Grief For Enkidu's Death In 'The Epic Of Gilgamesh'

In my opinion, Gilgamesh's grief for Enkidu was intense because Gilgamesh truly thought that Enkidu was his best friend. When people started to think that a person is their true friend, they get to spend a lot of times together and talk about everything. Gilgamesh and Enkidu went to kill Humbaba together even if they knew they could die because of Humbaba's power. The book said that Humbaba was a strong monster that lived in the Cedar forest. Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed him together and they were happy about that. After the battle, they became a better friend to each other and trusted each other. However, Enkidu had to die because of un-named disease and gods. Since Gilgamesh could not help Enkidu's death, he probably blamed himself and thought that he was the worst friend. Therefore, Gilgamesh's grief for Enkidu was very intense.
In my opinion, Oedipus blinding himself is more heroic than Jocasata committing suicide. I am sure people think different ways, but I think Oedipus had more difficult time than anybody. Suddenly, he got to know all truths and the truths were very strong. Even if he did not mean to kill his biological father, the result was that he killed his father. Moreover, even if he did not know his wife's background, the result was that he married to his mother. He could not see …show more content…
The definition of love at first sight is that man and woman fall in love quickly without knowing each other very well. Sakuntala liked King Dushyanta because he was polite and he had a good manner. The king liked Sakuntala because she was a beautiful fresh woman. Since Sakuntala had no experience, she had no idea how to appeal the king. I bet the king noticed this and he attracted her. One of the them of this book is love at fitst sight and I thought it was very interesting. Because of this book, I get to trust love at first sight more than before and I could realize that how beautiful love at first sight