No matter where a person comes from, the wrongful doings they have done to the people, or the financial background should deny a person their own unique way of learning to recover from the suffering of the loss of a loved one.
Gilgamesh, Achilles, and Oedipus are all tragic heroes who throughout their stories, show their companions. Throughout the epic poems/play, each person suffers tremendously with the grief of their loved ones. This is extremely important to today’s society and the past that people have empathy and sympathy for others, especially the ones we truly care about. To be a hero, a person must have a heart, if not then they would be considered abnormal or self-centered. A true hero will have these specific characteristics. Gilgamesh’s story is super important and interesting because he relates to society so much by the trauma he has been through. He lost his companion, whom was at first his enemy. Enkidu was a strong man; he was Gilgamesh’s equal. One hero was lost, so the other had to step up to the plate. Like many people, after losing a loved one, …show more content…
Their grief truly stuck out to me, too. Achilles dealt with the loss of his best friend, Patroclus, in differently: revenge. People turn to negative ways to deal with a loss instead of finding a way like Gilgamesh. Between the two, it compares how heroes make mistakes as well as helping others. Achilles wanted payback, but should not have let anger get in the way of his sorrow. Oedipus was blinded by what was truly in front of them. That is a third way of dealing with grief. Mourning can cause blindness to the truth and forces people to be in shock. These ways of mourning effects not only the kings, but also the people of the town. Pathos is one of the most qualifying characteristics to justify heroism. The people of the cities chose to look up to them because they had empathy for their leader, and they respected them for the way they chose to