Gilgamesh
In reading Gilgamesh translation by David ferry, I found three episodes that I think are particularly significant: no one is allowed eternal life, do not take people for granted and treat woman with respect. First of all, the one thing that could not complete Gilgamesh life was death. It shows me that even in the old days that no one had eternal life. I learned growing that no one lives forever so we have to live our life to the fullest. As the story demonstrate how Gilgamesh would give everything to have eternal life. However, us human we have no control over destiny so the only thing we can do is wait for our time of death. It happens that whenever we have someone close to us die like Enkidu did in the story it makes us feel closer to death. We read the story of Gilgamesh journey to find the answer for death but the tavern lady Siduri said to him “Who is the mortal who can live forever? The life of man is short. Only the gods can live forever” (X, p. 57
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Gilgamesh Shamhat, Enkidu Gilgamesh, story gilgamesh, eternal life, live life, read story, live life fullest, life fullest, live forever,
Approximate Word count = 655
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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