Brief Summary And Symbolism In The Epic Of Gilgamesh

After reading The Epic of Gilgamesh I have discovered many metaphors and parallelisms between the Bible and the story of Gilgamesh himself. This has allowed me to enjoy reading the story more and understanding the Bible from a more metaphoric perspective rather than just a religion. Gilgamesh searches for something all humans either desire or question its reality, immortality. In my opinion each characters qualities are relatable in one way or another, maybe not in my own personal life but in the people around me. Towards the end of Gilgamesh’s story he suffers the death of his good friend and equal to illness. This puts an act in motion in Gilgamesh causing him to ponder his own life and realize that he too will one day suffer the same faith as his faithful friend. In our own lives its not a matter of how we
If Gilgamesh was the same animalistic selfish ruler he once was he never would have even thought about taking the plant back and sharing it. He would have taken it all for himself at the moment he retrieved it. I believe that after his rebirth and awakening he came to grasp with is his life and understood there was something much more bigger than himself going on in Uruk. Although I believe Gilgamesh has matured more than he was, I do not think he has fully matured. I say this because when he complains to Ur-Shanabi after having the plant stolen, “ For myself I have obtained no benefit” (316). He makes it seem as if not only is he upset the plant was wrongly taken from him but that he deserves to have it because of his good intentions. If Gilgamesh really had the best intentions and had completely understood the story of the flood, he never would have thought of dividing himself a portion with the elders. That is why I believe that the snake represent humans and that maybe the snake was sent there from a higher power because he still had not learned his full