Then Gatsby’s gardener interrupts Gatsby’s story of events to tell him that he plans to drain the pool. Nick then goes to work, however he is too distracted and refuses to go on a date with Jordan baker. George Wilson stays up all night talking to Michaelis about Myrtle. He tells him that before Myrtle died, he confronted her about her lover and told her that she could not hide her sin from the eyes of God. George, aggrieved by myrtles death, decides to track down the owner of the car.
At the opening of the tomb of King Tut, a clay tablet was unearthed in the antechamber, with a warning to keep out of the tomb or else experience a horrible death. According to Luckhurst (2010), the tablet had been destroyed by Carter and Carnarvon to keep fellahin (the Egyptian peasant workers), from deserting the archaeological site. The myth of the clay tablet spread throughout the camps, and the curse was established when people associated with the dig started to die inexplicitly. The second conclusion is a scientific discourse. In 1986,
He seized the branch instantly but it resisted. He broke it off impatiently and brought it to the Sibyl. But before he could enter the underworld they had to go back and bury a soldier, Misenus, who had fallen of the ship drunk and drowned. He was now allowed to enter the underworld. The underworld was a very crowded place, especially at the mouth of the Styx where Chiron the 'no longer young' boatman ferried the dead across the river.
The first conclusion mainly has to do with urban myths about the curse. At the entrance of the tomb was an inscription that was translated and said “Death Shall Come on Swift Wings to Him Who Disturbs the Peace of the King”. The legend says that anyone who opened the king’s tomb will suffer the curse of the mummy. And then begins a set of unfortunate circumstances that affect the men who were the first to enter the tomb. A few of the men became sick, a few others even died.
King Hamlet's ghost uttered to Hamlet, “The serpent that did sting thy father's life now wears his crown” (1.5.39). Hamlet agreed to avenge his father's death. Now, his life had a purpose, which is to kill Claudius. Aside from his father's death, there was something else that sent him spiraling down. He was denied access to his love, Ophelia.
Utnapishtam gives the stubborn king a second chance – he told him of an herb at the bottom of the sea. Gilgamesh retrieves the herb, but fails to consume it before falling asleep. A snake eats the herb, and Gilgamesh is left mortal. This is the will of the gods.
As the suitors are Odysseus’s mortal antagonists, Poseidon is his divine antagonist. He despises Odysseus for blinding his son, the Cyclops Polyphemus, and constantly hampers his journey home. Ironically, Poseidon is the patron of the seafaring Phaeacians, who ultimately help to return Odysseus to Ithaca. Calypso - The beautiful nymph who falls in love with Odysseus when he lands on her island-home of Ogygia. Calypso holds him prisoner there for seven years until Hermes, the messenger god, persuades her to let him go.
When they are fighting Humbaba, Gilgamesh says, “you will surpass all of them... a friend who knows battle understands fighting... stand, friend, we will go up together.” Gilgamesh also shows that he does have a sensitive side when Enkidu dies. He says, “For Enkidu, for my friend, I weep like a wailing woman, howling bitterly... an evil has risen up and robbed me.”. As a result of Enkidu’s dying, Gilgamesh shows that he is afraid of death and denies the fact that he too will die one day. He goes on a quest searching for immortality, where he finds out it is pointless. Through these actions Gilgamesh shows he is denying that he is mortal.
Fearing that the serpent would once again try to steal the plant from him, Gilgamesh decides the only way to keep the plant safe is to kill the serpent. Gilgamesh drops the plant in the water near the boat and waits for the serpent to sense its bait. After sensing the plant, the serpent rushes to the surface to capture the plant, but is met by Gilgamesh’s axe which he strike the serpent in the forehead, ending the serpents life in agonizing pain and shame. After resting for the night, Gilgamesh and Urshanabi continue their voyage to Uruk. After reaching Uruk, Urshanabi gives his final goodbye to Gilgamesh, and leaves once more to the ocean.
Then they become friends, and they are dominating Uruk together. Unfortunately, Enkidu dies. After he dies, Gilgamesh is afraid of death; he tries very hard to find a plant that has “the property of rejuvenation”. When he finds the plant, it already is taken away by a snake. In the story, it mentions about the love from Ishtar goddess.