Characters:
Beowulf: defeats all the monsters
King Hrothgar: King of Denmark
Grendel: Monster killed by Beowulf
Grendel's Mother: wanted revenge on Beowulf but he killed her
The dragon: killed by Beowulf but also killed Beowulf.
Themes:
establishing identity
difference between good warrior and good king
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Sunday, October 25, 2009
Beowulf Test
Clay Burmester
World Lit
10/23/09
Mrs Lebo
Beowulf Unit Exam
Due before class on Monday.
Submit via turnitin.
BEOWULF Unit Test = 200 points
Answer the following questions in complete paragraphs; be sure to include examples for each question and quotations as indicated with appropriate citation after each quotation. You will need nine quotations.
Ex. “I ended his reign, avenged his crime” (Raffel 84).
You must have a Work Cited – 10 points (see Unit Plan).
1. Literary scholars contend that Beowulf is the quintessential good vs. evil story. Explain how the poem depicts good vs. evil by citing at least three examples. You must have three quotations (one for each example); also, make sure your “argument” is clearly written and supported by evidence from the story. 60 points
Beowulf Vs Grendel
Grendel is a very mean vicious character he kills innocent people and it has sent the king of Danes ,Hrothgar, to call Beowulf who is strong and heroic and can also kill Grendel so the people of Danes don't have to worry anymore. Beowulf is very brave and very very committed in doing his duties in which he is asked. In my opinion I think that Beowulf knows that he can win the fight vs Grendel I also believe Grendel believes that he would lose to Beowulf because when Grendel first saw Beowulf his first instinct was to run. "Grendel's one thought was to run from Beowulf, flee back to his marsh and hide there." (pg 34) This shows that Grendel is frighted by Beowulf. When Beowulf and Grendel were fighting Beowulf went right after his arm and started tugging on it. Grendel was shocked with how much power Beowulf had inside of his little body compared to himself. Beowulf was determined to kill this monster and kept going away at his arm. After a couple pulls Beowulf ripped Grendel arm right out of his socket. "The victory, for the proof, hanging high from the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster's Arm, claw, and shoulder and all." (pg 37) The townspeople were happy they didn't have to worry about Grendel anymore.
Beowulf Vs Grendel's Mother
After Beowulf killed Grendel his Mom wanted revenge on Beowulf. She travels to Herot and kills one of the kings right hand man named Aeschere. She retreated in a magical place where she keeps her lair. The water burns and the bottom of the lake has never been reached. Still Beowulf is determined to go down their and kill her. On the way to the lake Beowulf and his soldiers discover Aeshere's head on the ground this just makes Beowulf angrier. While Beowulf is fighting Grendel's mother he finds a sword on one of the walls where she stays. " Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy Sword, hammered by giants, strong and blessed with their magic, the best of all weapons but so massive that no ordinary man could lift its carved and decorated length. He drew it from its scabbard, broke the chain on its hilt, and then, savage, now, angry and desperate, lifted it high over his head an struck with all the strength he had left, caught her in the neck and cut it through, broke bones and all. Her body fell to the floor, lifeless, the sword was wet with her blood, and Beowulf rejoiced at the sight." (pg 68) He decapitates her head and he killed both Grendel and his Mom with no problem. The towns suffering is over and Beowulf is the hero of Danes.
Beowulf vs Dragon
Beowulf is now a little bit older but he still wont back down from a challenge. The Dragon has been guarding treasure under the earth for 300 years. A thief stole a Covered Goblet from the dragon and he is blowing fire and burning down townspeople houses and belongings until he finds it. His next target is Beowulf's house. He comes to Beowulf's house at night blows fire onto his house and it burns to the ground. Beowulf doesn't understand why he deserves this so he gets his men together and set out to kill the dragon that did this to his home. They go to the Dragons hole he comes out and Beowulf tried to take a strike at him. He realizes that he has lost a lot of strength because of his aging and could hardly but the scales off the Dragon. Once the men saw this they ran away because they knew if Beowulf couldn't defeat the creature they couldn't possibly do anything to harm it. Beowulf took another swing at the creature. It snapped the sword into two pieces and the dragon took a chunk of skin out of Beowulf's neck. He stabbed the dragon in the flank. It was a fatal blow. Beowulf then realized that the dragons was venomous and that he is dying. " Our lord s dead, leader of the people the dragon killed him, but the beast is dead, too cut in half by a dagger; Beowulf's enemy sleeps in its blood. No sword could pierce its skin, wound that monster. Wiglaf is sitting in mourning close to Beowulf's body." Beowulf told Wiglaf. (Pg 118) Beowulf asks Wiglaf to gather treasure from the cave so that he may die with it. He also tells Wiglaf to bring gold and treasure to his people. Beowulf is buried and then buried with the treasure. He died in glory and thats exactly how he wanted it to be he died because he was doing something that he loved and that was to fight.
