In Andrew George’s “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” the author depicts a deep and sincere friendship between Gilgamesh and Enkidu. George portrays Gilgamesh as a powerful man of wisdom who is also a warrior and a builder. In my interpretation, wisdom not only includes knowledge delightful attributes of one’s own but also includes the ability to learn after experience. Here, Gilgamesh presents his wisdom by showing his intelligence, braveness, affectionate, and learn from a quest of immortality. Comparing to Gilgamesh, Anna Lai has also achieved wisdom. Anna Lai, one of high school best friends, is intelligent, courageous and loyalty to her friends. Although Lai is not as tall and strong as other boys, she is limited to her natural features; instead,
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In Tablet VIII, George depicts the scene of Enkido’s funeral held by Gilgamesh: “‘O Enkidu, [whom] your mother, a gazelle, and your father, a wild monkey, [did raise,]” (Tablet VIII, 3-4). As a superhuman who is two third god and one third human, Gilgamesh didn’t look down to Enkido; instead, he chose to respect the nature of Enkido and accepted whom Enkido was. Besides, Later in the tablet, George shows the affectionate side of Gilgamesh: “After you are gone [mu hair will be matted in mourning,] clad in the skin of [ a lion I shall wander] the wild” (Tablet VIII, 90-91). Here, Gilgamesh directly expresses his sorrow losing his sincere friend. After reading the action of running in the wild, Enkido’s shadow flushed through readers’ mind; in other words, it might suggest that Gilgamesh would mourn for Enkido and their deep friendship by behaving as Enkido was still alive. Also, the quotation also proves that Gilgamesh was courageous enough to run in the wild. What’s more, Gilgamesh showed his treasures such as “a flask of lapis,” “a flute of carnelian,” and “a chair of lapis lazuli” to gods so that Enkido could have a better life after he died (Tablet VIII, 143, 147, 152). With the help of above-mentioned actions and quotations, we can see that Anna Lai is a woman wisdom who is the same as …show more content…
In the poem “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” Gilgamesh’s fear of death motivates him to pursue immortality. Gilgamesh perseveres overcoming almost all the challenges and difficulties, but he doesn’t succeed in the final task of staying awake for a whole week. Although it seems that Gilgamesh doesn’t achieve his goal, he actually learn from the journey as well as the conversation with immortal Utnapishtim. One of the most significant lesson that Gilgamesh learn is that he has to accept the truth that he is imperfect-his subject to death-because he is a human being. After Gilgamesh fails to fulfill his mission, he claims that “for there in my bed-chamber Death does abide, and wherever [I] turn, there too will be Death” (Tablet XI, 245-246). Here, Gilgamesh’s reaction to the result might suggest that he is ready to accept the reality to mortality; in other words, it shows that Gilgamesh is able to learn from failure. Later, when Gilgamesh finds out a snake accidentally eats his plants, he cries “[For him,] Ur-shanabi, toiled my arms so hard, for whom ran dry the blood of my heart? Not for myself did I find a bounty, [for] the ‘Lion of the Earth’ I have done a favor” (Tablet XI, 311-314). In the poem, the plants are the last solutions to help Gilgamesh live longer. Ironically, the last hope is eaten by a snake. However, Gilgamesh doesn’t blame
In Tablet VIII, George depicts the scene of Enkido’s funeral held by Gilgamesh: “‘O Enkidu, [whom] your mother, a gazelle, and your father, a wild monkey, [did raise,]” (Tablet VIII, 3-4). As a superhuman who is two third god and one third human, Gilgamesh didn’t look down to Enkido; instead, he chose to respect the nature of Enkido and accepted whom Enkido was. Besides, Later in the tablet, George shows the affectionate side of Gilgamesh: “After you are gone [mu hair will be matted in mourning,] clad in the skin of [ a lion I shall wander] the wild” (Tablet VIII, 90-91). Here, Gilgamesh directly expresses his sorrow losing his sincere friend. After reading the action of running in the wild, Enkido’s shadow flushed through readers’ mind; in other words, it might suggest that Gilgamesh would mourn for Enkido and their deep friendship by behaving as Enkido was still alive. Also, the quotation also proves that Gilgamesh was courageous enough to run in the wild. What’s more, Gilgamesh showed his treasures such as “a flask of lapis,” “a flute of carnelian,” and “a chair of lapis lazuli” to gods so that Enkido could have a better life after he died (Tablet VIII, 143, 147, 152). With the help of above-mentioned actions and quotations, we can see that Anna Lai is a woman wisdom who is the same as …show more content…
In the poem “The Epic of Gilgamesh,” Gilgamesh’s fear of death motivates him to pursue immortality. Gilgamesh perseveres overcoming almost all the challenges and difficulties, but he doesn’t succeed in the final task of staying awake for a whole week. Although it seems that Gilgamesh doesn’t achieve his goal, he actually learn from the journey as well as the conversation with immortal Utnapishtim. One of the most significant lesson that Gilgamesh learn is that he has to accept the truth that he is imperfect-his subject to death-because he is a human being. After Gilgamesh fails to fulfill his mission, he claims that “for there in my bed-chamber Death does abide, and wherever [I] turn, there too will be Death” (Tablet XI, 245-246). Here, Gilgamesh’s reaction to the result might suggest that he is ready to accept the reality to mortality; in other words, it shows that Gilgamesh is able to learn from failure. Later, when Gilgamesh finds out a snake accidentally eats his plants, he cries “[For him,] Ur-shanabi, toiled my arms so hard, for whom ran dry the blood of my heart? Not for myself did I find a bounty, [for] the ‘Lion of the Earth’ I have done a favor” (Tablet XI, 311-314). In the poem, the plants are the last solutions to help Gilgamesh live longer. Ironically, the last hope is eaten by a snake. However, Gilgamesh doesn’t blame