arabera James Matthews 10 years ago
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Honelako gehiago
In the story we do see a side of Gilgamesh not seen before when Enkidu dies we see him as being overly emotional and almost completely human “He touched his heart but it was not beating. Then he covered his friends face, like a bride’s.”
Odysseus is very well spoken “Odysseus, always thinking, answered her this way.”
“and clever Odysseus responded."
Odysseus is a man who is very set in his ways, he knows what he wants and nothing will stop him from getting it. We see this when he visits hell to be told what all he will have to face before he can return home. Even after obtaining that knowledge he does not give up.
Gilgamesh had both internal and external conflict driving him. Most of his journeys were due to the fact that he was restless and wanted to go and fight the perils of the countryside. But some of his tasks (the bull of heaven or overcoming the death of his best friend) were forced on him from outside sources.
Gilgamesh is the arrogant king of the city of Uruk and is so powerful that no one can question his rule. In the end he returns home humbled and defeated.
Every challenge that Odysseus must face is flung onto him by the gods.
Odysseus does not change he is exactly the same at the beginning of the book as his is at the end.
Although there is no quote to follow this I think it is made rather clear Odysseus will not give up, no matter what, he faces trial after trial on his way home but he never tries to weasel out of it. He faces it using his cunning and strength until he can return home.