2. How would you describe Beowulf’s attitude toward life – his beliefs and values? You must have two quotations cited correctly to support your opinion. 40 points
I believe that Beowulf believes that if he dies in honor he will be fine with dieing. For example in the movie Forrest Gump when Forrest went to the war in Vietnam his lieutenant Dan Taylor wanted to die if he was in battle because thats how he thought he had to die because his ancestors died that way. In a way Lt. Dan reminds me of Beowulf. They both are very brave and put other people before themselves. Beowulf has to fight Grendel and he is excited to do it because he wants to show the townspeople that he can defeat a big monster like he did the 9 sea monster when he was swimming against Brecca for 5 days. "This bloody battle, stand when the fighting is done. No one else could do what i mean to here no man but me could hope to defeat this monster."(pg 104) Beowulf is relentless he believes if there is a challenge he has to take because he I think that Beowulf thinks that he has to prove to all the people that he is strong and can defeat anyone or anything. “They said that of all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.” pg (76) This quote shows that people know that Beowulf was the hero and always will be although the dragon killed him with the venmous bite to the neck.
3.Is Beowulf a braggart or is he honest? Is he guilty of hubris? State your opinion and support with specific examples and one quotation cited correctly. 30 points
I think that if your really good at something than you can brag and Beowulf was a true leader and hero so he had rights to show off himself and prove himself to the creatures that he defeated. "Grendel is no braver, no stronger, than i am! i could kill him with my sword; i shall note easy as it would be. this fiend is a bold and famous fighter, but his claws and teeth scratching at my shield , his clumsy fists beating at my sword blade, would be helpless. i will meet him with my hands empty--unless his heart fails him." (pg. 31-32) This quote shows his confidence before he fights someone. Beowulf knows that he will succeed before he even begins to fight. When Herot asked Beowulf to come and take care of Grendel he was afraid to do it and was glad to travel across seas so he could take care of Grendel. Both Grendel and Beowulf were confident going into there fight. Once Beowulf got a hold of Grendel's arm he knew that he was in trouble. Grendel's confidence was brought way down. Than Beowulf tore his arm off and took it back to the town to prove to the people that he defeated Grendel. I think that he took his arm off and showed it to the people because he wanted to brag that he defeated the impossible, the vicious Grendel."The victory, for the proof, hanging high from the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster's Arm, claw, and shoulder and all." (pg 37) I think that Beowulf likes taking these big risk when he fights these monsters because when he succeeds he can take more credit and brag a little more. Overall Beowulf has a lot of self cofidence and he also likes taking the credit in what he accomplishes.
4. Choose three themes from Beowulf besides good vs. evil. Explain how they are implicated in the poem using at least one quotation for each theme. 60 points
The three themes that I will be using are going to be leadership loyalty and courageous.
Beowulf shows a lot of leadership. Hrothgar asks him to travel across seas to come fight Grendel so the people of Danes don't have to worry anymore." The danes shook with terror. Down the aisles the battle swept, angry and wild. Herot trembled, wonderfully built to withstand teh blows the struggling great bodies beating at its beautiful walls."(pg 34-35) This is an example of how the people of Danes feel with out Beowulf and his army protecting them. He leads his army wherever they go and he wont back down even though he sees that his men are dying and cannot defeat Grendel. For example when Grendel was killing the people in the Herot Beowulf saw at least 20 people get shredded apart by Grendel's giant hands and sharp claws but he still lead the way for his army and they defeated the giant monster. Overall Beowulf has great leadership skills and will lead his army no matter what the consequences.
