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How Did Gilgamesh Change

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Gilgamesh This epic story of Gilgamesh is truly a mirror image of how society as a whole has been for many generations and most likely will not change at all. Upon reading the story, the most prominent piece of material that stuck out the most, was how the use of a beautiful woman can make a change so great, that men would go to the extreme of eliminating one another just to be the only one lying next to her. Men would even go to the extent to change a law or change a way that they usually would govern things if there were a beautiful woman there to have a solid excuse or reason to make such a thing happen. Women have very well changed since the beginning of time as far as their roles changing from being considered just a stay at …show more content…

In society today, not all, but some perfect looking people can be very arrogant. Gilgamesh was not only good looking, but he was also created the strongest of them all, which in his mind, he thought that he could do whatever he wanted to do ranging from sleeping with other men’s wives, to over working and slaving fathers and sons. The Goddess of Love and War was to be blamed for creating such a monster, so the Gods made her create a replica of Gilgamesh, the total opposite at heart. The Gods and Goddess grew very irritated at Gilgamesh’s actions. Here, you see the woman being blamed for her careless mistake for giving Gilgamesh such strength, but little honor as to how he was to uphold his land. The Goddess of Love and War than pinched a piece of clay, and tumbled it into the woods creating Gilgamesh’s spitting image in beauty and strength, …show more content…

In this passage, it is very clear as being a great relative topic for society today. Most people say that they fell in love at “first sight” which is somewhat true, but not entirely. Many adults do not want to admit, that it was love at first “encounter” instead of at “first sight”, because if that was not the case, then all of these erectile dysfunction companies would not be making millions off of these husbands whose marriage is crumbling because of crappy sex, and here again, we see the men making drastic changes in his life to keep the woman that he loves happy. “Enkidu, thou art become like God” (Baily 138). Here in this passage we see the lovely woman boosting Enkidu’s head up to become a god like Gilgamesh. Enkidu did not even have that thought going through his head until the young woman brought it to his attention that he too is as strong as Gilgamesh but less cruel. “Enkidu, abandoned by the animals, returns to her who is now his sole companion; he turns to her in a new way, intellectually attentive to her for the first time, seeking no longer satisfaction but solace, further understanding” (Bailey 139). Enkidu pretty much has to gain his knowledge, wisdom and understanding through sexual experience, or more as a reflection of high value through sexual

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