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Gilgamesh And Enkidu Character Analysis

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Gilgamesh is a tyrant of extraordinary power in need of a male companion equal to him in the first two tablets of his epic, and that is why the gods fasten Enkidu. Enkidu is the polar of opposite of Gilgamesh. Where Gilgamesh “tramples (his) citizens like a wild bull” (Tablet 1 - 28), Enkidu “(eats) grass with gazelles” (1.73), while Gilgamesh “takes the girl from her mother and uses her (1.31), Enkidu “frees the animals” (1.97) from traps set by the trapper. Gilgamesh is a harsh king and Enkidu is a peaceful lover of nature. These two great men needed to be brought together to balance Uruk and the surrounding countryside. Gilgamesh sees in a dream that he is about to meet his true friend, and Enkidu feels a deep desire to travel to Uruk and
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