Comparing Epic Of Gilgamesh And What Dreams May Come

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What are the Similarities and Differences between Enkidu in “Epic of Gilgamesh” and Annie in “What Dreams May Bring?”

“What Dreams May Come” is a fantasy film produced by Vincent Ward and released in 1998. The film is adapted from the novel “What Dreams May Come” by Richard Matheson. The film is about two main characters, Chris, a pediatrician, and Annie, a painter who are soul mates and their love relationship seems unconquerable. However, bad luck befalls them Chris’s two kids Ian and Marie die in a car accident. Following this incidence, Annie gets into depression and attempted suicide. Four years later Chris also gets involved in a car accident and dies forcing Annie to commit suicide. The real drama takes place in paradise where Chris finds his children but can’t find …show more content…

However, Chris is determined to go to the depths of hell to save his wife. On the other hand, “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is a story about Gilgamesh the king of Uruk who is one-third man and two-thirds god. Gilgamesh is a tyrant who rules his subjects with an iron fist and the oppression of his people for help reach the gods who decide to create a man of equal strength called Enkidu to challenge the king. Later after their first ugly encounter, they fall in love and do most of the things like brothers and companions. Unfortunately the gods strike Enkidu to death after they destroy Humbaba, the god and Gilgamesh is distressed and travels to far country to seek a solution to death (Bausch ). However, after an encounter with Utnapishtim, he is convinced that death is inevitable and goes back to Uruk and later dies a satisfied man. The aim of this essay is to explore on the

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