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A 4 page paper which examines the similarities between Gilgamesh and Achilles as it involves changing. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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power and ability, and men who are perhaps seen as individuals who have taken advantage of that power with little thought to others. However, they are also two characters who
evolve, develop and grow as their stories exist. They are men faced with events in their lives and men who change in the face of those events. The following paper
examines how these two characters, individually, change and how their attitudes towards life and death change as they develop. The paper ends with a discussion and summary of the two
characters and their similarities. Gilgamesh "Gilgamesh, two-thirds god and one-third human, is the greatest king on earth and the strongest super-human that ever existed; however, he is young
and oppresses his people harshly" (Hooker). In this he is essentially cruel and arrogant and his people cry out to the gods for help against this leader. They send a
superhuman type creation, Enkidu, who will hopefully defeat Gilgamesh. However the two become soulmates of a sort and this is where and why Gilgamesh changes. Prior to meeting Enkidu Gilgamesh
is harsh and cruel. When he comes upon someone he truly begins to respect and care for and love as he loves himself his attitudes about life and death begin
to change. He becomes a deeper person and becomes a more acceptable hero in many respects. But then Enkidu dies and leaves Gilgamesh to mourn bitterly. The death of
Enkidu also creates change in Gilgamesh for now he fears his own morality, something he did not concern himself with prior to the death of Enkidu. "Gilgamesh allows his life
to fall apart; he does not bathe, does not shave, does not take care of himself, not so much out of grief for his friend, but because he now realizes
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