Gilgamesh And Star Wars Comparison Essay

Besides the obvious differences between The Epic of Gilgamesh and Star Wars, there are quite a few similarities. Similarities include spiritual training and signs of being special, but there are also more than just those. Three main comparisons between the stories are the weapons and how they are used to achieve goals, battles of good versus evil, and the heroes and their sidekicks. One of the comparisons between The Epic of Gilgamesh and Star Wars is the weapons. There are three main weapons used in each tale and the most similar of the weapons are the sword and the lightsaber. The lightsaber incorporates colorful light energy as well as being able to cut through almost everything and, even though the swords aren’t similar in that case, they’re handled and used in the same way. The other weapons are the whip, blaster, ax, and the force. These aren’t similar at all except that the whip …show more content…
The obvious one is the battle between the light side and the dark side in Star Wars. There is also the Galactic Empire versus the Rebel Alliance. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, there is a different version of good versus evil with Gilgamesh and his pride. He’s so prideful that he creates a statue of himself and puts it in his city, the city of Uruk. He is also prideful when he goes into the forest to kill Humbaba just because he cares what other people think of him. If he kills Humbaba, which he did, his people will admire him more and he will be a hero. After Enkidu dies Gilgamesh goes on a quest to find everlasting life which is also prideful since he wants it for himself just because he fears death. Throughout the adventure, Gilgamesh wrestles with his pride and in the end, he realizes that he shouldn’t be so prideful and tries to bring the plant back to Uruk that will cause his older citizens live longer. He doesn’t worry so much about himself anymore and he cares better for