Human Mortality In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

The Epic of Gilgamesh is worth your attention because of his relevancy whether it is the literal richness of it or simply the universal reflection of the human nature and our desire to seek for eternal youth and immortality. This Epic depicts perfectly the idea of ‘’what one wants, isn’t what one might need’’, that our life shouldn’t be around temporary pains and pleasure and fundamentally challenges our view and comprehension of what it is to be human through the incredible glass of time. Unfortunately, we all lost someone in our live, whether it is through an unwanted breakup or through the death of a dear one. This piece reflects on the impressions that we all had on death and the shows that one can be willing to go through hell and high

Being called a God throughout the whole story, I came to realize that he was just a man with an incredible story just like Gilgamesh stated at page 107; “I look at you now, utnapishtim, and your appearance is no different from mine”. He talked and sounded like a man except that he was alone. Though, I thought that he taught an important lesson at page 107 when he states that ‘’from the days of the old there is no permanence.’’ In addition, I was very impressed by the depth of the theme of human mortality. Indeed, the fact that every aspect of this story based on a mourning is intriguing on an analytical level. The Epic of Gilgamesh is a complete piece concerning mortality and how it is humanely processed. As I mentioned earlier, we humans have different reactions to the death of a dear one and this story really depicts the pain that can be carried by someone and the extent of this pain that eventually transforms into fear and apprehension. You can read about the richness of this theme throughout the whole epic. Since it is on-going, the theme of mortality can be analyzed under many perspectives such as the fragility of the Man’s ego or the envy that we have of the Gods and the importance that we accord to youth and