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The Epic of Gilgamesh
Title: The Epic of Gilgamesh
Category: Literature / English
Details: Words: 555 | Pages: 2.4 (approximately 235 words/page)
The Epic of Gilgamesh
I noticed two main underlying themes in The Epic of Gilgamesh, fighting a common foe or working toward a common goal forms close ties between people, and man’s natural fear of death.
In the story Gilgamesh and Enkidu started out as enemies, the first time that they ever saw each other they joined in fierce combat. It wasn’t until Enkidu withdrew, accepting Gilgamesh’s supremacy that the battle ended. It was because of …showed first 75 words of 555 total…
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…showed last 75 words of 555 total…a name eternal!” pg. 20.
On another note, after reading I was left with a burning question. You see, during the reading I became confused as to what the Deluge that they kept talking about was. I did not understand it until near the end of the story, but once it was explained it sounded very familiar. Which left me wondering is this the same story as Noah’s Arch? And if not which came first?
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