On his journey back, they stop to camp and Gilgamesh finds pool of pure water. As he is refreshing himself, a serpent picks up the fragrance of the plant. The serpent steals the plant and sheds its skin as it takes off. Gilgamesh breaks down into tears and weeps, “This journey has gone for nothing”(113). Gilgamesh now knows that he will never be young again and he is devastated. They continue the journey until they arrive in Uurk and Gilgamesh shows Urshanabi around the city. Gilgamesh is considered a different kind of hero in this poem. It’s not what he has done but what he has learned from things he has experienced. Gilgamesh’s story is about accepting the fact that everyone will have to face death in his or her lives. Throughout the poem he begins to mature and understand who he is and his abilities. The moral of the story is that one learns from the death of someone they know, it teaches them to appreciate themselves and others
On his journey back, they stop to camp and Gilgamesh finds pool of pure water. As he is refreshing himself, a serpent picks up the fragrance of the plant. The serpent steals the plant and sheds its skin as it takes off. Gilgamesh breaks down into tears and weeps, “This journey has gone for nothing”(113). Gilgamesh now knows that he will never be young again and he is devastated. They continue the journey until they arrive in Uurk and Gilgamesh shows Urshanabi around the city. Gilgamesh is considered a different kind of hero in this poem. It’s not what he has done but what he has learned from things he has experienced. Gilgamesh’s story is about accepting the fact that everyone will have to face death in his or her lives. Throughout the poem he begins to mature and understand who he is and his abilities. The moral of the story is that one learns from the death of someone they know, it teaches them to appreciate themselves and others