Gilgamesh & Enkidu
-Some differences between Gilgamesh and Enkidu are that Gilgamesh is handsome and basically flawless in his looks; Enkidu looks almost like a beast. Gilgamesh is mostly god and is filled with courage, fearless one could say. Enkidu was born of the wild, growing up among the wild animals and learning how to live off the land, so he knows what to fear and what not to. Gilgamesh is arrogant, Enkidu is not.
Some similarities between the two are that they are both strong, almost undefeatable; no match for anyone but the other one.
These differences and similarities are important because it helps shape the epic and helps the story flow.
-One intersting difference is that Enkidu can interpret dreams and Gilgamesh can’t. This is significant, because if Gilgamesh could interpret dreams that would make Enkidu less of a character and he would mean less to the story. Also if Gilgamesh is able to interpret dreams it would appear too much of a common placed thing and he would have no real need for Enkidu except for brute strengh. One similarity that they share is that they both show fatigue. This is significant, because it shows that they are both human and that they do have their limits.
-The differences between Gilgemesh and Enkidu are that Gilgemesh came from a more prominent/noble society and the fact that Gilgemesh is 2/3 God and 1/3 man. But it just shows that Gilgemesh thinks more of himself than of other until he meets Enkidu. Enkidu came from the forest and ran and acted like the creatures that roamed the forest. The only reason why Enkidu came to Uruk was because a Harlot seduced him and the rest of the creatures in the forest shunned him because he was not like them anymore. Besides the fact that both of them are strong men and trained in hunting and killing, those attributes helped Gilgemesh and Enkidu defeat Humbaba in the Cedar forest and then later on the “Bull of Heaven”.
-The two men have to be very similar because just because of the fact that the gods
Some similarities between the two are that they are both strong, almost undefeatable; no match for anyone but the other one.
These differences and similarities are important because it helps shape the epic and helps the story flow.
-One intersting difference is that Enkidu can interpret dreams and Gilgamesh can’t. This is significant, because if Gilgamesh could interpret dreams that would make Enkidu less of a character and he would mean less to the story. Also if Gilgamesh is able to interpret dreams it would appear too much of a common placed thing and he would have no real need for Enkidu except for brute strengh. One similarity that they share is that they both show fatigue. This is significant, because it shows that they are both human and that they do have their limits.
-The differences between Gilgemesh and Enkidu are that Gilgemesh came from a more prominent/noble society and the fact that Gilgemesh is 2/3 God and 1/3 man. But it just shows that Gilgemesh thinks more of himself than of other until he meets Enkidu. Enkidu came from the forest and ran and acted like the creatures that roamed the forest. The only reason why Enkidu came to Uruk was because a Harlot seduced him and the rest of the creatures in the forest shunned him because he was not like them anymore. Besides the fact that both of them are strong men and trained in hunting and killing, those attributes helped Gilgemesh and Enkidu defeat Humbaba in the Cedar forest and then later on the “Bull of Heaven”.
-The two men have to be very similar because just because of the fact that the gods