Bilkent University Student's Name: HUM 111 Fall 2011 Dr. Louise Barry Midterm 1 12.5 % point value of assignment Questions for Midterm 1, on Epic of Gilgamesh, Fall 2011, Dr. Louise Barry You are to write a 3-page (double-spaced, Times New Roman, MLA style) answer on ONE of the following topics. Keep in mind the grading criteria while you are writing! 1. At one point in the Genealogy of Morals, Friedrich Nietzsche
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The Epic of Gilgamesh and Walt Disney’s Heracles. Heracles has become a western classic and while it defiantly does not have the same cultural and spiritual effects Gilgamesh’s myth does there are still many similarities between the two myths. Both myths are epic tails of Heroes who go on a journey to become all they can be; fighting Monsters and even gods along the way. Each of these myths is started with a sort of introduction from outside the story, Heracles by the muses and Gilgamesh by narration
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time - Gilgamesh from The Epic of Gilgamesh and Achilles from Iliad. Tonight, they are going to reveal secrets never heard before and change your perception of life forever. It is amazing how the stories you will hear, happened so far back in the past are applicable for our life today. Host: Hello Gilgamesh and Achilles. You look amazing tonight. How do you feel? Gilgamesh: Great! Achilles: A little old, but good! Host: How do you like the couch? Is it comfortable enough for you? Gilgamesh: Well
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greatest lesson Gilgamesh learns in The Epic of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh is bitter that only the gods can live forever and says as much when Enkidu warns him away from their fight with Humbaba. Life is short, the two warriors tell each other on their way to the deadly confrontation in the Cedar Forest, and the only thing that lasts is fame. After killing the Bull of Heaven, Enkidu is awakened from a chilling dream that foreshadows his death. In the dream, the gods were angry with him and Gilgamesh, so they
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our class text, which involves and relates to the hero’s journey. There were two stories and characters that particularly stood out to me and which I found the most comparisons between although they were two types of heroes. Those characters were Gilgamesh, from The Epic Of
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Larsen 1 Mark Larsen Mrs. Anderson Honors English IV July 31, 2011 The Epic of Gilgamesh A man who wrestled giants, killed heavenly bulls, and even killed a herd of lions still was only man and never a god. Gilgamesh was a classic and may be one of the first epic heroes. He had many of the qualities that fit that role. On the other hand Enkidu fit more of an antihero than an epic one. The culture of the story, from what the book explains, took place at around the time of biblical times
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for the better. “The Epic of Gilgamesh” is about the king of Uruk, who was extremely wise, highly respected, he knew things other people wouldn't know, as well as being an all-powerful, extremely strong, and very beautiful. However, he was a a cruel tyrant, who happened to rape women he’d find extremely attracted to in spite of the fact that some of these women were wives of his noblemen, or warriors. Many of the people of Uruk lived under the oppression of Gilgamesh, until the gods gathered information
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Forces of Change The Epic of Gilgamesh embodies the classical style of the tale of a hero. Gilgamesh personifies exactly what it means to be a true hero in an epic. The Gilgamesh that readers know is an awe-inspiring hero, however at the beginning of the epic Gilgamesh is a tyrannical self-indulgent king with overweening pride. In the epic Gilgamesh’s people pray for a better king, “To his stormy heart,let that one be equal, Let them contend with each other, that Uruk may have peace” (102). It
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the Flood in Genesis, are written by divine inspiration and ancient Mesopotamian writings, such as "The Epic of Gilgamesh," are steeped in mythology and written solely by human hand. Although fundamental differences are present in the two, the Flood in Genesis and "The Epic of Gilgamesh" also feature distinct parallels. At first glance, the discrepancies between "The Epic of Gilgamesh" and the Flood in Genesis appear to overpower any resemblances perhaps perceived as coincidences. However, further
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Doc 2.1--In Search of Eternal Life: “The Epic of Gilgamesh” • How would you define the Mesopotamian ideal of kingship? What is the basis of the monarch’s legitimacy? • What understanding of the afterlife does the epic suggest? • What philosophy of life comes across in the Gilgamesh story? Doc 2.2—Law and Justice in Ancient Mesopotamia: “The Law Code of Hammurabi” • What can you infer from the code about the kind of social problems that afflicted ancient Mesopotamia? • How would you define
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