God(s)’s affect on Western Civilization Write and submit a 3-5 FULL page essay in 12 point, Times New Roman (or Ariel) font, double-spaced, based on the below prompt. Prompt: Throughout the first 2,000 years of Western Civilization, cultures had varying views on religion. Specifically, these civilizations had differing views on how gods interacted with humans […]
Compare and Contrast Gilgamesh and Odysseus as heroes and explain how are Gilgamesh and Odysseus similar?
Read the Epic of Gilgamesh (Links to an external site.) and the book of Job (Links to an external site.). Compare and Contrast Gilgamesh and Odysseus as heroes. Use the following guidelines to help you compose your answer: How are Gilgamesh and Odysseus similar? How are Gilgamesh and Odysseus different? What are each hero’s strengths? […]
Make a list of all of the female characters in Gilgamesh and write a brief description of each and what she does in the story.
Make a list of all of the female characters in Gilgamesh. Write a brief description of each and what she does in the story. Can you get any general ideas about the roles of women in ancient Sumeria from this? Explain, using specific examples from the story.
Explain Gilgamesh in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and Beowulf in “Beowulf” quest for glory, how/whether they succeeded and how the two stories are DIFFERENT from each other in terms of the message that the author was to convey about their quests for glory.
Heroes in ancient literature are driven by a desire to obtain eternal glory for themselves. Both Gilgamesh and Beowulf have achieved those goals. However, the lesson that those two leave behind for the reader in their tales are quite distinct and not very similar. Explain Gilgamesh in “The Epic of Gilgamesh” and Beowulf in “Beowulf” […]