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G is determined to find the secret of eternal life.

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Grief has consumed Gilgamesh

He views everything negatively and feels incomplete

Gilgamesh feels agony from loneliness

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Gilgamesh is determined to talk to Utnappishtim(the one who knew the secret of death)

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Utnapishtim
-the one who survived the flood and death
-knows the secret to eternal life

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Hercules is a man that wears an animal's skin and is trying to find immortality. Gilgamesh, similarly, wears animal skins and is trying to find eternal life.

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Gilgamesh will seek Utnapishtim to find the secret of eternal life.

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Gilgamesh waits/wanders through the world searching and hoping for Enkidu, to come back to life and make Gilgamesh forget death. He puts on animal skins and begins to resemble Enkidu.

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How would you describe the state that Gilgamesh is now in, and how does it differ from his past life?

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-Utnapishtim has survived "the flood" and death
-He knows how to achieve eternal life

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In the last stanza, Gilgamesh is entering another portion of the Hero's Journey, where he departures to find Utnapishtim

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Utnapishtim is the one who survived the flood so the reader can infer that Utnapishtim is strong and powerful.

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"Perhaps insane, he tried/To bring Enkidu back to life/To end his bitterness,/His fear of death."

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- Gilgamesh feels that he has a greater passion that he needs to withdraw.
- Gilgamesh now needs to talk to Utnapishtim and thinks that he will be able to help him recover from the loss of his friend.

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Gilgamesh will seek help from Utnapishtim. He has changed in many ways. The loss of Enkidu could have drove him to insanity. While morning he tries to reconnect to Enkidu driving him even more into a sorrowful place.

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Utnapishtim is the Holy Grail because Gilgamesh believes that U can bring back his friend

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Gilgamesh will search to find Utnappishtim to give the secrets that will give eternal life to himself and bring back Enkidu.

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Utnapishtim, The Scorpion Man, knows the secret of life, and the secret of death.
Gilgamesh reverts to the previous ways of Enkidu.

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Gilgamesh wants to know how Utnapishtim cheated death, and learn the secret on how to do it.

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How do you think Gilgamesh's new transformation will effect Utnapishtim's decision to help Gilgamesh

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Gilgamesh now craves Enkidu, and he is inexperienced to this feeling. Since he was King, he never craved before and had everything he wanted.

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-Gilgamesh is starting to resemble Enkidu with animal skins and dust.
-He is losing faith in the gods.
-Gilgamesh starts to look horrible and insane
-Realizes he will have to grieve Enkidu alone and find eternal life alone

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Gilgamesh wants to learn the secrets of life and death from Utnapishtim.

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As Enkidu dies and leaves Gilgamesh to grief for him, Gilgamesh seeks Utnapishtim so that he can discover the secret of eternal life so that he has a chance of bringing Enkidu back to life.

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How does Gilgamesh's isolation after Enkidu's death contribute to his choice to seek eternal life?

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Mashu
- Peaks reach the shores of Heaven
- The Scorpion guards his gate

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- Gilgamesh doesn't have faith anymore for the gods
-went from bug headed to bowing to a beast

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The scorpion man is deadly to look at but very knowledgeable. He thinks that eternal life is not possible and death is all there is.

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The scorpian man are the man who guards the gate of mountain Mashu. The man only talks with him as he is 2/3 god.

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Gilgamesh wants to bring Enkidu back to life so he asks the Scorpion man for help.

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Gilgamesh confronts the Scorpion Men and asks them about Utnapishtim.
They only confront him because he is two-thirds god.

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"No one is able to explain.../There is no light beyond.../You will only come to grief."

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The Scorpion man rejects Gilgamesh's wish and informs him that if he goes beyond he will die.

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"My friend has died. I want to bring him back to life."

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"Beyond theses mountains. There is only death./ There is no light beyond, just darkness/And cold and at day break a burning heat."

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Gilgamesh loses all faith in the gods after the loss of his dear friend Enkidu. He is desperate for Enkidu's presence and shows immaturity.

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"I have been through with grief! Gilgamesh screamed./Even if there will be more pain,/And heat and cold, I will go on!/Open the gate to the mountains!" This passage shows Gilgamesh's determination to bring Enkidu back to life, and defeat death itself.

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"The Scorpion interrupted him and laughed/ Being impatient with such tales and fearful of sediment"

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"I want to ask him about life and death,/To end my loss. My friend has died./I want to bring him back to life."

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When Gilgamesh approaches the Scorpion Man and said that he wanted to meet Utnapishtim so he can learn the secret of eternal life, the Scorpion laughs and tells that Gilgamesh will only grief and die.

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Beyond the mountains. There is only death.../You will learn nothing that we do not know.

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The Scorpion warns Gilgamesh of what will happen if he goes beyond the mountains. He describes the death and darkness, and that he should fear the grief ahead.

