Themes In The Epic Of Gilgamesh
Challenges in Life “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is an ancient story by William Ellery Leonard that we have a written record and was recited for generation before it was inscribed on clay table in cuneiform script(6). Leonard presents challenges and experiences encountered by the powerful man Gilgamesh who ruled the city of Uruk in ancient Sumer, between 2700 and 2600 B.C (6). His power and strength lead the entire society to call upon the gods to make them another man who can take over form Gilgamesh (7). Engidu was chosen to be the person to overcome Gilgamesh but Gilgamesh challenged him to a fight and worn (9). By reading this epic, we can learn more about: its content as well as citation, its communication in addition to context, and its
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The main ideas depicted in this epic are friendship, death, and anger of gods (10). For instance, it is represented that Gilgamesh and Engidu become good friends after their wresting. This is an indication that good friendship existed among rivals during those ancient days within the entire society (10). The narrator also explains the anger of god’s that exist in the community. For instance, gods were very angry at Gilgamesh with his friend Engidu because they both killed “the king of the bull-of-heaven” (10). The people around the society were not happy about the killing of the bull- of – heave by these two friends Gilgamesh and Engidu. The gods then decided kill Engidu to revenge because they were made at them (10). Another lesson learnt also is the existence of death in the society. For example, Engidu died and his friend Gilgamesh was also afraid that he might die too (11). He ran away across the sea to avoid death but he later realized that death is inevitable and no one can evade it (11). In the citation part, we also get to know that a young English archaeologist discovered this epic in 1839 beneath the desert sand that belonged to the buildings or a library that was destroyed by an invading army of Medes and Babylonians in 612 B.C at the city of Nineveh (6). The type of source of this epic is a primary historical source which was reconstructed and translated for the new generation to learn historical information that once existed in cuneiform tablet at the library
The main ideas depicted in this epic are friendship, death, and anger of gods (10). For instance, it is represented that Gilgamesh and Engidu become good friends after their wresting. This is an indication that good friendship existed among rivals during those ancient days within the entire society (10). The narrator also explains the anger of god’s that exist in the community. For instance, gods were very angry at Gilgamesh with his friend Engidu because they both killed “the king of the bull-of-heaven” (10). The people around the society were not happy about the killing of the bull- of – heave by these two friends Gilgamesh and Engidu. The gods then decided kill Engidu to revenge because they were made at them (10). Another lesson learnt also is the existence of death in the society. For example, Engidu died and his friend Gilgamesh was also afraid that he might die too (11). He ran away across the sea to avoid death but he later realized that death is inevitable and no one can evade it (11). In the citation part, we also get to know that a young English archaeologist discovered this epic in 1839 beneath the desert sand that belonged to the buildings or a library that was destroyed by an invading army of Medes and Babylonians in 612 B.C at the city of Nineveh (6). The type of source of this epic is a primary historical source which was reconstructed and translated for the new generation to learn historical information that once existed in cuneiform tablet at the library