https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf en-us 2018-01-03 17:10:57 UTC 2025-10-22 05:15:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571367 Gilgamesh crosses the sea of death and he meets Utnapishtim. Gilgamesh sees the hospitality in the eyes of Utnapishtim. Gilgamesh explains who he is grieving for. Utnapishtim says that he has to "understand how we must borrow the light."]]> 2018-01-03 17:14:45 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571367 s9800127 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571440 Utnapishtim was old and wore rugged clothes. 
-Hospitality  
-Helpful 
-Knowledgeable

]]> 2018-01-03 17:15:00 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571440 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571654 "Gilgamesh looked into the faces of the older man/In whom he saw this loneliness./ He could still feel the touch of Utnapishtim's hand.]]> 2018-01-03 17:15:38 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571654 s9800127 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571754 Gilgamesh was exhausted and fatigued, and he states to Utnapishtim how tired he was and what his journey was like. 

- Determined to find the secret of eternal life Gilgamesh goes into a river and takes the plant out of the ground. He proceeds to drink beside a pool and leaves the plant unprotected. Since the plant was unprotected a serpent devoured it and took Gilgamesh' s only hop of eternal life. ]]> 2018-01-03 17:15:56 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571754 s9800127 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571777 Urshanabi is commanded by Utnapishtim to take Gilgamesh and to return him to his city. So he came from the other side of the shore and took the pelts from Gilgamesh and brought him to the river where he would find the plant of eternal life
 ]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:02 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571777 s9800127 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571812 The Gods
Anu- old and weak minded Enlil- adviser of Anu and military commander

Ishtar- possessive  

]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571812 s9800127 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571900 Utnapishtim's Wife (82)
She wants Gilgamesh to return to his kingdom and return in peace because he was worn out and exhausted from the journey to find eternal life. She says "Sleep follows him like a shadow" showing that he was exhausted ]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571900 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571902 Utnapishtim begins to talk about the amount of love the gods have given the people and explains the everlasting gift being close with the gods.He also explains to Gilgamesh that even though living forever is one of the greatest gifts anyone can have, their is still some cons that comes with being immortal. Gilgamesh begins to view the loneliness Utnapishtim holds within him. ]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571902 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571943 Utnapishtim starts to tell the story of how he became immortal. He explains the flood which had brought great devastation towards his village and how the gods had gifted him never-ending life.Gilgamesh begins to feel discouraged to live forever.]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:26 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571943 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571998 Gilgamesh goes to Utnapishtim and meets his wife. Gilgamesh goes to sleep for seven days and Utnapishtim wife wakes him up. He questions if Gilgamesh can live eternal life like the gods. Utnapishtim yells at Urishnabi  to bathe Gilgamesh and tries to burn his pelts. He tries to send Gilgamesh back but Utnapishtim's wife believes that Gilgamesh should stay with them.]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:36 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218571998 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218572005 How will Gilgamesh proceed his journey now knowing that eternal life is unbearable and he should not reach the eternal life?]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218572005 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218572110 Gilgamesh is told that their is a plant that he can eat to attain immortality. Gilgamesh gets the plant and rests it on a rock while he bathes. A serpent comes and eats the plant that Gilgamesh had needed in order to get eternal life. Gilgamesh figures out the plant is missing and accepts the fact that everyone must come and go.]]> 2018-01-03 17:16:53 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218572110 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218579007 Did Utnapishtim feel strong or weak about repopulating the world and serving the gods?]]> 2018-01-03 17:34:05 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/218579007 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219454874 "when they parted/Gilgamesh was alone again, but not/With loneliness or the memory of death." ]]> 2018-01-08 17:24:49 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219454874 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219455652 "My friend has died so many times in me,/ And yet he seems so alive,/ Like a younger brother,/ Then suddenly like soft tissue,/ A dried leaf."]]> 2018-01-08 17:26:18 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219455652 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219457402 Gilgamesh's whining for eternal made Utnapishtim send him back. Why couldn't he give Gilgamesh eternal life so he stops bothering him?]]> 2018-01-08 17:30:03 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219457402 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458517 How will Gilgamesh gain eternal life now that the serpent has eaten the plant and there is no easier way to accomplish what he wants?]]> 2018-01-08 17:32:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458517 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458882 "Perhaps, he feared,His people would not share/The sorrow that he knew."]]> 2018-01-08 17:33:08 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458882 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458942 "Killed bear, hyena, stag, ibex for food" --> In the bible, there is many animal sacrifices made. Gilgamesh killing these animals symbolizes sacrifices that happen in the Bible. ]]> 2018-01-08 17:33:14 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219458942 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219460178 The story Utnapishtim was telling Gilgamesh relates to Noah and the Ark because just like Noah and the Ark, everyone left everything behind and Noah took two of every animal on his ark. ]]> 2018-01-08 17:35:43 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219460178 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219461662 "There is a plant in the river. Its thorns/ Will prick your hands as a rose thorn pricks/ But it will give to you new life."]]> 2018-01-08 17:38:57 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219461662 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219462292 Will Gilgamesh prosper now knowing he has to let go of the past and think about his future?]]> 2018-01-08 17:40:19 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219462292 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219578236 Utnapishtim symbolizes hope to regain happiness for Gilgamesh. This is because when Gilgamesh arrives to the shore, it says that he was the only one Gilgamesh had met on his journey who had not added to his "fatigue". Which means his feeling of tired and exhaustion and wanting to sleep. ]]> 2018-01-08 23:16:12 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219578236 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219579630 The plant in the river represents the chance to live in a life where death in inevitable, and you will always be happy.  When the plant dissapears, this symbolizes that a life with no grief is impossible to live even when you are part god. ]]> 2018-01-08 23:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219579630 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219584329 In the bible, many of the stories tell of people going to Jesus for his help and advice on a situation. This is very similar to the way Gilgamesh is going to Utnapishtim in order to see if he can seek a way to bring Enkidu back to life. ]]> 2018-01-09 00:30:54 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219584329 https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219700144 "he recognized this loss/As the end of his journey."]]> 2018-01-09 13:05:44 UTC https://padlet.com/s9800127/j7j0q69cb3tf/wish/219700144