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Civilization transforms through the changes of the leaders, powerful, and the people that refuse to give up or settle. This paper will include an outlook on these different people, their transformations, and the outcome of their choices. It is also important to note that all of these stories have some sort of god intervention. The people that will be discussed are, Gilgamesh and Enkidu from The Epic of Gilgamesh, Medea and Jason from Euripides’ Medea, Rama and Sita from Ramayana, and Roland from…

One allusion present in Oedipus Rex is the allusion to the Sphinx. The Sphinx is referenced with the priest describing the current situation of Thebes in the beginning. The priest provides some context for this play by saying that Oedipus “save us from the Sphinx, that flinty singer, and the tribute we paid to her so long” (Prologue, 38). The Sphinx was basically a monster that plagued the town of Thebes prior to Oedipus’ arrival. Oedipus saved Thebes from the Sphinx and its plague by answering…

INTRODUCTION Background of the Study History is full of kings, queens, their ambitions, their vulgar aggrandizements and their cruelties combined with a sybaritic life and eroticism, having no concern for common man who is quashed in every circumstance. The common man has been suffering in every sphere of life by one way or another. The 16th was the first century when people could rise in society through talent and merit. In previous centuries it was rare for a person to rise above the social…

What is the answer to the elusive question that is immortality? According to the reveled rulers of the ancient lands, one lived forever in the vast monuments that these authorities had crafted as representations of their supremacy. Ironically, however, it is because of these “immortal” renditions, that we have proof of just how evanescent life – no matter how formidable, can be. Nevertheless, those rulers who thirsted for immortality still live on due to their stories being captured forever in…

Odyssey/Gilgamesh Travel Log Among the bronze fortified walls of Uruk lives gilgamesh, king of kings, half god, half mortal and ruler of Uruk. After the events of gilgamesh shamhat returned to the temple and Gilgamesh finally assumed his duties as a king. Shortly after a year had gone by he received a letter from the west. From a of man needing a extra crew member. This was the great adventurer Odysseus, great trickster and king of Ithaca was in need of a adventurer since losing all of his crew…

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.…

1. (250 words max.) Heraclitus says the following: “Of the Logos which is as I describe it men always prove to be uncomprehending” (KRS fr. 194). What is this “logos” that is so incomprehensible for human beings? The logos describes the persisting constitution of the cosmos. Heraclitus claims the logos is “common” and perceivable, and although everything passes in accordance to the logos, many fail to comprehend it (Heraclitus, Fragment 2, 55). Heraclitus claims that to understand the cosmos,…

Gilgamesh the Immortal The concept of human mortality and our death being inevitable has been an ongoing theme in literature, stories, and even the human mind. It can be said that death was still a key concern for Mesopotamian society and many other civilizations who retold the “Epic of Gilgamesh”, because survival was still a concern. The story was centered around the main protagonist Gilgamesh, the King of Uruk who was two thirds god and his inevitable realization that death is imminent. The…

“The captain of evil discovered himself in a handgrip harder than anything he had ever encountered in any man on the face of the earth. Every bone in his body quailed and recoiled, but he could not escape. He was desperate to flee to his den and hide with the devil’s litter, for in all his days he had never been clamped or cornered like this.” This exert from Beowulf provides a key piece of evidence that Beowulf was one of, if not the strongest man in the entire world at the time. The exert…

As the King of Uruk, Gilgamesh is love as much as he is hated. He possess strength and power like no other. Thereby, from the day of his birth he is proclaimed king and must formidable. His arrogance led him to abuse his power becoming a tyrant in the eyes of his people, but among the chaos of his domain the sudden creation of his equal and the love that spurred between then alter the once hated king. Love become the force that motivates, inspires and creates a change in Gilgamesh. Love is…