Similarities And Differences In The Epic Of Gilgamesh And Star Wars

A Journey of Epic Proportions Stories yesterday, today, and tomorrow all change over time. Different technological developments, and varying styles of writing impact these changes. But all stories have similarities as well. They all hold a quest of sorts. The “Epic of Gilgamesh” and “Star Wars” hold similar qualities such as character flaws and the “David vs. Goliath” motif. Differences are also apparent in these two stories: a battle of good vs. evil and the offspring of a god/goddess, for example. Character flaws show up in almost every story ever told. In the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, Gilgamesh had a serious flaw, pride. He was the King of Uruk, and he knew it. He acted like a prideful, rude king who could care less about what other people …show more content…
Goliath.” Death is unavoidable and much like Goliath. Everyone dies at one point or another; Enkidu, all the people in the flood, even the people of Uruk. Gilgamesh didn’t want share the fate of his friends and family. He is much like David in this situation. He tried to accomplish the impossible. Gilgamesh wanted to be like Utnapishtim, and have eternal life. Just like how David was so small fighting someone so huge, Gilgamesh has his own giant to fight. In “Star Wars” Luke is fighting with the Rebel Alliance against the entire Empire. The Empire and the Death Star are massive and hard to fight. Luke is merely one person with rebels to back him up. Luke conquered the Empire even though it seemed impossible. No one thought Luke could make it into the Death Star, and when Luke turned off his targeting computer yet still completed his mission against all odds. In the same way as Gilgamesh and death, Luke against the Empire has a strong “David vs. Goliath” …show more content…
Luke had a common childhood and had a dramatic situation that changed his whole life. There are no gods or goddesses involved in the story of “Star Wars.” Luke’s father was a Jedi Knight and his mother was a human. Technically, there are no gods or goddesses involved in “Star Wars”, but Luke was of a noble birth. Gilgamesh was ⅔ god and ⅓ human. The reason Gilgamesh accomplished as much as he did on his journey was because he was part god. He killed the lions and he fought off exhaustion for many days on his journey. We aren’t told who his parents are but his superhuman abilities prove to us he is more than human. He used his strength to build the city walls of Uruk, to defeat Humbaba, and to protect his