The story of Gilgamesh, translated by R. Campbell Thompson and William Muse Arnold, tells a story of a hero’s ventures to gain immortality. Gilgamesh, the son of Ninsun, faced many trials and tribulations throughout his journey towards immortality. When he lost his companion, Enkindu, Gilgamesh mourned for several nights and days. This lost forced him into a depression and drove him further to find the gods to grant him eternal life. While Gilgamesh never receives the power of eternal life, he gains the power and strength for his city. The translated work displays Gilgamesh with several incidents where he receives wisdom from those around him, specifically from one women, Siduri. While
Gilgamesh’s emotions and personality persuade him to underestimate a woman’s wisdom, he is faced with many more challenges that drive him to carrying out the wisdom told to him. Within …show more content…
For the gods, … allotted death to man, but life they retained in their keeping (96). This forces Gilgamesh to venture towards Urshanabi, the ferryman, and asks him to take him to see Utnapishtim (98). The wisdom of Siduri, eventually drove Gilgamesh home, after Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh to stay awake for a week, and he could not, both Urshanabi and Gilgamesh were banned from Utnapishtim and were to return to Uruk (102-3). Utnapishtim uses the seven nights scheme to show Gilgamesh that he was not made to be a God, and that the gods made him to be human, where death is inevitable. For mankind, Gilgamesh was granted strength and endurance towards his dreams. While his dream of becoming immortal never occurred, and he eventually died, he ultimately uses the wisdom granted to him by Sinduri. The wisdom given to Gilgamesh tells and underlying story, that humans must be happy with what they have in their life today, rather than seeking for more and becoming greedy and
Gilgamesh’s emotions and personality persuade him to underestimate a woman’s wisdom, he is faced with many more challenges that drive him to carrying out the wisdom told to him. Within …show more content…
For the gods, … allotted death to man, but life they retained in their keeping (96). This forces Gilgamesh to venture towards Urshanabi, the ferryman, and asks him to take him to see Utnapishtim (98). The wisdom of Siduri, eventually drove Gilgamesh home, after Utnapishtim told Gilgamesh to stay awake for a week, and he could not, both Urshanabi and Gilgamesh were banned from Utnapishtim and were to return to Uruk (102-3). Utnapishtim uses the seven nights scheme to show Gilgamesh that he was not made to be a God, and that the gods made him to be human, where death is inevitable. For mankind, Gilgamesh was granted strength and endurance towards his dreams. While his dream of becoming immortal never occurred, and he eventually died, he ultimately uses the wisdom granted to him by Sinduri. The wisdom given to Gilgamesh tells and underlying story, that humans must be happy with what they have in their life today, rather than seeking for more and becoming greedy and