The next theme I'm going to do is loyalty. Beowulf does stuff for his country that most people in the world would'nt dare to do. When he is asked to kill Grendel he didn't hesiatate at all he accepted his challenge and didn't care about the consequences. He fights for people that he doesn't know becuase he wants to make sure that everyone is safe and sound. He doesnt want anyone to frieght and when hes there protecting them noone is scared. When Beowulf defeated Grendel and his mom he had no problem because he was young and strong. Than he moved on to the dragon and he was old and weaker than before. He was struggling killing the Dragon so everyone got scared and ran away. They knew that if Beowulf couldnt do it they couldnt either. Wiglaf stayed with Beowulf through his death and that shows that Wiglaf was loyal to his leader and always would be. " The monster came quickly towards him, pouring out fire and smoke, hurrying to its fate. Flames beat at the iron shield, and for a time it held, protected Beowulf as he'd planned; then it began to melt, and for the first time in his life that famous prince fought with fate against him, with glory denied him. He knew it, but he raised his sword and struck at the dragons scaly hide. The ancient Blade broke, bit into the monster's skin, drew blood, but cracked and failed him before it went deep enough helped him less then needed." (pg 105) This is my example when Beowulf risked is life for the town because he was very loyal to them.
My last theme is courageous. During the book and the movie Beowulf was courageous. It takes alot of courage not to back down from a fight that your asked to know matter how big or powerful your oppoent is. Beowulf didnt care he was the braves most courageous man of his time. Also age didnt matter to Beowulf he fighted Grendel and destoryed him when he was young. When Beowulf was old he struggled against the Dragon and the Dragon took his life. Beowulf still put up a fight and tried as hard as a man could. "And now the youth was to enter the line of ... battle with his lord, his first time to be tested as a fighter. His spirit did not break and the ancestral blade would keep its edge, as the dragon discovered 8as soon as they came together in the combat. "(pg. 107-108) The battle with the Dragon was Beowulfs last courageous deed but for Wiglaf it was only his first test. Unlike all the other great warriors that ran Wiglaf stayed with Beowulf because he also has a lot of courage. Overall Beowulf is the most courageous person in this book and was born a warrior and died like one in glory.
Raffel, Burton, Trans.BEOWULF.NY:Singnet Classic, 1963.
World Lit
10/23/09
Mrs Lebo
Beowulf Unit Exam
Due before class on Monday.
Submit via turnitin.
BEOWULF Unit Test = 200 points
Answer the following questions in complete paragraphs; be sure to include examples for each question and quotations as indicated with appropriate citation after each quotation. You will need nine quotations.
Ex. “I ended his reign, avenged his crime” (Raffel 84).
You must have a Work Cited – 10 points (see Unit Plan).
1. Literary scholars contend that Beowulf is the quintessential good vs. evil story. Explain how the poem depicts good vs. evil by citing at least three examples. You must have three quotations (one for each example); also, make sure your “argument” is clearly written and supported by evidence from the story. 60 points
Beowulf Vs Grendel
Grendel is a very mean vicious character he kills innocent people and it has sent the king of Danes ,Hrothgar, to call Beowulf who is strong and heroic and can also kill Grendel so the people of Danes don't have to worry anymore. Beowulf is very brave and very very committed in doing his duties in which he is asked. In my opinion I think that Beowulf knows that he can win the fight vs Grendel I also believe Grendel believes that he would lose to Beowulf because when Grendel first saw Beowulf his first instinct was to run. "Grendel's one thought was to run from Beowulf, flee back to his marsh and hide there." (pg 34) This shows that Grendel is frighted by Beowulf. When Beowulf and Grendel were fighting Beowulf went right after his arm and started tugging on it. Grendel was shocked with how much power Beowulf had inside of his little body compared to himself. Beowulf was determined to kill this monster and kept going away at his arm. After a couple pulls Beowulf ripped Grendel arm right out of his socket. "The victory, for the proof, hanging high from the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster's Arm, claw, and shoulder and all." (pg 37) The townspeople were happy they didn't have to worry about Grendel anymore.
