ASSIGNMENT
How are quests or journeys to the underworld/afterlife portrayed in The Epic of Gilgamesh, Dante’s Inferno, and Homer’s Odyssey?
Basically, discuss how each reading portrays what the main characters must confront in the different underworlds; why they must journey to the underworld, the purpose of their journey, and what they hope or expect to attain as a result? Are they successful in terms of achieving knowledge, salvation, redemption, etc.?
If so, answer how and support your discussion with specific examples and/or passages from each reading, and don’t be vague.
How are quests or journeys to the underworld/afterlife portrayed in The Epic of Gilgamesh, Dante’s Inferno, and Homer’s Odyssey?
