domingo, 19 de agosto de 2007

My Opinion of Gilgamesh


I think this epic tells a tale not different from he tale of Heracles son of Zeus, and that of Tarzan. In both tales the men are supposed to be supernaturaly strong, either by living as ekindu among the wild animals, or by being born a son of the gods like Gilgamesh. This makes me wonder how the rest of the epic might turn out, for in the tale of Heracles, heracles decides to stay in the world of the mortals for a woman he loves, and at the begging of his tale, he like gilgamesh looks for glory that will return him as a god. Ekindu is a wild man like Tarzan becoming strong by being born in the wild, both of these are men who until meeting with the woman are more animal than man, this I think women have a special purpose or meaning in both storys that escapes me just now but i think i will grasp it as I read deeper into the epic.

I sometimes feel separated by my freinds by a girl I like, its as if i try to behave differently to win the girl over and then my friends notice it and bug me about it. I think women have a way of changing men both in the epic and reality. I'm not kidding! My dad has behaved differently in occasions to please my mom! He changes the channel from Espn sports to E! enttretainment so that she will be pleased with him!
Gilgamesh Pg 1-20


I wonder what will happen next:

Will women play a great part further on in the epic?

Will the two partners be seperated by greed or other dark intentions?

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