The Great Flood: The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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In the Great flood: The Epic Gilgamesh is told from Utnapishtim’s perspective which one can assume as a journal entry as opposed to The Genesis where it forms as a biblical reference.

2.The Epic Gilgamesh is told from the perspective of a man who is forewarned of the flood but the genesis is not told in that fashion, however they are intended for numerous people. They both serve a purpose to spread the awareness of the event and its significant impact.

3.The epic of gilgamesh is expressed through imagery and comparisons such a metaphors and similes. For example, in version 1 (the epic of gilgamesh) the character personifies the flood as being angry and compares it to that of warring horses to indicate the intensity and viciousness of

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