Beowulf Vs Grendel's Mother
After Beowulf killed Grendel his Mom wanted revenge on Beowulf. She travels to Herot and kills one of the kings right hand man named Aeschere. She retreated in a magical place where she keeps her lair. The water burns and the bottom of the lake has never been reached. Still Beowulf is determined to go down their and kill her. On the way to the lake Beowulf and his soldiers discover Aeshere's head on the ground this just makes Beowulf angrier. While Beowulf is fighting Grendel's mother he finds a sword on one of the walls where she stays. " Then he saw, hanging on the wall, a heavy Sword, hammered by giants, strong and blessed with their magic, the best of all weapons but so massive that no ordinary man could lift its carved and decorated length. He drew it from its scabbard, broke the chain on its hilt, and then, savage, now, angry and desperate, lifted it high over his head an struck with all the strength he had left, caught her in the neck and cut it through, broke bones and all. Her body fell to the floor, lifeless, the sword was wet with her blood, and Beowulf rejoiced at the sight." (pg 68) He decapitates her head and he killed both Grendel and his Mom with no problem. The towns suffering is over and Beowulf is the hero of Danes.
Beowulf vs Dragon
Beowulf is now a little bit older but he still wont back down from a challenge. The Dragon has been guarding treasure under the earth for 300 years. A thief stole a Covered Goblet from the dragon and he is blowing fire and burning down townspeople houses and belongings until he finds it. His next target is Beowulf's house. He comes to Beowulf's house at night blows fire onto his house and it burns to the ground. Beowulf doesn't understand why he deserves this so he gets his men together and set out to kill the dragon that did this to his home. They go to the Dragons hole he comes out and Beowulf tried to take a strike at him. He realizes that he has lost a lot of strength because of his aging and could hardly but the scales off the Dragon. Once the men saw this they ran away because they knew if Beowulf couldn't defeat the creature they couldn't possibly do anything to harm it. Beowulf took another swing at the creature. It snapped the sword into two pieces and the dragon took a chunk of skin out of Beowulf's neck. He stabbed the dragon in the flank. It was a fatal blow. Beowulf then realized that the dragons was venomous and that he is dying. " Our lord s dead, leader of the people the dragon killed him, but the beast is dead, too cut in half by a dagger; Beowulf's enemy sleeps in its blood. No sword could pierce its skin, wound that monster. Wiglaf is sitting in mourning close to Beowulf's body." Beowulf told Wiglaf. (Pg 118) Beowulf asks Wiglaf to gather treasure from the cave so that he may die with it. He also tells Wiglaf to bring gold and treasure to his people. Beowulf is buried and then buried with the treasure. He died in glory and thats exactly how he wanted it to be he died because he was doing something that he loved and that was to fight.
2. How would you describe Beowulf’s attitude toward life – his beliefs and values? You must have two quotations cited correctly to support your opinion. 40 points
I believe that Beowulf believes that if he dies in honor he will be fine with dieing. For example in the movie Forrest Gump when Forrest went to the war in Vietnam his lieutenant Dan Taylor wanted to die if he was in battle because thats how he thought he had to die because his ancestors died that way. In a way Lt. Dan reminds me of Beowulf. They both are very brave and put other people before themselves. Beowulf has to fight Grendel and he is excited to do it because he wants to show the townspeople that he can defeat a big monster like he did the 9 sea monster when he was swimming against Brecca for 5 days. "This bloody battle, stand when the fighting is done. No one else could do what i mean to here no man but me could hope to defeat this monster."(pg 104) Beowulf is relentless he believes if there is a challenge he has to take because he I think that Beowulf thinks that he has to prove to all the people that he is strong and can defeat anyone or anything. “They said that of all the kings upon the earth he was the man most gracious and fair-minded, kindest to his people and keenest to win fame.” pg (76) This quote shows that people know that Beowulf was the hero and always will be although the dragon killed him with the venmous bite to the neck.
