Mark Twain's The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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The Epic of Gilgamesh is about the hero Gilgamesh,  who is two thirds god and one third men. He is the strongest of all the people in his village, Uruk. Gilgamesh has a perfect body, beauty and wisdom. Gilgamesh’s desire leaves no virgin women, regardless who she was the wife of one of his warriors or the daughter of a nobleman. Gilgamesh was the man who takes control over everything, “ No son is left with his father”, Gilgamesh used to take them from their family and not just the fathers but also their kids and the high authority people in the village  and make them slaves to his people. When Gods heard abut what Gilgamesh had done, they decided to create a wild man who was impressive as Gilgamesh named Enkidu “ His body was rough, he had long hair like a women’s.” He lives in the wilderness with the animals. One day a trapper sees him at a watering hole.He …show more content…

The trapper follows his father’s advice and travels back to the wilderness with the prostitute. Their journey lasts three days. The trappers introduce him to a prostitute, the trapper told her to lie down on a blanket and show Enkidu her breasts and welcome his love to him. Enkidu spent six days and seven nights with her. When his desire is finally full, he returns back to the animal. However, they no longer consider him as their tribe, and They run away from him. When Enkidu heard from the prostitute about Gilgamesh and his strength and when she told him that Gilgamesh is stronger than he is and he will never be able to take over him, he decided to go and challenge him because he believes that he is the strongest man in the village. Gilgamesh had two dreams about Enkidu and when he went right away to his mother to tell her about what he had dreamed of and what does it means, she told him that he will have a great friend soon who have the power to save

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