Analysis Of The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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BILKENT UNIVERSITY
PROGRAM IN CULTURES, CIVILIZATIONS, AND IDEAS
HUMANITIES 111: ANTIQUITY
SUMMER 2015

COURSE PROJECT

THE MOVIE: GILGAMESH

NAME&SURNAME: İREM KARAKAYA
NUMBER: 21300982
SECTION: HUM111-02
TEACHER'S NAME: Dr. PAUL KIMBALL

It is known that Gilgamesh and Enkidu are most important characters in Epic of Gilgamesh. Almost all events happen around them. We see that in the ancient time ( approximately 2100 BC) Gilgamesh was king of Uruk. Uruk is the antique Sumerian city and it has been east of the Euphrates river (30 km east of Iraq). Uruk city plays a great role during the Sumerian history ( in the mid 4th millenium BC). According to the ancient sources such as tablets, lots of events were experienced there. During the reign
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In this version, there are lots of broken text and it enables me to fill this text according to my imagination. I hope that through my imagination this movie will have a mass appeal. Although, this text includes so many interesting texts and strong imagination, in order to attract so many audience it is necessary that this movie should adapt to today's conditions. This can be done easily because there are lots of issues in the Epic of Gilgamesh and I suppose that this issues are attractive and they are easily transformed into today's circumstances . The main themes are friendship and heroism and in addition to this subjects love, death are proper for today's conditions. I do not want to focus on only one theme because if I do like that, I think the less audience will come to watch this movie. Therefore, I want to focus on each subjects …show more content…
In other words, it is not enough to know just names of the characters. Also, it should be known the not only physical features, but also the behaviours of the characters during the course of events. However, before determining in which roles which actors will be casted, making a decision which locations will be selected is the another important issue for a film because locations have a great role during the events. Locations affect not only features of characters, also course of the events. As known that, in Epic of Gilgamesh, events take place in Mesopotamia (Mesopotamia is a Greek term and this means between two rivers). When we looked at the today's conditions, the best locations may be Istanbul, Cappadocia and Çatalhöyük. Cappadocia, which is a historical region and has been in Nevşehir, Aksaray and Niğde in Turkey, can be choosen as locations because in the ancient time events of Epic of Gilgamesh take place in Uruk. Cappadocia is similar to Uruk in terms of its importance in ancient history. At that time, Uruk is the sacred place for gods and similarly, in the ancient time Cappadocia is the important and holy places for Christians. There are lots of churches and carved houses. In Uruk, temples means statute of Gods and its posessions. Similarly, In Cappadocia, churches and curved house can be used according to meaning of temples in the movie. Also, in Uruk there are stone such as Lapis Luzilu and Diorite which are

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