3.Is Beowulf a braggart or is he honest? Is he guilty of hubris? State your opinion and support with specific examples and one quotation cited correctly. 30 points
I think that if your really good at something than you can brag and Beowulf was a true leader and hero so he had rights to show off himself and prove himself to the creatures that he defeated. "Grendel is no braver, no stronger, than i am! i could kill him with my sword; i shall note easy as it would be. this fiend is a bold and famous fighter, but his claws and teeth scratching at my shield , his clumsy fists beating at my sword blade, would be helpless. i will meet him with my hands empty--unless his heart fails him." (pg. 31-32) This quote shows his confidence before he fights someone. Beowulf knows that he will succeed before he even begins to fight. When Herot asked Beowulf to come and take care of Grendel he was afraid to do it and was glad to travel across seas so he could take care of Grendel. Both Grendel and Beowulf were confident going into there fight. Once Beowulf got a hold of Grendel's arm he knew that he was in trouble. Grendel's confidence was brought way down. Than Beowulf tore his arm off and took it back to the town to prove to the people that he defeated Grendel. I think that he took his arm off and showed it to the people because he wanted to brag that he defeated the impossible, the vicious Grendel."The victory, for the proof, hanging high from the rafters where Beowulf had hung it, was the monster's Arm, claw, and shoulder and all." (pg 37) I think that Beowulf likes taking these big risk when he fights these monsters because when he succeeds he can take more credit and brag a little more. Overall Beowulf has a lot of self cofidence and he also likes taking the credit in what he accomplishes.
4. Choose three themes from Beowulf besides good vs. evil. Explain how they are implicated in the poem using at least one quotation for each theme. 60 points
The three themes that I will be using are going to be leadership loyalty and courageous.
Beowulf shows a lot of leadership. Hrothgar asks him to travel across seas to come fight Grendel so the people of Danes don't have to worry anymore." The danes shook with terror. Down the aisles the battle swept, angry and wild. Herot trembled, wonderfully built to withstand teh blows the struggling great bodies beating at its beautiful walls."(pg 34-35) This is an example of how the people of Danes feel with out Beowulf and his army protecting them. He leads his army wherever they go and he wont back down even though he sees that his men are dying and cannot defeat Grendel. For example when Grendel was killing the people in the Herot Beowulf saw at least 20 people get shredded apart by Grendel's giant hands and sharp claws but he still lead the way for his army and they defeated the giant monster. Overall Beowulf has great leadership skills and will lead his army no matter what the consequences.
The next theme I'm going to do is loyalty. Beowulf does stuff for his country that most people in the world would'nt dare to do. When he is asked to kill Grendel he didn't hesiatate at all he accepted his challenge and didn't care about the consequences. He fights for people that he doesn't know becuase he wants to make sure that everyone is safe and sound. He doesnt want anyone to frieght and when hes there protecting them noone is scared. When Beowulf defeated Grendel and his mom he had no problem because he was young and strong. Than he moved on to the dragon and he was old and weaker than before. He was struggling killing the Dragon so everyone got scared and ran away. They knew that if Beowulf couldnt do it they couldnt either. Wiglaf stayed with Beowulf through his death and that shows that Wiglaf was loyal to his leader and always would be. " The monster came quickly towards him, pouring out fire and smoke, hurrying to its fate. Flames beat at the iron shield, and for a time it held, protected Beowulf as he'd planned; then it began to melt, and for the first time in his life that famous prince fought with fate against him, with glory denied him. He knew it, but he raised his sword and struck at the dragons scaly hide. The ancient Blade broke, bit into the monster's skin, drew blood, but cracked and failed him before it went deep enough helped him less then needed." (pg 105) This is my example when Beowulf risked is life for the town because he was very loyal to them.
My last theme is courageous. During the book and the movie Beowulf was courageous. It takes alot of courage not to back down from a fight that your asked to know matter how big or powerful your oppoent is. Beowulf didnt care he was the braves most courageous man of his time. Also age didnt matter to Beowulf he fighted Grendel and destoryed him when he was young. When Beowulf was old he struggled against the Dragon and the Dragon took his life. Beowulf still put up a fight and tried as hard as a man could. "And now the youth was to enter the line of ... battle with his lord, his first time to be tested as a fighter. His spirit did not break and the ancestral blade would keep its edge, as the dragon discovered 8as soon as they came together in the combat. "(pg. 107-108) The battle with the Dragon was Beowulfs last courageous deed but for Wiglaf it was only his first test. Unlike all the other great warriors that ran Wiglaf stayed with Beowulf because he also has a lot of courage. Overall Beowulf is the most courageous person in this book and was born a warrior and died like one in glory.
