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Mason Vs Gilgamesh Compare And Contrast

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There are many differences and similarities between the Herbert Mason and the Assyrian International News Agency (AINA) versions of Gilgamesh. The AINA version is more like a traditional book and the other one is a poem. The Mason one is much easier to read and is less intimidating to read because it is written like a poem and the pages are not completely filled. The AINA version is harder to read because of the amount of information on one page. The Mason version is straight forward and says exactly what’s going on while the AINA version takes a long time to explain the backstories and does so with more dialogue. The AINA version leaves out most of what happened with Enkidu’s early life, especially with the prostitute and the man who
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