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Enkidu's Death In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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Enkidu will enter Uruk, and, Gilgamesh be implementing some form of suffering on an innocent person. The wedding scene will not be shown as it was shown in the beginning. In the text, the fight between Gilgamesh and Enkidu was not described in great detail. However, because the film is made for a modern audience, a speech will be given by Enkidu in which he challenges Gilgamesh, and a lengthy fighting scene will follow. Although the result of the fight is not clear in the text, Gilgamesh will be shown to break off from the fight, and he will ask Enkidu to be his partner, friend and brother, because he was the only one strong enough to challenge him. In order to transition from one even to the other, Gilgamesh and Enkidu will be shown in …show more content…

The two will quickly intervene and a lengthy action scene will be shown again. Finally, they will kill the bull and celebrate with a big banquet. During the banquet, there will be a scene showing the crowning of Gilgamesh. Although in the text, the crowning was described before killing the Bull of Heaven, in the movie it will be shown after, in order to emphasize Gilgamesh’s transformation from a tyrant, to a king who saves his people. The banquet will represent things finally calming down and getting back to normal. However, immediately after the banquet, Enkidu will get worse. Shamhat and Gilgamesh will be shown standing by him, and Enkidu will begin his curses (the curse towards the door will be omitted) . However, the curses will not be as lengthy as in the text, since lengthy curses are not as compatible with modern story-telling. Enkidu will regret cursing Shamash after looking at her, and will bless her instead (the interaction between Shamash and Enkidu, in which Shamash tells Enkidu to take the curse back will not be shown). Enkidu will finally die. Although nothing is mentioned in the text about Enkidu’s death, the gap will be filled by showing him suffering and taking his final breath. Gilgamesh will be shown cursing the gods, and he will start to

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