Raffel, Burton, Trans.BEOWULF.NY:Singnet Classic, 1963.
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
quotes
"Don't be afraid, said Gilgamesh. We are together. There is nothing we should fear." (pg. 28, Gilgamesh)
"He became bitter in his tone again: because of her. She made me see things as a man, and a man sees death in things. that is what it is to be a man. You'll know when you have lost the strength to see the way you once did." (Pg 49, Gilgamesh)
"but a little hunger will replace their arrogance with new desire.. Then Anu acceded to her wish. The Bull of Heaven descended to the earth and killed at once three hundred men, and than attacked king Gilgamesh."(Pg 45 Gilgamesh)
"I think compassion is our gods pure act which burns forever, and be it in heaven or in hell doesnt matter for me; because Hell is the everlasting gift of his presence to the lonely heart who is longing amidst perishing phantoms and doesnt care to find any immorality if not in the pure loneliness of the holy one, this loneliness which he enjoys forever inside and outside of his creation. It is enough for one who loves to find his only one singled in himself. And that is the cup of Immortaility." Pg74,75, Gilgamesh
" The war god touched my forehead; he blessed my family and said: before this you wer just a man, but now you and your wife shall be like gods. You shall live in the distance at the rivers' mouth, at the source. I allowed myself to be taken far way from all that i had seen. sometimes even in love we yearn to leave mankind. only the loneliness of the only one who never acts like gods is bearable." (Pg 79 Gilgamesh)
"He became bitter in his tone again: because of her. She made me see things as a man, and a man sees death in things. that is what it is to be a man. You'll know when you have lost the strength to see the way you once did." (Pg 49, Gilgamesh)
"but a little hunger will replace their arrogance with new desire.. Then Anu acceded to her wish. The Bull of Heaven descended to the earth and killed at once three hundred men, and than attacked king Gilgamesh."(Pg 45 Gilgamesh)
"I think compassion is our gods pure act which burns forever, and be it in heaven or in hell doesnt matter for me; because Hell is the everlasting gift of his presence to the lonely heart who is longing amidst perishing phantoms and doesnt care to find any immorality if not in the pure loneliness of the holy one, this loneliness which he enjoys forever inside and outside of his creation. It is enough for one who loves to find his only one singled in himself. And that is the cup of Immortaility." Pg74,75, Gilgamesh
" The war god touched my forehead; he blessed my family and said: before this you wer just a man, but now you and your wife shall be like gods. You shall live in the distance at the rivers' mouth, at the source. I allowed myself to be taken far way from all that i had seen. sometimes even in love we yearn to leave mankind. only the loneliness of the only one who never acts like gods is bearable." (Pg 79 Gilgamesh)
Monday, October 5, 2009
Literary Archetypes
Hero-Gilgamesh-Gilgamesh is the hero in this story. He is the king of Uruk and is also part God. He thinks he will become more powerful by killing Humbaba. He tries to find immortality so that he will live forever. He believes that he will get immortal life for Enkidu. I think Gilgamesh is a powerful strong leader.
Antihero- I also think that in a way Gilgamesh is the antihero. He is very commited to killing Humbaba until he gets there and realizes what could happen if they didnt succeed against Humbaba. Enkidu had to take on Humbaba by himself for a couple of minutes because Gilgamesh was in a daze because he was amazed at the size of the power and size of Humbaba. Also he lost faith in himself when Utnapisutim told him that he could not help because he doesnt think its good to be immortal.
The wise fool- Utnapisutim-Before the flood Utnapishtim was a normal man he didnt care about immortal life. He becomes immortal anyway and lives off with only his wife. He knows that everyone wants what he has because he has immortal life and people want to know how to also become immortal. People dont realize that they will have to travel a long way to reach him and alot of people dont know this about him in the first place. I think he was wise by living far away from everyone because than everyone would want his powers.
