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Analysis Of Gilgamesh : A New Rendering In English Verse

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Mini Essay 1 Gilgamesh: A New Rendering In English Verse, byDavid Ferry, is a story that manages to be both transcends and very much be fixated in time with its themes. Some theme ideas I find familiar and relatable in the work are those of friendship and loss, and then comes along the idea of how a king should rule that is extremely foreign and baffles me. Breaking down the themes and ideas allows us as historians to better learn of about own selves and the people of our past. Friendship can easily be seen in the character of Enkidu and his friend Gilgamesh. A true friend in my opinion is not one whom you simply spend time with; but rather, a friend is someone who will come to the aid and support of their friend without the need for a call to action. Even if, the action puts the friend coming to aid in a jeopardizing position a friend will come to the aid of their companion. The character of Enkidu seems to fit this position. In the following passage Enkidu demonstrating how a friend can aid another, “‘The dream you dreamed tonight is fortunate. The mountain that you dreamed about is Huwawa. Huwawa will fall like a mountain.’”(Ferry, 23). Enkidu offers Gilgamesh here a piece of emotional support in the form of reassurance, and this pattern continues two more nights with Enkidu explaining that Gilgamesh’s dreams are not a part of some sort of curse but rather vision of a triumphed future. The visions prove true; however, I do not think the point of the sequences is to

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