Sep 7, 2008

Last Tablet

As I read this tablet I came to think that it was in disorder. It states that Enkidu and Gilgamesh are having another one of their adventure, as I kept going I came to find that Gilgamesh was just morning Enkidu and the thought of death. “Who will bring back my drumstick from down there? Who will bring back my drum from the nether world… I will bring up the drum stick from below. I will bring back the drum from the netherworld.” Pg 85 Enkidu was the only one that went to the underworld for the theoretical drum and drumstick. Gilgamesh can’t be more scared of the idea of dying, before Enkidu death Gilgamesh wasn’t scared of anything now we find him trembling of the thought of death and what’s to come. “Open a hole in the roof of the nether world so Enkidu may rise up like vapor” pg 90 When Enkidu comes out Gilgamesh asks him how was death, how it felt, the answer that Enkidu gave him I think Gilgamesh became petrified.

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