still in an animal state.
If Enkidu has continued to live in an animal state, he would not have fulfilled his own personal

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