The Epic of Gilgamesh is a touching story of the friendship between Gilgamesh, the wild person Enkidu and the demigod ruler of Uruk. Acquiring one’s impermanence is the predominant melody of the epic as Gilgamesh and Enkidu discover their central determination in the chase of everlasting life.
The story starts with Gilgamesh frightening the people of Uruk. They exclaim to the sky God Anu for assistance. In reply, Anu expresses the deity of the formation, Aruru, to sort an equivalent for Gilgamesh. Therefore Aruru made Enkidu, an instinctive with the power of more than fifty wild animals. Subsequently being seduced by a harlot from the shrine of affection in Uruk, Enkidu has lost his control and remoteness but attains sense and consideration. The harlot proposes to take him to Uruk, where Gilgamesh is living, the only person well-intentioned in Enkidu’s relationship. After a brief scuffle, the two turn into dedicated friends (Sanders).
The epic initiates by affirming that Gilgamesh is an arrogant ruler. He never takes rest due to his lenience in his life. Gilgamesh retains the city in commotion linking anybody he satisfies in his immoral demands. If Gilgamesh were a mature ruler, he might see no purpose in expressing that he is the most dominant king. He could lead his public with only decent goals and regulate the land reasonably. Even if Gilgamesh has a robust physical power in overwhelming Humbaba and by assassinating the Bull of Heaven, his emotive strength is put to trial when Enkidu, his friend, expires (Kovacs).
Gilgamesh needs everybody and all the things to grieve his passing. He could not agree on the death of Enkidu. He wept for seven days and nights for Enkidu till the larva clipped on him. His illogical activities demonstrate that Gilgamesh is passionately unstable and immature. A further example of Gilgamesh’s irresponsibility is his passion for immortality.
Works Cited
Kovacs, Maureen Gallery. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Stanford University Press, 1989.
Sanders, Nancy. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Penguin, 1972.
