William Wallace was wrath at the British for killing his wife. He began to fight for his and his people’s freedom from the British. Gilgamesh fought the monster to save his friends life at the cost of his. At the end, William Wallace died for his and his people’s freedom. Gilgamesh killed the monster and saved his friends life.
After killing Humbaba, Gilgamesh and Enkidu decide to build a raft with the wood of the trees that they stole from the forbidden cedar forest. With this raft both men would return floating back to Uruk. During their return Ishtar, the goddess of love tried to seduce Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh refused her offer. Ishtar was furious and hurt, talked to her father Anu, the god of the sky.
In both stories, Gilgamesh and Beowulf set out to conquer threatening gods outside their city. Beowulf defeats Grendal, a monster who was constantly killing members of Heorot. Gilgamesh kills Humbaba, an evil spirit of nature far in the cedar woods. Another similarity was the revenge from the gods. In Beowulf, Grendal’s mother seeks to destroy Beowulf for killing her son Grendal.
He was seduced by a harlot from the temple of love, which during this time he lost his strength and wildness but gain understanding and wisdom. The harlot took Enkidu to Uruk where Gilgamesh was living and was worthy of his friendship. Upon meeting the two of them had a fight and afterwards became the best of friends. They soon decided to go an adventure that involved cutting down the great cedar forest to build a monument to the gods. In order for them to be able
Enkidu is terrified of Humbaba. He learned to never enter the cedar forest because meeting Humbaba could lead to one’s death. Enkidu over-exaggerates the power of Humbaba, saying that Humbaba’s voice would drown out sound and his mouth spits fire that leaves nothing alive. Both Gilgamesh and Enkidu were brave enough to fight and kill the Bull of Heaven, which “descended to the
16) to a more gentle and humbled person through the trials he had endured in his life and begins to question his mortality. He seeks out the god Utanapishtim. Utanapishtim was made a god because he survived the Flood. Utanapishtim is warned of the Flood by the god Ea. The council of the Gods had ordered a flood to destroy all living things because they were too loud.
The “natural” man was to be equal in build and in strength. The two grew to be companions. They had many exploits together, and where very close. However, this was not how it began; Enkidu was meant to be the destroyer of Gilgamesh. Gilgamesh was the king of Uruk.
Gilgamesh decides the two should "go to kill the Evil One, Humbaba. They must prove themselves more powerful than he" (27), and they cross the threshold together. In their fight with Humbaba, Enkidu is killed and Gilgamesh is determined, because of the fear of his own death, to go on a quest for everlasting life. Once the hero to be crosses the threshold, he is initiated as a true hero once he passes a series of trials.
Accepting the fact that one day, we all must face our own death is part of being human. By seeking immortality Gilgamesh tries to escape the fact that he is human, in response he is society rejects him. The barmaid, Siduri, is scared of Gilgamesh when he first knocks on the tavern door. When Gilgamesh gets a hold of the plant that will give him his youth back, the serpent takes it away from him. Utnapishtim tells Gilgamesh to wash himself after at the end of his failed quest, he once again joins society.
“What shall I do, O Utnapishtim, where shall I go? Already the thief in the night has hold of my limbs, death inhabits my room; whereever my foot rests, there I find death.” (page 89). Gilgamesh fears death coming for him faster now that he has fails the test. Utnapishtim informs Gilgamesh of a plant that restores youth, however on his way home Gilgamesh sets the plant down by a pond and a serpent is drawn to it and eats it. Back home in Urk,