Essays on Gilgamesh

Are Gilgamesh and Enkidu in a homosexual relationship? The Epic of Gilgamesh, translated by Herbert Mason, answers yes, and further uses their relationship as a means for the heroic duo to become human. Homosexuality is the characteristic of being or having sexual desire towards someone or people of one’s sex. For this essay, I will...

Throughout Gilgamesh and Enkidu’s voyage both of them prove their courageous behavior many times, but each is a hero in their own way. Gilgamesh is driven by his own individual accretion and self-love, while Enkidu is a true savior. In order to transfer the whole essence of Gilgamesh and his companion Enkidu, author used an...

The Epic of Gilgamesh, a Mesopotamiam epic poem inscribed into a series of tablets, is one of the oldest pieces of writing known to man. “It talks about the powerful human drive to achieve, the value of friendship, the experience of loss, the inevitability of death.” (Tzvi Abusch, 614) The story follows Gilgamesh, the mighty...

Death is an inevitable part of human life. People cannot know or predict their own death time. Life is noble by the fact that there is death in it. The Epic of Gilgamesh gives us no easy answers to the questions about meaning of death and mortality, and shows the inevitability of death. The overall...