An Analytical Essay's 'Epic Of Gilgamesh'

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Intro; “Two-thirds of him is god, one-third of him is human. The Great Goddess designed the model for his body, she prepared his form… beautiful, handsomest of men, … perfect …” (p.6). I feel like this quote means a lot about Gilgamesh’s humane nature and godly nature. How does Gilgamesh’s godly features affect what he is able to do in his life? (expand on quotes meaning)

Subjects for 1st body paragraph; Gilgamesh is a mixture of God and man so he is always struggling with trying to be a god like figure for example he tries to become immortal. When Enkidu dies, gilgamesh is very confused and in my opinion feels like life can be stripped away from you so easily. This frightens Gilgamesh because he doesn’t ever want to die. Gilgamesh goes …show more content…

We are then introduced to Gilgamesh’s mother, she is Human, so that means his father is a God. If his father is a God, what type of God is he and what can he do?

Examples of the writer making him look like a god. Put quotes and explain how they make him look like a god and what was happening at the point of the book when they quotes are put on (so almost put an intro to those quotes for each one and then explain how it makes him look like a God)

Will be apart of 1st body paragraph (need to revise a lot though, make it sound more clear and add more)

Gilgamesh is told in the story of being very strong and basically the strongest man alive. In the epic of Gilgamesh, the narrator starts to narrate, “He walks around in the enclosure of Uruk,like a wild bull he makes himself mighty, head raised.There is no rival who can raise his weapon against him.His fellows stand, attentive to his orders,and the men of Uruk become anxious in … Gilgamesh does not leave a son to his father (p.15).” In this quote Gilgamesh is basically considered a God. “Then Enkidu spoke to the harlot:"Come, Shamhat, take me away with you to the sacred Holy Temple, the residence of Anu and Ishtar,the place of Gilgamesh, who is wise to perfection,but who struts his power over the people like a wild bull. I will challenge

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