The Devil figure- Ishtar- She did alot of mean terrible things during the story. One of the worst things that I think she did was when she sent the Bull Of Heaven to kill 300 men and Gilgamesh. She does whatever she wants she sent the Bull because Gilgamesh wouldn't marry her. She is also a contributer to the great flood and she wants to wipe out mankind because she believes shes better and she wants to put them in there positions.
The Outcast- Enkidu- Enkidu is the outcast because before Gilgasmesh sent the Prostitute to sleep with him he was Half man/Half animal. The reason they have the Prostitue sleep with Enkidu is becaues they want him to become a man because he frees the hunter’s animals from the traps, and this makes the hunter want Enkidu to just stop this behavior and become a man so that he will stop doing this. So sleeping with the Prostitue will make him stop. The town of Uruk also thinks hes an outcast because he acts like a animal and doensnt fit in very well.
The Double- Immortality- I think that immortality can go both ways good and bad. You get to live forever and you also get to see everything in the world. Gilgamesh especially wanted to be immortal because if he was immortal him and Enkidu could always be together. Gilgamesh is forced to be immortal because of his godness. Usually when your forced to do something for example work you dont usually like it. Now that Enkidu was killed he was alone and wanted to die but he couldnt.
The Scapegoat- Enkidu- After Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed Humbaba the gods say that one of them have to die. Since Gilgamesh was a god and has immortal life they turn to Enkidu. Enkidu has killed Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven and has no god power and is not immortal he is obviously the one who has to grab the sharp end of the stick and die.
The teptress- Prostitute- The prostitue is very beautiful and not alot of people can resist her. Everyone thinks that she is amazing. Once you get past the beauty of the Prostitue you realize that she is the destroyer. She slept with Enkidu and now the animals think he is a coward and she knew this would happen but she didn't care. She set up Enkidu's death.
The good mother- Ninson- Ninsun is Gilgamesh's mother and she is the good mother that gives her kid advice when he need it. She realizes how much Gilgamesh likes Enkidu and adopts him although he is half animal. She is very nice to everyone and is definley the good mother
Antihero- I also think that in a way Gilgamesh is the antihero. He is very commited to killing Humbaba until he gets there and realizes what could happen if they didnt succeed against Humbaba. Enkidu had to take on Humbaba by himself for a couple of minutes because Gilgamesh was in a daze because he was amazed at the size of the power and size of Humbaba. Also he lost faith in himself when Utnapisutim told him that he could not help because he doesnt think its good to be immortal.
The wise fool- Utnapisutim-Before the flood Utnapishtim was a normal man he didnt care about immortal life. He becomes immortal anyway and lives off with only his wife. He knows that everyone wants what he has because he has immortal life and people want to know how to also become immortal. People dont realize that they will have to travel a long way to reach him and alot of people dont know this about him in the first place. I think he was wise by living far away from everyone because than everyone would want his powers.
The Devil figure- Ishtar- She did alot of mean terrible things during the story. One of the worst things that I think she did was when she sent the Bull Of Heaven to kill 300 men and Gilgamesh. She does whatever she wants she sent the Bull because Gilgamesh wouldn't marry her. She is also a contributer to the great flood and she wants to wipe out mankind because she believes shes better and she wants to put them in there positions.
The Outcast- Enkidu- Enkidu is the outcast because before Gilgasmesh sent the Prostitute to sleep with him he was Half man/Half animal. The reason they have the Prostitue sleep with Enkidu is becaues they want him to become a man because he frees the hunter’s animals from the traps, and this makes the hunter want Enkidu to just stop this behavior and become a man so that he will stop doing this. So sleeping with the Prostitue will make him stop. The town of Uruk also thinks hes an outcast because he acts like a animal and doensnt fit in very well.
The Double- Immortality- I think that immortality can go both ways good and bad. You get to live forever and you also get to see everything in the world. Gilgamesh especially wanted to be immortal because if he was immortal him and Enkidu could always be together. Gilgamesh is forced to be immortal because of his godness. Usually when your forced to do something for example work you dont usually like it. Now that Enkidu was killed he was alone and wanted to die but he couldnt.
