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The Odyssey And Gilgamesh
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Throughout the epic poems both characters reveal traits of an epic hero. Both characters share god-like traits and have a variety of enemies. Each hero presents physical strength, but also goes through the emotional effects of loneliness. Each of the heroes in some way become unselfish in the e ....
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....e guardian of the cedar forest, to prove his strength. In the epic Gilgamesh states, “We go to kill the Evil One, Humbaba. We must prove Ourselves more powerful than he,” (27). He is now another enemy of Gilgamesh.
Although both men in the two stories have great physical abilities both suffer from the human trait of loneliness. In The Odyssey, Odysseus’ journey is to get back to his home in Ithaca with his family. This is the fact that keeps him going no matter how often he gets thrown off .... |
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