Essay Comparing Gilgamesh And Enkidu

I think Gilgamesh and Enkdiu embody the dichotomy between human civilization and the wilderness through themes such as immortality. Towards the end of the book Gilgamesh really struggles with the fact that some day he will die and like Enkidu but at the end of Enkidu’s life his only worry is that he didn’t die in battle I think this really shows the fine line difference between human civilization and the wilderness with humans we seem to have a hard time deleting its out humanity and the fact that some day we will die and even thought Gilgamesh was moral he seemed to deal with the same issue of fearing death and the unknown where as Enkidu ,who is more wild and more repressive of the wilderness, did have fear at the end of his life it wast because of the unknown but because he wouldn't die with what he considered honor dying a death sick in his bed wasn't an honorable death for Enkidu as shown in the Epics of Gilgamesh in line 69 though 71 “My friend lid me the greatest curse of

I feared the battle but will die in my be, my friend, he who falls quickly in battle is glorious”. I think another theme that is an embodiment of human cyclization ant the wilderness is knowledge over ignorance, Gilgamesh, who represents humanity, knew form the begging that Enkidu was ignorant of the ways of men even before Gilgamesh met Enkidu knew that he would fall for his trick of temptation when the hunters father sends him to Gilgamesh this is what Gilgamesh says “ Go, hunter, take with you Shamhat the harlot, when the wild beasts draw near the water hole, let her strip off her clothing, laying bare her charms, when he sees her, he will approach her, his beast that he grew up with on the steppe will deny him” on page 41 lines 155 though 158. When the hunter does Gilgamesh’s plan it works because Enkidu, who represents, wilderness, was ignorant to the fact that when he did lay on sham hat it would ultimately end up driving away the animals he was with on the