Epic of Gilgamesh

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Refka Snineh Mosaics 1 March 8, 2013 Essay #1 The epic of gilgmesh which was written by Andrew George and Sunjara which was written by David C. Conrad have many differences and similiaries. Gilgmesh was a king which stories were told about him with a lot of exaggeration during the 2700 BC. Gilgmesh used to bully others to show them that hes strong and so they would be scared of him and have respect for him. He also wanted everyone to remember him in order for that to happen he started taken stuff from people so they would remember that gilgmesh was there king and show him the respect he wants. Gilgmesh always had war with Enkidu and later became better friends who made gilgmesh change and become a better man. Sunjata is based on a young prince who his parents would want him to be the king but the fear that Touman would be a king, and encourage Sunjata to be a king because of his kindness and generosity and promised to protect him. Both noveles have similiaties such as: the fights, both were kings, and the battles that happened. Gilgmesh and sunjata are alike in couple of things which were the fights that gilgmesh had with enkidu at first before they became friends and sunjata battle again sumaworo. Gilgmesh was a king who wanted the attention from everyone but was not protected by anyone. He killed people, took things from them, and showed them there are only one god and one hero which is Gilgamesh. He was also motivated by fear, which was death and forgetting that he was the king. On the other hand sunjata was a prince which was encouraged by others to become a king because they had so much faith in him and felt that he was honest, kind, and generous. Another example of being similar is gilgmesh and enkidu journey to the cedar forest. Enkidu journeys to the underworlds, gilgmash journeys to and the twin-peaked mountain Mashu. Sunjata would also go to
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