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Utnapishtim was full of hospitality according to the look in his eyes when Gilgamesh woke up

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Utnapishtim explains to Gilgamesh that living an eternal life would be unbearable because then you would just watch everyone and everything you've loved die before you (The key to eternal life is love's kiss, which is your memory being carried on.) Time would be pointless as well, since you'd have all time, and there would never be "not enough time."

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Gilgamesh saw loneliness in Utnapishtim and spent time with him.

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Gilgamesh finds out that Utnapishtim did not choose his life, it was the outcome of the god Ea asking him to leave the city and the gods caused a flood where Utnapishtim recieved immortality and survived.

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The gods were competitive and possessive even during times of sorrow.

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Urshnabi is very obedient to Utnapishtim and therefore has a humble character.

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"My friend has died so many times in me, And yet he still seems so alive, Like a younger brother, Then sudddenly like a soft tissue, A dried leaf.

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Utnapishtim's wife understands what Gilgamesh had been through and does not want him to return without gaining anything so she reminds Utnapishtim about his tough journey through his grief.

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" Two things ecourage me to hope, he said;/ That one can come this far to bring life to a friend/ And that you can understand how we must borrow light/ From the blind.

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The story that Utnapishtim tells is similar to the story of Noah's Ark. Noah had to build a ship and take two of every kind of animal on that ship to escape a flood because God told him to. In the story, Utnapishtim builds a boat and takes the seeds of all living creatures with him because the GOD Ea told him to.

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Gilgamesh realizes that he had spoiled himself in his youth when Utnapishtim mumbles that youth is very cruel.

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"The older man seemed pleased/ To have his company/ As if an absent son or other loss/ Had been slightly returned to him. In time the younger felt

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The serpent that devours the fruit that could've brought Enkidu back to life is like the serpent in the Garden of Eden. This is because the serpent in the Garden of Eden sabotages Adam and Eve's immortality, while the serpent in Gilgamesh sabotages any chance for Enkidu to b revived.

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Gilgamesh rising from the pool being "refreshed" symbolizes new birth and being cleansed.

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Since the snake in the story of the Garden of Eden is like the serpent in Gilgamesh, the serpent could also show the loss of immortality. The serpent eats the fruit and then leaves Gilgamesh with nothing to bring back from his quest to save Enkidu and give him immortality so that he could live.

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The flood the Utnapishtim talks about symbolizes death and then rebirth. This is because the flood kills hundreds of people, but it also cleanses the world so that the people that were on the boat can start over with a new life, a better life.

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" He looked into the old man's face, and it seemed changed,/ As if this one had fought within himself a battle/ He would never know, that still went on.

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" He said in a hushed voice. It looks into its lines for wisdom/ So touchingly/ But there is nothing there to find.