The Human Emotions In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

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The Epic of Gilqaiiieh is a story of tragedy and conquer. The main character, Gilgamesh, was always seen as a god, powerful and strong, and "perfect", yet if you look closely into his stories you can spot many human acts being shown throughout his adventures. From physical acts, to Pure human emotions, and lastly over blown historical figures. Gilgamesh, couldn't possibly have been even remotely god like. First off, physical acts. Throughout most of Gilgamesh's stories, he had spots of weakness, even through his conquers, he still grew weary, still lost battles (countless times), and still broke down like most humans do. In the Epic of Gilgamesh, poetic version, Ke slept for seven days after a taxing quest, and in many of his battles, he failed …show more content…

Trust me, we all have them, but Gilgamesh seemed to have the most. It's understandable to feel pain and grief after the loss of a friend, but leaving your empire to find immortality to give to your late best friend, all in a desperate act to lose this feeling of heartache. However, there is another emotion that was strongly felt through Gilgamesh and most kings in his time. Greed. All through his rein as I've mentioned before, Chorley 2. Gilgamesh perilously sought rule over Kish, the grande center of civilization. He continuously fought, struggled, and acquired many ranks and cities, yet he wasn't satisfied until he finally gained control over Kish, and also many of the other strong cities such as Uruk, Ur, and Nippur, the sacred city of the kings. ccJd /, ftzth a (Lastly overblown historical figures. Ancient Greeks are a very good example for this statement. Most of their stories or Myths, normal characters, or made up one, were made into extravagant people, in a sort of way to blot out their mortal sides. Thanks to historical records, we know that Gilgamesh was in fact a true person, but some of his stories have a little too much pizazz added to them. One example is Gilgamesh finding the very wise and well known Utnapishtim across a perilous lake that was impossible to cross, yet somehow our hero Gilgamesh did! After convincing Utnapishtim he was worthy of immortal life (and a small week long nap), Gilgamesh found a magical blossom at the bottom of a lake that gave immortality to anyone who consumed it. Sadly Gilgamesh got beat to it when he left it on a bank and a snake devoured