His struggle for life Is much more inspiring Than that of a servant, Once lost but prudent, Who turned to God, And became his student. The son of Laertes Was aching for family, And would have killed Hades Just for Penelope. He did not seek To please an Almighty, But with grace and fighting, He wove a tale tightly, ‘Till the Almighty’s watched him. Now he has a tale Of emotions and anguish, That no book can pale, Or hope to vanquish. He is much more heroic, Compared to Moses.
Even though, he is driven by fate to lead the people, he acts with piety nonetheless. He reveals his reverence towards the gods, by following the orders to guide the people, although it is not his will or desire to do so. Even Juno "[forces him], a man of faultless devotion, to endure so much hardship" (1. 14-15). Aeneas once again proves his piety prevails, as he does not let Juno's efforts to destroy his fleet discourage him.
Gilgamesh was proud and dictated his subjects because of his supremacy while Sunjata remained humble despite his abilities and achievements. Gilgamesh’s godly powers made him unstable and as a consequence he suffered from immoderation. Sunjata’s humility is witnessed during the burial of Sogolon. The king was against Sunjata’s idea of honoring his burial. Despite Sunjata’s position as a hero before the Mande people, he humbled himself and used other ways to convince the king and he succeeded in the end.
A hero is someone who will risk his life to protect others. A hero is brave, courageous and strong. Yet a hero also has weaknesses. Odysseus is a hero that has to leave his family to fight in the Trojan War, he has a clever idea and with the help of a god, the war ended. However, he insults Poseidon because he didn’t say thanks to him.
Although these stories share the same theme, they are dissimilar in how the characters go about their process. In The Epic of Gilgamesh, Gilgamesh appears to be fearless at first. He is very stubborn as well, this is why the gods created Enkidu, Gilgamesh’s “equal”. Enkidu is soon adopted as Gilgamesh’s brother. Throughout their journey together, Gilgamesh grows more and more fearful of death.
He stayed inside Cronus until his brother Zeus came up with a plan. Zeus gave Cronus herbs that caused him to throw up all five of his children. Cronus seeing all of his children going against him decided to flee. Now Zeus was the lord of the universe. But he didn’t wish to rule alone, so he decided to divide his powers among his siblings.
He had help by means of his followers and the princess. Nothing like William Wallace, Gilgamesh fought the monster by himself. Gilgamesh fought to save his friend and became famous for that. Their challenges were successful because they meet their goals. William Wallace was wrath at the British for killing his wife.
Pride In the play Antigone by Sophocles, Creon creates a law he believes to be divine will, that is the fundamental display of punishable pride, because no man can create a law that is equal to or above divine right. Creon’s pride eventually led to his downfall as well as the death of Antigone, his son Haimon and his wife. Though, Creon was not the only one in Antigone who was prideful. Antigone herself too was prideful yet we ultimately respected her. Antigone’s pride came from her respect for her family and honoring the gods and their divine law, while Creon’s pride was an arrogant trait.
His creation was a result of the cries to the Gods for bad leadership and power of King Gilgamesh. Enkidu was created to match the Kings beauty, strength, and other assets. One more sign of divinity from the epic of Gilgamesh is Gilgamesh his self in the epic we read that Gilgamesh does some superhuman things that a regular person couldn’t do and if they could have the gods would not created Enkidu. He originally possessed the most divine blood because he was two-thirds god, his body would not tire as quickly nor would it succumb to
Jack becomes successful in gaining power because he rules by fear and with intimidation and brute force. Even the army of hunters fear Jack when he “beat Wilfred”(176) for no apparent reason. Although Jack’s irrational decisions appease the little ones, his actions hurt the boys’ chance of rescue. As time passes on the island, Jack’s own bloodlust prioritizes itself before the need to be rescued. In order to protect the little ones from the beast, he makes an offering “for the beast.”(151), creating the basis of a religion.