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"I have been through grief...even if there will be more pain...I will go on"

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Gilgamesh is arrogant and immature by going forward without the scorpion people giving permission

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Gilgamesh has not learned his lesson after Humbaba, he still wants to go forward with a dangerous quest because of his carelessness.

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Enters the Road of the Sun where he can't see anything in front or behind him.
Gilgamesh wanders on the path for many days whilst saying Enkidu's name.

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Gilgamesh enters the Road Of The Sun and travels for many days in darkness without knowing where he is going or where he is while murmuring Enkidu's name.

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Gilgamesh uses Enkidu's name as a safe word to guide him through the darkness and uncertainty

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Gilgamesh repeats Enkidu's name when he approaches an event that may cause distress or scare him. This shows that he believes Enkidu could help him get through that scary time.

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In other books that I have read, to do things that haven't been done, there is a price. So, will Gilgamesh have to pay a price in order to bring Enkidu back or get immortality? Will he be willing to pay that price?

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Enkidu's name is the thing driving Gilgamesh and is what is keeping him going despite his agony and fear.

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"A valley came into view"
"Sprinkled with precious stones and fruit-filled vines.  This can relate to the garden of Eden once again because in the bible Adam and eve are weak minded and fall from their needless desires. In a similar way Gilgamesh is desperate for Enkidu and could fall for the evil of this new setting.

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""Gazing into a valley he felt overcome with pain/ wishing his friend Enkidu could see the same horizon, share the same delights/ He sat down on the ground and wept."

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"After several minutes he stood up/ Explaining only to himself why he/ Had come - To find the secret of eternal life/ To bring Enkidu back to life..."

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How do you think Gilgamesh's people would think about Gilgamesh if they saw what has happened to him? Do you think they would dethrone him or pity him?

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Gilgamesh chants Enkidu's name while on the Road of the Sun to feel as is he was there. He tells everyone in the valley about the his beloved Enkidu.

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Even though Gilgamesh knew Enkidu for a few days, he has become attached to him. How has Enkidu affected and impacted Gilgamesh's life?

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Gilgamesh following his emotions and not listening to reason from Enkidu which is what got Enkidu killed. If he is following the same path, how could he have the same result if Enkidu is already dead?Has Gilgamesh learned anything from Enkidu's death if he is making the same mistake?

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Siduri
- Barmaid
- Takes care of a cottage on the sea
- Fearful of G; thinks he is a murderer
- Questions Gilgamesh's loyalty to Enkidu
- Gives him a reality check in a way and shows grief is independent and personal

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Siduri the barmaid

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Gilgamesh meets Siduri the barmaid and she lets him rest in her cottage.
S takes care of G and wants him to stay with her but Gilgamesh refuses

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Would Gilgamesh's people recognize him after his change? Is Enkidu to be credited for this change? Would Gilgamesh change further if he realizes he was the cause of Enkidu's death? Why?

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Since Gilgamesh has grieved so much and has traveled such far distances to bring Enkidu back, he does not look like how he used to
be. This can show that after Enkidu died, Gilgamesh has grieved so much that he changed so that he can't be recognized as a king anymore.

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Siduri, the barmaid, is a realist and has her feet on the ground. She provides an anchor to reality, and makes him see that no one will understand him or care about his grieving.

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"When he arose, she washed his body and dressed him"

Gilgamesh resembles Enkidu's change into man because Siduri washes and changes him. However, his quick change back into his old self shows how his grief will be long.

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Siduri is similar to the serpent in the Garden of Eve. She tries to sway Gilgamesh to stay with her, offering to take care of him. These pleasures are representative of the apple in the story. However, Gilgamesh is strong enough to resist but instead, destroys the stones to help him complete his journey in his anger.

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Gilgamesh meets the barmaid Siduri and she takes him in to her cottage and lets him rest. She takes care of Gilgamesh, but when she tells Gilgamesh to stay, Gilgamesh gets mad and says he has to go after eternal life.

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Urshanabi
- The boatman of Utnapishtim
- He will help Gilgamesh cross the Sea of Death

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Urshanabi, the boatman has stone images to show travelers the way to Utnapishtim.

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Urshanabi is a man who has stone images that will guide him to Utnapishtim.

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G smashes the stones that he needs to get across to find Utnapishtim

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Gilgamesh destroys the stones that were supposed to help him on his journey.

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Gilgamesh has destroyed the very thing that can help him bring back Enkidu. How do you think Gilgamesh's feeling will get in the way of bringing back Enkidu?

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Even after Gilgamesh destroys the stones, Urshanabi still gives him advice on how to find Utnapishtim. What does this say about Urshanabi as a person?

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Urshanabi tells G to make a boat to sail across the Sea of Death as he broke the stones

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Gilgamesh seeks out Urshanabi, but breaks the stones that show him the way, and has to cross the Sea of Death

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Gilgamesh is on his journey across the sea of death.