The Scapegoat- Enkidu- After Gilgamesh and Enkidu killed Humbaba the gods say that one of them have to die. Since Gilgamesh was a god and has immortal life they turn to Enkidu. Enkidu has killed Humbaba and the Bull of Heaven and has no god power and is not immortal he is obviously the one who has to grab the sharp end of the stick and die.
The teptress- Prostitute- The prostitue is very beautiful and not alot of people can resist her. Everyone thinks that she is amazing. Once you get past the beauty of the Prostitue you realize that she is the destroyer. She slept with Enkidu and now the animals think he is a coward and she knew this would happen but she didn't care. She set up Enkidu's death.
The good mother- Ninson- Ninsun is Gilgamesh's mother and she is the good mother that gives her kid advice when he need it. She realizes how much Gilgamesh likes Enkidu and adopts him although he is half animal. She is very nice to everyone and is definley the good mother
The Gilgamesh
Gilgamesh is the king of Uruk. He by birthright sleeps with all new brides before the men can. Enkidu was born on the steppe in ancient Babylon. He is half man half animal. He saved an animal from a trap and the boy who saw him told his father. The father sent his son to tell Gilgamesh to send a prostitute to sleep with Enkidu and she helped him become a man. She cleaned him up and brought him to Uruk. There he waited near the market for Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh appeared and heard the praise they were giving to Enkidu. Gilgamesh and Enkidu started fighting and after they were both exhausted they both quit and laughed about it. The crowd also began to laugh with them. Before Enkidu came to Uruk Gilgamesh had a dream. He saw a shooting star and the people of Uruk stood around admiring it. Gilgamesh was jealous and tried to carry it away. he was too weak and failed. It was the first time he had ever failed. I think that's what it was like when Enkidu first came to town.That night he dreamed of an axe which he failed to lift. He felt much tiredness. Ninsun said the axe is your friend and equal and it will come and lift you out of your tiredness. Gilgamesh spoke then we go to kill the evil one, Humbaba. Enkidu was afraid of the Forrest of Humbaba and urged Gilgamesh not to go but Enkidu was not as strong as Gilgamesh in argument and they were friends. They had agreed and made their vow to stay together always, no matter what the obstacle.
After 3 days they reached the edge of the forrest. That night either Gilgmesh nor Enkidu could sleep. Gilgamesh snatched at sleep and sprang awake because of his dreams. Enkidu could not sleep because of the pain that spread through his side. The next day they battled Humbaba. Humbaba is a huge monster that serves the gods. It knocked down Enkidu and went to go for the kill. Enkidu dodged and the monster fell to the ground. Gilgamesh came out of his his daze and killed the monster with the axe that he has dreamed of.
When Gilgamesh got into a argument with his wife, the bull of heaven was sent to kill 300 men and Gilgamesh. Him and Enkidu were talking to him and they realized that Gilgamish was a god and very important to the town of Uruk. The bull came to Uruk and came to kill Gilgamesh but Enkidu jumped on the bull's back and stabbed it making the bull fall to the ground. so Enkidu sacrificed his life for his friend because he knew that once he killed the bull of heaven he was going to die.
After 3 days they reached the edge of the forrest. That night either Gilgmesh nor Enkidu could sleep. Gilgamesh snatched at sleep and sprang awake because of his dreams. Enkidu could not sleep because of the pain that spread through his side. The next day they battled Humbaba. Humbaba is a huge monster that serves the gods. It knocked down Enkidu and went to go for the kill. Enkidu dodged and the monster fell to the ground. Gilgamesh came out of his his daze and killed the monster with the axe that he has dreamed of.
When Gilgamesh got into a argument with his wife, the bull of heaven was sent to kill 300 men and Gilgamesh. Him and Enkidu were talking to him and they realized that Gilgamish was a god and very important to the town of Uruk. The bull came to Uruk and came to kill Gilgamesh but Enkidu jumped on the bull's back and stabbed it making the bull fall to the ground. so Enkidu sacrificed his life for his friend because he knew that once he killed the bull of heaven he was going to die.
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