Didactic literature teaches, instructs, or demonstrates principles of mortality and well being. In The Epic Tale of Gilgamesh, the readers are taught several lessons within the text. The most easily found lesson that is learned within The Epic Tale of Gilgamesh is that death is unavoidable.
Gilgamesh was a jealous man, and envied the Gods for their immortality. However, Gilgamesh came up with a plan of his own. Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu realized that even though they can’t live forever, their fame can. Therefore, throughout the story Gilgamesh tries to conquer great tasks and boost his fame. However Gilgamesh and Enkidu failed to realize that their lives could be in danger when they conquer these great tasks. After fighting the …show more content…
Women have more power than they may realize. Let’s face it; if there were no women, we men would be hermits wearing dirty clothes for the rest of our lives. With all joking aside however, women are portrayed differently throughout history. In Lysistrata and Lessons for Women, women are belittled, not taken advantage of, and below the men. In the story Lysistrata, women are portrayed both positively and negatively. In the story, Lysistrata tries to use men’s weakness for sex as an advantage to win over the ideas of males in society. “Well women, if we’re really serious and want our husbands to end the war, we must swear off—…We’ve got to swear off fucking. (Longman Vol. A, 769) This sheds a negative light upon women because it shows that the main purpose and use for women is sex. The Greeks have been fighting in the Peloponnesian War for 60 years, and many lives were taken and changed forever. However, when Lysistrata and her girl friends decide to take action, all they do is abstain from sexual activities. This act was enough to drive the men of Greece crazy and therefore they ended the war. The fact that sex was the reason they ended the war, and not because the girls asked them too shows how much of an impact women
Gilgamesh was a jealous man, and envied the Gods for their immortality. However, Gilgamesh came up with a plan of his own. Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu realized that even though they can’t live forever, their fame can. Therefore, throughout the story Gilgamesh tries to conquer great tasks and boost his fame. However Gilgamesh and Enkidu failed to realize that their lives could be in danger when they conquer these great tasks. After fighting the …show more content…
Women have more power than they may realize. Let’s face it; if there were no women, we men would be hermits wearing dirty clothes for the rest of our lives. With all joking aside however, women are portrayed differently throughout history. In Lysistrata and Lessons for Women, women are belittled, not taken advantage of, and below the men. In the story Lysistrata, women are portrayed both positively and negatively. In the story, Lysistrata tries to use men’s weakness for sex as an advantage to win over the ideas of males in society. “Well women, if we’re really serious and want our husbands to end the war, we must swear off—…We’ve got to swear off fucking. (Longman Vol. A, 769) This sheds a negative light upon women because it shows that the main purpose and use for women is sex. The Greeks have been fighting in the Peloponnesian War for 60 years, and many lives were taken and changed forever. However, when Lysistrata and her girl friends decide to take action, all they do is abstain from sexual activities. This act was enough to drive the men of Greece crazy and therefore they ended the war. The fact that sex was the reason they ended the war, and not because the girls asked them too shows how much of an impact women