The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of earliest known pieces of literature. Through years of storytelling and translation‚ The Epic of Gilgamesh became a timeless classic. This story is believed to have originated from Sumerian poems and legends about the king of Uruk‚ Gilgamesh. Throughout the epic‚ many themes arose about women‚ love‚ and journeys and the one I would like to discuss is the theme of death. Also‚ I will discuss if Gilgamesh accepts morality at the end of the story and the development of
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The Aeneid‚ The Iliad‚ and The Epic of Gilgamesh are poems from the greatest authors of literature. They look into the topic of destiny‚ warriors responsibility‚ and bravery. The Epic of Gilgamesh is an adventure of Gilgamesh and his friend Enkidu. Gilgamesh is courted by the queen of heaven and rejects her.The gods then kill Enkidu as revenge. Gilgamesh is now set on the journey to seek the meaning of life. He later meets the only person to whom the gods have given everlasting life. “Utnapishtism
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This speech will explain how the concept of the hero has been devalued in modern times. I will show that the main reason for this devaluation is that the definition of what constitutes a hero has become a lot broader. To support my argument I will use following people‚ all sometimes descried as heroes: Theseus‚ Nelson Mandela and good old Shane Warne. Traditionally heroes were defined as a person‚ typically a man‚ who is admired for their courage‚ outstanding achievements‚ or noble qualities
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In a story about a mostly-god’s journey to gain immortality‚ many lessons can be learned. For Gilgamesh‚ many were. Traveling through Mesopotamia‚ fearing his own mortality‚ Gilgamesh and Enkidu go on a journey to find immortality. Though they do not succeed‚ Gilgamesh learns about himself‚ humankind‚ and mortality itself‚ making the journey worthwhile. When one goes somewhere for a very long time‚ away from home‚ they have a lot of time to think. Think about themselves‚ their accomplishments
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One of the types of love that is most evident / found most often in Romeo and Juliet and modern day is Familial love. There are 6 different types of love; Familial‚ Platonic‚ Narcissistic‚ Unrequited‚ and Spiritual/Religious love. Familial love is when you love your family‚ and they love you back. Platonic love is the love between you and your friends. Narcissistic love is when you love yourself and not others. Unrequited love is when you love someone‚ but they do not love you back. Finally Spiritual/Religious
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Epic of Gilgamesh The epic of Gilgamesh is the earliest primary document discovered in human history dating back to approximately 2‚000 B.C.E. This document tells a story of an ancient King Gilgamesh‚ ruler of Sumer in 2‚700 B.C.E. who is created gloriously by gods as one third man and two third god. In this epic‚ Gilgamesh begins his kingship as an audacious and immature ruler. Exhausted from complaints‚ the gods send a wild man named Enkidu to become civilized and assist Gilgamesh to mature
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prosperity in Greeces history and therefore the happiest of times. This period was also the peak of Grecian art‚ writings‚ sculpture‚ theatre‚ and architecture. The Golden Age is credited with forming the modern day stereotype of what Grecian life was like. The Greeks greatly influenced modern day culture through the establishment of a standard of living for society. The Greeks further established a model government that‚ despite many wars‚ functioned fairly well without dispute from the people. The
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Personal technologies effect on modern day life Technology has had a major impact on modern day life. Everyone uses personal technology whether they realize it or not. Personal technologies include cell phones‚ laptops‚ and iPads. Personal technology has disconnected‚ driven‚ and assisted people in everyday life. Without actually watching for your use of personal technology you will not fully understand how it affects your everyday life. Sometimes putting the personal technology devices down is
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used in a lot of early science on the modern day. Here are a few examples like the name of new species of animals‚ catholic masses‚ and early naming of the body part for scientist‚ doctors and nurses. Charlemagne’s famous form was monetary form system for their economy. Yes‚ their coins were gold based and he switched it to silver so every peasant will have some type of money in their pockets. That was the foundation for a modern form of currency in the modern day Europe. The entire continent has a
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The television show Doctor Who‚ (2005-present)‚ can be seen as modern day noir to some extent. Doctor Who can be seen as modern day noir because it has multiple elements that are used to characterize the genre of noir. Some characteristics of noir that are portrayed in Doctor Who are a morally ambiguous protagonist‚ a fatalistic viewpoint of the protagonist‚ the femmes fatales. The Doctor is a morally ambiguous character that struggles with making the correct choices at times even though he is basically
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