Humbaba

Throughout most literary works a significant transition in the main character, or hero can be seen as the story is developed. An example of this is in the Epic of Gilgamesh, in the narrative poem, one of the main characters, Gilgamesh acts in many different ways; overbearing ruler who is unloved by his people, a strong fighter, and a man who finds contentment with his accomplishments. Through all of his many transitions, we see Gilgamesh 's attitude change drastically as well as the goals he has…

friendship between Gilgamesh who was the great king in his time and Enkidu who lived isolated from people. Honestly, Gilgamesh in my opinion is not as great as the story wrote about. Eventually, Enkidu was dead although innocent because Gilgamesh killed Humbaba and Bull of Heaven. And he was scared because of his friend’s death, hence he went on a journey to find the way to become immortality. Again, the story shows me that even the great king like Gilgamesh was afraid of death. In addition,…

Heroes have never been a shortcoming in stories. This includes the Babylonian Myth The Epic of Gilgamesh. However, the type of heroes in modern day culture compared to the one in 1200 BCE are a tad different. When comparing The Epic of Gilgamesh to The Dark Knight version of Batman, the story lines share a lot of similarities. Even with three centuries between the time the tales were told, the themes are parallel. For example, both protagonists have experienced abnormal childhood circumstances,…

differences would be like when they went on their long journeys they had reasoning’s behind why they had to conquer what they was facing. Gilgamesh reasoning behind why he went on two journeys was because he was for one to get to cedar forest to kill Humbaba, second was a personal journey which he seeks out to talk to Utnapishtim to figure out the secret of immortality. Once he figured out what he needed he headed back to Uruk. Odysseus on other hand it started out him coming back from troy…

Many people have read an action book during their lifetime, most likely including you! Chances are that the action books others read are very fundamentally similar to the action books you’ve read. How could that be?, you might ask. Well, most books, even books from 5000 years ago such as The Epic of Gilgamesh by _________ follow the same format, called the hero’s journey template. This template provides an arch to the book that starts with the departure of the hero, reaches the climax with…

The Epic of Gilgamesh was a changing story that had a changing image of its main character after it was first recorded in 2100 BCE in Mesopotamia. As time went on the language changed from Sumerian to Akkadian. The change of language brought new versions of the story which led to the image of Gilgamesh varying. In some he was known as being a great kind that had done many good deeds and in others according to abc-clio.com, "He is also described as abusing his powers and oppressing his people."…

A hero can be classified by many things. A hero can be superman, a police officer, and even your mom, but what makes a hero. Is it someone who can fly or shoot laser beams from their eyes or someone who saves a baby from a burning building. I’ll admit some of these characteristics are far-fetched since I don’t know anyone who can fly or randomly saves babies on a normal day. All heroes, including super ones all, have something in common, they're admired for their courage or an outstanding thing…

Enkidu’s Vulnerability in The Epic of Gilgamesh The Epic of Gilgamesh has multiple references to the relationship between sex and society within its setting. The occurrences of sex within Uruk are demonstrated in different ways to illustrate its use as a tool and the power it can have. The topic of sex within The Epic of Gilgamesh gain more gravity as the book advances. Specifically speaking, the book focuses Enkidu’s vulnerability after his sexual encounter with the harlot that was sent by…

The Importance of Friendship The epic of Gilgamesh fulfills the requirements of an epic by being consistently relevant to a human society and has specific themes of immortality, friendship, and grief. Gilgamesh was a tyrant king of Uruk, who took whatever appealed to him, oppressed the people, made every young man into a soldier and took the virginities of noble men’s wives. The beginning of the epic painted Gilgamesh as more of a god-like being and also an oppressor that no one could…

humble him. After a fierce battle between the two in which neither of them are bested, they become friends and set out on many journeys throughout their life in search for true immortality and eternal life. Shortly after they kill the powerful demon Humbaba, Enkidu dies which frightens Gilgamesh and forces him to search for eternal life even more because e doesn’t want to die off like his friend Enkidu. Sartre would say that Gilgamesh and Enkidu had the freedom to do whatever they wanted and…