Gilgamesh
Micah Henry
03-12-2015
Western Civilization I
“The Epic of Gilgamesh”
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The “Epic of Gilgamesh” is an outstanding tale mainly between to people; Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The story is about an amazing king who was honored and worshiped as one of the greatest of his time. Everyone from his time thought he was a phenomenal leader. I think he was a horrible leader. What kind of leader enslaves their own people? As a leader one should attempt to bring up their nation as a whole and make them smarter and stronger but how could he have done that if he was a slave master? Gilgamesh was a horrible person.
Enkidu was a beastly man. He was raised around animals his whole life, so this is all he knows. As he lived with those animals he began to grow closer to them. Enkidu’s flesh was covered with hair like an animal, he used to run and play with animals in the wild. There were few incidents where an animal has got caught by a trap and Enkidu freed them. Of Corse someone has been setting the traps so they could catch animals, so obviously people began to get suspicious to why their traps haven’t been catching any animals, they soon found out its been Enkidu releasing them all along. They sent someone out to find Enkidu so this could stop. They then decided to help Enkidu by helping him turn more into a man. They found him a woman to
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make love to hoping this would help convert him from his animalistic ways and it worked. Enkidu began to look and act more like a man.
Gilgamesh being the man he is decides to challenge Enkidu to a fight. Enkidu and Gilgamesh starts battling throwing fist and grappling, doing whatever it takes to leave the battle victorious. After the battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu is finished; like most men they peace it up and become friends. They become very close friends to the point where they decide to go on a death defying journey with no promised return back home. They do this because they can, because they believe they can
03-12-2015
Western Civilization I
“The Epic of Gilgamesh”
Page 1
The “Epic of Gilgamesh” is an outstanding tale mainly between to people; Gilgamesh and Enkidu. The story is about an amazing king who was honored and worshiped as one of the greatest of his time. Everyone from his time thought he was a phenomenal leader. I think he was a horrible leader. What kind of leader enslaves their own people? As a leader one should attempt to bring up their nation as a whole and make them smarter and stronger but how could he have done that if he was a slave master? Gilgamesh was a horrible person.
Enkidu was a beastly man. He was raised around animals his whole life, so this is all he knows. As he lived with those animals he began to grow closer to them. Enkidu’s flesh was covered with hair like an animal, he used to run and play with animals in the wild. There were few incidents where an animal has got caught by a trap and Enkidu freed them. Of Corse someone has been setting the traps so they could catch animals, so obviously people began to get suspicious to why their traps haven’t been catching any animals, they soon found out its been Enkidu releasing them all along. They sent someone out to find Enkidu so this could stop. They then decided to help Enkidu by helping him turn more into a man. They found him a woman to
Page 2
make love to hoping this would help convert him from his animalistic ways and it worked. Enkidu began to look and act more like a man.
Gilgamesh being the man he is decides to challenge Enkidu to a fight. Enkidu and Gilgamesh starts battling throwing fist and grappling, doing whatever it takes to leave the battle victorious. After the battle between Gilgamesh and Enkidu is finished; like most men they peace it up and become friends. They become very close friends to the point where they decide to go on a death defying journey with no promised return back home. They do this because they can, because they believe they can